Hardin County voters face decisions on many candidates, tax levies and other issues when they go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 6. Among the contested candidate races is the one for county commissioner between Democrat Ron Eastman and Republican Tim Striker.

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Keith Faber says he will keep politics out of the State Auditor’s Office. “It’s a partisan election but it’s not a partisan job,” said the Celina Republican, who has previously served in both the Ohio House and Senate, including four years as president of the Ohio Senate.

COLUMBUS — Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer is urging Ohioans to listen carefully to their judges as well as their prosecutors, sheriffs and drug treatment professionals who have joined together in opposing Issue 1.

The number of people who have cast early ballots in the Nov. 6 general election in Hardin County is more than normal for a mid-term election, Board of Elections Director Sandra Bookmyer told the Times this morning. She reported as the office opened on Monday morning, there have been 635 people come to the office to vote and another 1,617 have mailed in their ballots at this point.

McGUFFEY — The Upper Scioto Valley Board of Education is asking voters in the district to renew an emergency operating levy on the Nov. 6 ballot. The 2.4 mills generates $241,400 in annual revenue for USV, said Superintendent Mike Kis, and was first approved by voters in 2008.

Republican Jon Cross of Kenton and Democrat Mary Harshfield of Findlay are vying for the 83rd District seat in the Ohio House of Representatives in the Nov. 6 election. The winner will replace Rep. Robert Cole Sprague, who is vying for the state treasurer’s office. The 83rd District encompasses all of Hardin and Hancock counties, and part of Logan County.

ADA — How their communities are addressing the drug crisis impacting the workforce was discussed by three economic development professionals during a forum at Ohio Northern University on Thursday night. Featured were Jon Cross, president and CEO of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance; Jeff Sprague, president and CEO of Allen County-Allen Economic Development Group and Dan Sheaffer, project specialist with Findlay-Hancock County Economic Development.

Nine years ago, voters in Hardin County approved a special tax levy to help cover the costs of programs at OSU Extension. The levy was renewed five years later and will be on the Nov. 6 ballot as a renewal issue against this fall.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University College Democrats will be hosting two candidates at a Town Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. in the ONU Dicke College of Business, announced President Sarah Hasan. Speaking will be Ron Eastman, Democratic candidate for Hardin County Commissioner and Adam Papin, Democratic candidate for Ohio Senate District 1. The public is invited.