State Representative
State House District 5; Ohio
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 71 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 123,012 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(11,810,293 ÷ 123,012) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.09, measured against a statewide vote in OH (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Unknown · declared
Eboney Eldridge is a certified write-in candidate for State Representative in State House District 5 (2024) in 2026. The county board of elections records no party designation for this candidacy.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Meredith Lawson-Rowe worked more than 20 years as an executive administrative assistant supporting senior executives at firms including Citi and Wendy's. She was among the first Black women elected to the Reynoldsburg City Council and became its president in 2023.
Records: Corporate Accountability 3 for, Civil Rights 1 for, Public Education Quality 1 for,
Republican · declared
Richard Cole is a Republican candidate for State Representative in State House District 5 (2024) in 2026.
Source: ballotpedia.org