Election 2026: Midterms in Cuyahoga County (live blog)

Election Day is here and voting has begun in earnest around the state of Ohio. Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. and will remain open until 7:30 p.m.

Registered voters can find their polling place via the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections website. Many polling locations changed this year due to the consolidation of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). Cleveland, and surrounding suburban, voters can see a list of the polling location changes here.

Ohioans have a lot to vote on this year. The two statewide elections — for U.S. Senator and governor — have drawn national headlines for their vitriol. Both races, between Republican Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown for the Senate, and between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton for governor, are expected to be close contests.

Cuyahoga County residents will also decide on two levies: a Health and Human Services levy, and the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities levy. Both could have significant impact on the social safety net in the region.

There are also an array of local issues we’ll be keeping an eye on throughout the night.

The Land’s network of Community Journalists and professional reporters will be around Cuyahoga County observing election happenings. We’ll update this story with their observations.

8 a.m. update:

Our reporters saw long lines at polling locations in the inner-ring suburbs this morning. In Cleveland Heights, one observer said lines were around 30 minutes from door to booth. Anecdotally, they said, that was longer than the previous midterm election.

Community Journalist Erica Prange was in Lakewood at 7:30 a.m. today. “Smiling poll workers guided a steady stream of voters through the check-in and voting process at Lakewood Women’s Club Pavilion. The entire process from check-in to scanning the ballot took about 30 minutes this morning,” she said.