Edward L. Schimmel

Edward L. Schimmel is the Republican candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives, District 44, in the November 3, 2026 general election, after advancing from the May 5, 2026 Republican primary.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, he said he has been mayor of Northwood since 2016 and is an attorney and grain farmer.[2]

Edward L. Schimmel graduated from Northwood High School, and Ballotpedia lists a bachelor's degree from the University of Toledo (1999) and a law degree from the University of Toledo School of Law (2003).[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, he said he has practiced law in Oregon, Ohio, for 23 years, in the areas of bankruptcy, probate, estate planning and taxation.[2] He said he also farms 350 acres of soybeans, corn, wheat and hay in Wood and Ottawa Counties on his family's 127-year-old farm.[2]

Schimmel said he has been mayor of the City of Northwood since 2016, after serving on Northwood city council from 2007 to 2015.[2] He described himself as a long-standing member of the Wood County Republican Party Central Committee, a past chairman of the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments, a past president of the Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the local planning commission for more than 10 years.[2] He named tax reform, consolidating duplicated services across Ohio, and fixing higher education and public school funding as his policy interests.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.