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Lucas County, Ohio
Location
Information
Seat: Toledo
Population (2020): 431,279
County Commissioners: 3
County Website: Official website

The county government of Lucas County is located in Toledo, Ohio. It covers 596 square miles. The county was established in 1835.

Elections

2025

See also: Municipal elections in Lucas County, Ohio (2025)

Lucas County, Ohio, is holding general elections for Lake Erie West Educational Service Center on November 4, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was August 6, 2025, and the filing deadline for write-in candidates was August 25, 2025.

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Lucas County, Ohio (2024)

Lucas County, Ohio, held general elections for coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, commissioners, clerk of courts, and common pleas court judges and a special election for county auditor on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for March 19, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was December 20, 2023, the filing deadline for the independent candidates was March 18, 2024, and the filing deadline for minor party candidates was August 7, 2024.

2023

See also: Municipal elections in Lucas County, Ohio (2023)

Lucas County, Ohio, held general elections for the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West on November 7, 2023. The filing deadline for this election was August 9, 2023.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Lucas County, Ohio (2022)

Lucas County, Ohio held general elections for county auditor, county recorder, county commission, and court of common pleas judges on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for May 3, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was February 2, 2022. The election for county recorder was a special election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Lucas County, Ohio (2020)

Lucas County, Ohio, held general elections for county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, clerk of court of common pleas, coroner, sheriff, recorder, engineer, treasurer, and multiple judgeships on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for March 17, 2020. The filing deadline for partisan candidates in this election was December 18, 2019, and the filing deadline for independent candidates was March 16, 2020.

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Lucas County, Ohio (2018)

Lucas County, Ohio, held general elections for county commissioner and county auditor on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on May 8, 2018.

Elected officials

If any officeholder information below is no longer accurate, please contact us with any updates.

County commissioners

See also: County commission

The county commission functions as the county's primary legislative and policy-making body. Most boards also control county land usage, oversee environmental issues and possess executive powers, meaning they have the authority to appoint or remove departmental heads. Lucas County has three commissioners that are elected to four-year terms.

The table below provides information on each of the county commissioners:

Office	Name	Date assumed office
Lucas County Commission	Pete Gerken	2005
Lucas County Commission	Anita Lopez	January 8, 2024
Lucas County Commission	Lisa Sobecki	January 1, 2023

The widget below automatically displays information about their meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:

Other elected officials

Lucas County residents also elect the following public officials:

Office	Name	Date assumed office
Lucas County Auditor	Katie Moline	January 30, 2024
Lucas County Clerk of Courts	J. Bernie Quilter	1998
Lucas County Coroner	Tom Blomquist	January 6, 2025
Lucas County Engineer	Mike Pniewski	December 31, 2019
Lucas County Prosecutor	Julia Bates	1998
Lucas County Recorder	Michael Ashford	February 3, 2021
Lucas County Sheriff	Mike Navarre	January 4, 2021
Lucas County Treasurer	Lindsay Webb	2018

Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West

Office	Name	Date assumed office
Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West Governing Board	Brent Buehrer	January 1, 2024
Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West Governing Board	Jeff Bunck
Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West Governing Board	Thomas Ilstrup	January 1, 2024
Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West Governing Board	Joan Kuchcinski
Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West Governing Board	Jared Lefevre

Recent news

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See also

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External links

• Lucas County website

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