Voters in Ohio House District 62 will choose among three candidates Tuesday, Nov. 3, in a Clermont County race that pits a longtime incumbent against two challengers.

Republican Jean Schmidt is seeking reelection. She faces Democrat Ian Schwartz and Libertarian Ron Grethel, according to WVXU's voter guide for the November election.

Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., according to Loveland Daily News. Results are not yet available. The Ohio Secretary of State website will post returns as they come in on election night.

The candidates

Schmidt, a former U.S. representative, has held elected office at the township, state and federal levels over more than three decades, according to a Loveland-Symmes Chronicle candidate profile published Oct. 27. She served in the U.S. House from 2005 to 2013 and in the Ohio House from 2001–2004. She previously taught government and the Constitution at Chatfield College.

Schmidt has picked up endorsements from the Ohio Republican Party, the Clermont County Republican Party, Ohio Value Voters, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in Ohio and the Buckeye Firearms Association, according to BallotReady data cited in the Chronicle profile.

Schwartz is the Democratic nominee. He ran unopposed in the May 5 primary, according to the Ohio Capital Journal's primary guide.

Grethel, the Libertarian candidate, has also been endorsed by the Forward Party. He works as a programmer and served eight years in the Ohio Army National Guard, with a deployment that took him to Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an op-ed he published in Loveland Daily News on Oct. 7. In that piece, Grethel said he supports open primaries and ranked-choice voting as alternatives to the current partisan primary system.

Schmidt won the Republican primary on May 5 over challenger Dillon Blevins, according to the Ohio Capital Journal.

What's at stake

All 99 Ohio House seats are on the ballot in 2026, according to Loveland Daily News. District 62 covers part of Clermont County.

Loveland-area voters should note that the district they vote in depends on their exact address. Loveland sits near the boundaries of Hamilton, Clermont and Warren counties, and state legislative races vary by location, according to Loveland Daily News. The Hamilton County Board of Elections' 100-day notice for the Nov. 3 election does not list District 62 candidates on Hamilton County ballots. Residents can check their ballot through the Ohio Secretary of State or their county board of elections.

Statewide, more than 1 million early ballots had been cast as of late October, WLWT reported.

Election night results will be unofficial until certified by the Clermont County Board of Elections.