Tom Pruss
Vote for 1; 4-year term commencing 1/11/2027. Open seat (incumbent term-limited).
Candidate list checked 2026-10-11 against Ashtabula County BOEParty: Libertarian
Background
The Libertarian Party’s candidate biography says Pruss owns a printing and mail-marketing business and previously ran for Toledo School Board and Lucas County Clerk of Courts. It describes candidacies for those offices, not service in them. Libertarian Party candidate biography for Tom Pruss Evidence type: candidate statement · The Libertarian Party biography describes Pruss’s printing business and says he previously ran for two local offices; it does not say he held them.
Campaign statements and positions
- Would maintain accurate voter rolls with transparency, secure voting systems, and clear statewide election procedures. Tom Pruss campaign platform Evidence type: candidate statement · This summarizes the campaign’s stated priorities for voter rolls, election security, and election procedures.
- Would make election data more accessible, improve public reporting, and increase accountability in campaign-finance reporting. Tom Pruss campaign platform Evidence type: candidate statement · This summarizes the campaign’s stated priorities for election-data access, public reporting, and campaign-finance accountability.
- Would streamline business filings, improve online systems, and reduce unnecessary regulation and red tape. Tom Pruss campaign platform Evidence type: candidate statement · This summarizes the campaign’s stated priorities for business filings, online services, and regulation.
Voting record
- No election-administration or legislative voting history is included in this guide. The Libertarian Party biography describes previous candidacies for local office, not officeholding. Libertarian Party candidate biography for Tom Pruss Evidence type: editorial summary · The cited biography describes candidacies rather than officeholding; this guide does not list a legislative or election-administration record.
Promise and record
These are selected statements from Pruss’s campaign platform. This guide does not compare them with a sourced record of his election-administration decisions and assigns no match score. Tom Pruss campaign platform Evidence type: editorial summary · This identifies the scope of the selected comparison and does not infer a record or match score.
Stated views on ballot issues
- Ohio Issue 3: voter identification amendment: Oppose
Pruss opposed Issue 3, calling it political theatre and raising concerns about how it could affect later decisions on mail voting.
Checked 2026-10-11 · Ohio Capital Journal, What is Issue 3? (July 29, 2026)