14-02-2025
Who's running for Columbus City Council, CCS Board? Several candidates miss ballot
Multiple people who filed to run for Columbus City Council and Columbus City Schools Board of Education failed to make the primary ballot after falling short of the required number of valid signatures.
The Franklin County Board of Elections voted at its meeting Friday to certify or not certify candidates based on the number of signatures collected.
Aurora Dasan and Densil R. Porteous, executive director of Stonewall Columbus, both failed to make the ballot for Columbus City Council District 7. Porteous was already actively campaigning and placing advertisements online.
This narrows the field to three certified candidates:
Kate Curry-Da-Souza, network director of the Success by Third Grade program at the United Way of Central Ohio
Tiara Ross, an attorney in the Columbus City Attorney's Office
Jesse Vogel, an attorney at Community Refugee & Immigration Services Ohio who's raised over $70,000 in grassroots donations
The three candidates will run in a citywide primary to narrow the race down to two who will compete in the November general election.
They're vying to replace Shayla Favor as the representative for District 7, which includes much of Columbus' urban core neighborhoods such as Downtown, Franklinton, Olde Towne East, Italian Village and German Village. Otto Beatty III was appointed to fill that seat in January, but he is not running to keep it this fall.
Three candidates who filed to run for school board did not make the ballot: Yasmine Farah, Ivory L. Kennedy Jr. and Tracey L. Sigers.
Ten candidates for school board were certified:
Liz Caslin-Turner, senior program manager for post-secondary career and technical education for the Ohio Department of Higher Education
Teresa Hannah, founder and family-school liaison consultant with STEPP Forward LLC
Patrick Katzenmeyer, senior project manager at The Pizzuti Companies
Jermaine Kennedy, chief program officer at Boys & Girls Club of Central Ohio
Janeece Keyes‐Shanklin, program manager with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Karrie Lumpkin, administrative professional/claims specialist with the Ohio Attorney General's Office
Mounir F. Lynch, health educator
Kimberley Mason, higher education partnership manager with the Ohio Bankers League
Antoinette Miranda, professor and director of the school psychology program at Ohio State University and a former member of the State Board of Education representing District 6
Julie Trabold, financial manager and wealth adviser with Northwestern Mutual
They are vying for three spots on the board up for election. The three incumbents, including board President Michael Cole, decided not to run again.
Voters in the CCS district will vote for up to three candidates. The six top vote earners in the primary move on to the November general election.
All the candidates who filed to run for Hilliard City Council and for the contested Whitehall City Council district made the ballot.
(This story was updated to make a candidate's name appear as it will on the ballot.)
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus candidates miss primary ballot for council, school board
