Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Don Kissick / James L. Mills

Joint ticket; vote for 1; 4-year term commencing 1/11/2027. Open seat (incumbent term-limited).

Party: Libertarian

Background

The Ashtabula County BOE lists Don Kissick / James L. Mills as the Libertarian ticket. A Toledo Free Press candidate profile lists Kissick’s prior Libertarian Party, military, manufacturing, and HVAC background and Mills’s business and education history; these details are attributed to that profile. Ashtabula County BOE official candidate list, revised September 15, 2026 · Toledo Free Press 2026 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate profile Evidence type: official record · The BOE confirms the ticket and party; the career details are attributed to a contemporaneous Toledo Free Press profile.

Campaign statements and positions

• Would work with the General Assembly to restrict or prohibit government use of automated license-plate readers and limit the collection and sharing of vehicle-location data. Don Kissick campaign, On the Issues Evidence type: candidate statement · This wording summarizes the campaign’s stated proposal to restrict or prohibit government use of automated license-plate surveillance and limit location-data collection and sharing.
• Supports the proposed End Property Tax amendment and prefers local consumption-based funding. Don Kissick campaign, On the Issues Evidence type: candidate statement · The campaign supports the proposed amendment and says it prefers local consumption-based funding.
• Wants a five-year restriction on former legislators becoming lobbyists and searchable public databases for government contracts and budgets. Don Kissick campaign, On the Issues Evidence type: candidate statement · The campaign page calls for a five-year restriction on legislators becoming lobbyists and searchable public contract and budget information.
• Raises concerns about data-center electricity and water use, electronic waste, farmland, tax incentives, and local control; the campaign page does not state the specific pause or standards described in the previous profile. Don Kissick campaign, On the Issues Evidence type: candidate statement · The campaign page raises these data-center concerns. It does not contain the former profile’s specific pause/standards pledge, which was removed.
• Supports simplifying licensing and regulation for small businesses, including gig workers, tradespeople, and in-home childcare providers. Don Kissick campaign, On the Issues Evidence type: candidate statement · The campaign page calls for simplifying licensing and regulation for small businesses.

Voting record

• This guide does not include a sourced public-office voting-history summary for either candidate in the ticket. Don Kissick campaign, On the Issues · Toledo Free Press 2026 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate profile Evidence type: editorial summary · This is a statement about the guide’s selected record coverage, not a claim that either candidate has never held office.

Promise and record

The selected positions above come from Kissick’s campaign issue page; they are not matched to a comparable public voting record in this guide. The data-center text is a list of stated concerns, not a specific pause or regulatory proposal. Don Kissick campaign, On the Issues Evidence type: editorial summary · This describes the sources and limits of the comparison and does not infer a voting pattern.

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