2025 Ohio Issue 2

2025 Ohio Issue 2
May 6, 2025
Local Public Infrastructure Bond Amendment
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 588,251 67.76%
No 279,873 32.24%
Valid votes 868,124 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00%
Total votes 868,124 100.00%
County results
Yes:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
No:      50–60%

Ohio Issue 2 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot in the U.S. State of Ohio on May 6, 2025.

Background

Funding for the State Capital Improvement Program has been approved by voters three times, first in 1987. The amendment was passed as a bipartisan effort by the Ohio General Assembly.

Impact

The 2025 measure would approve $250 million per year for ten years for the program. The money would go to projects relating to infrastructure, such as bridges, road, sewers, and water lines.

Endorsements

Yes
State legislators
Organizations
Political parties
Labor unions
Newspapers
No
State Representatives
  • Ron Ferguson, state representative from the 96th district (2021–present) (Republican)

Results by county

Breakdown of voting by county
County Yes, % Yes, votes No, % No, votes
Adams 64.7% 547 35.3% 299
Allen 67.2% 5,323 32.8% 2,599
Ashland 61.7% 3,035 38.3% 1,885
Ashtabula 65.0% 5,402 35.0% 2,908
Athens 71.6% 2,684 28.4% 1,066
Auglaize 65.8% 2,244 34.2% 1,165
Belmont 67.8% 2,092 32.2% 992
Brown 59.0% 919 41.0% 638
Butler 64.9% 12,044 35.1% 6,512
Carroll 60.9% 960 39.1% 617
Champaign 59.6% 3,318 40.4% 2,248
Clark 59.9% 7,826 40.1% 5,251
Clermont 46.8% 9,043 53.2% 10,264
Clinton 62.4% 2,007 37.6% 1,208
Columbiana 57.6% 6,275 42.4% 4,615
Coshocton 49.7% 1,850 50.3% 1,874
Crawford 60.8% 2,226 39.2% 1,435
Cuyahoga 77.8% 74,323 22.2% 21,253
Darke 63.2% 1,743 36.8% 1,014
Defiance 73.1% 1,165 26.9% 428
Delaware 71.0% 15,569 29.0% 6,361
Erie 66.4% 3,088 33.6% 1,563
Fairfield 62.1% 6,364 37.9% 3,878
Fayette 61.3% 727 38.7% 459
Franklin 77.2% 57,641 22.8% 16,996
Fulton 64.2% 1,405 35.8% 783
Gallia 51.7% 403 48.3% 377
Geauga 57.7% 4,466 42.3% 3,275
Greene 59.1% 11,389 40.9% 7,874
Guernsey 57.8% 834 42.2% 610
Hamilton 75.0% 40,448 25.0% 13,495
Hancock 71.6% 6,794 28.4% 2,697
Hardin 61.1% 1,276 38.9% 811
Harrison 72.8% 514 27.2% 192
Henry 73.4% 994 26.6% 361
Highland 54.8% 1,227 45.2% 1,013
Hocking 58.7% 911 41.3% 642
Holmes 58.4% 654 41.6% 466
Huron 59.7% 2,390 40.3% 1,611
Jackson 63.5% 838 36.5% 482
Jefferson 74.4% 3,237 25.6% 1,117
Knox 59.4% 2,501 40.6% 1,711
Lake 71.1% 11,519 28.9% 4,686
Lawrence 56.5% 896 43.5% 690
Licking 57.7% 9,766 42.3% 7,159
Logan 63.0% 1,986 37.0% 1,167
Lorain 65.3% 21,192 34.7% 11,262
Lucas 64.2% 17,525 35.8% 9,776
Madison 57.4% 2,146 42.6% 1,596
Mahoning 66.1% 9,990 33.9% 5,121
Marion 64.6% 1,879 35.4% 1,031
Medina 63.2% 11,445 36.8% 6,671
Meigs 56.0% 736 44.0% 579
Mercer 66.0% 2,252 34.0% 1,160
Miami 65.1% 6,673 34.9% 3,581
Monroe 53.7% 438 46.3% 378
Montgomery 70.1% 26,082 29.9% 11,104
Morgan 64.9% 596 35.1% 323
Morrow 53.8% 1,350 46.2% 1,161
Muskingum 60.3% 2,313 39.7% 1,522
Noble 65.1% 501 34.9% 269
Ottawa 65.5% 3,009 34.5% 1,586
Paulding 68.8% 586 31.2% 266
Perry 56.1% 936 43.9% 732
Pickaway 50.0% 3,673 50.0% 3,677
Pike 66.5% 466 33.5% 235
Portage 69.3% 9,936 30.7% 4,393
Preble 56.9% 1,408 43.1% 1,065
Putnam 72.8% 1,447 27.2% 540
Richland 64.0% 4,472 36.0% 2,521
Ross 66.0% 1,945 34.0% 1,004
Sandusky 63.4% 2,563 36.6% 1,477
Scioto 69.1% 1,809 30.9% 809
Seneca 67.2% 2,043 32.8% 999
Shelby 58.4% 2,009 41.6% 1,429
Stark 64.0% 18,894 36.0% 10,614
Summit 72.1% 37,941 27.9% 14,710
Trumbull 70.5% 10,655 29.5% 4,462
Tuscarawas 60.0% 4,582 40.0% 3,060
Union 65.9% 8,060 34.1% 4,174
Van Wert 66.6% 1,017 33.4% 510
Vinton 58.0% 333 42.0% 241
Warren 60.8% 8,384 39.2% 5,401
Washington 62.0% 4,174 38.0% 2,558
Wayne 62.4% 5,517 37.6% 3,324
Williams 57.9% 1,353 42.1% 983
Wood 74.0% 11,938 26.0% 4,187
Wyandot 63.8% 1,120 36.2% 635

References

  1. 1 2 "Ohio Issue 2 - Local Public Infrastructure Bond Amendment". 270toWin. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Issue 2 on May 2025 ballot: Ohio to vote on $2.5B bond initiative for public infrastructure projects". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "What is Ohio Issue 2 on the May ballot? Voters could extend $2.5B public works program". Cincinnati.com The Enquirer. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ohio primary election 2025 voter guide: Here's what's on the ballot, how you can vote". 10 WBNS. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ Dennis, Justin. "What is Issue 2 on Ohio's May 6 ballot?". FOX 8 News. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Explaining Ohio Issue 2, a $2.5B infrastructure program". Axios. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  7. ↑ "VOTE YES ON ISSUE 2 ON MAY 6, 2025". The Ohio Senate. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ "CHAVEZ BACKS STATE ISSUE 2 AS IMPERATIVE TO STATE INFRASTRUCTURE". The Ohio Senate. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  9. ↑ "2025 Endorsements". theoecactionfund.org. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Important Information on May 2025 Special Election". Butler County Democrats. Retrieved April 9, 2025. ODP's Executive Committee unanimously endorsed a yes vote on state issue two
  11. ↑ "Ohio AFL-CIO Endorses State Issue 2". Ohio AFL-CIO. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Editorial: Yes on 2". The Blade. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  13. ↑ Editorial Board, cleveland com and The Plain Dealer (April 4, 2025). "Yes on State Issue 2, supporting local improvements without a tax hike: endorsement editorial". cleveland. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  14. ↑ Fahmy, Natalie (April 10, 2025). "Only issue on May ballot would boost infrastructure spending". nbc4i. Retrieved May 7, 2025.