John Barbo
Vote for 1; 2-year term. District 65 includes parts of Ashtabula and Trumbull counties. Use the address lookup to identify your district and confirm your official sample ballot.
Candidate list checked 2026-10-11 against Ashtabula County BOEParty: Democrat
Background
Geneva City Council President and a second-term council member; science teacher and department chair at Geneva High School, where he says he is in his 29th year. He is running for Ohio House District 65. John Barbo campaign biography · City of Geneva City Council roster Evidence type: candidate statement · Campaign-reported background; the city roster independently confirms his council seat and presidency.
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Campaign statements and positions
- Fully implement Ohio's bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan; says this could reduce reliance on local school levies. Ideastream Public Media, Ohio House District 65 candidate responses (submitted as written) · John Barbo campaign priorities Evidence type: candidate statement · Candidate response; Ideastream says responses were published as submitted and were not uniformly fact-checked. His campaign site also lists this priority.
- End Ohio's EdChoice voucher program. Ideastream Public Media, Ohio House District 65 candidate responses (submitted as written) Evidence type: candidate statement · Candidate response published by Ideastream; not independently verified as a policy outcome.
- End tax breaks for data centers, give communities information and decision-making power over proposed projects, and prevent their electricity costs from being passed to Ohioans. Ideastream Public Media, Ohio House District 65 candidate responses (submitted as written) · John Barbo campaign priorities Evidence type: candidate statement · Candidate response and campaign priority; these links support what he says he would do, not the factual framing around data-center tax breaks.
- Address cost-of-living pressures through SNAP and WIC, local agriculture, child-care affordability, utility bills, and housing supply. Ideastream Public Media, Ohio House District 65 candidate responses (submitted as written) Evidence type: candidate statement · Candidate response published by Ideastream; not an independently verified policy plan.
- Improve transparency by keeping constituents and local officials involved and opposing major bill changes added after debate. Ideastream Public Media, Ohio House District 65 candidate responses (submitted as written) Evidence type: candidate statement · Candidate response published by Ideastream; not an independently verified policy plan.
Voting record
- This guide does not include votes from the Ohio General Assembly for Barbo. The City of Geneva lists his current council seat; this guide has not compiled the council roll-call record. City of Geneva City Council roster · Ohio House District 65 candidate responses, Ideastream Public Media Evidence type: editorial summary · This describes the guide's record coverage. The Ohio House vote history is not provided; the City of Geneva roster confirms his local council seat.
- Serves on Geneva City Council; this guide has not compiled a comparable roll-call record from council. City of Geneva City Council roster Evidence type: official record · The City of Geneva lists Barbo on City Council. This guide has not audited council roll-call votes.
Promise and record
This guide does not compare Barbo’s sourced candidate responses to a state legislative vote history. The City of Geneva roster confirms his council seat, but local council votes are not included here. Ohio House District 65 candidate responses, Ideastream Public Media · City of Geneva City Council roster Evidence type: editorial summary · This limits the comparison to sourced candidate responses; a separate audit of local council votes is not included.