Amy L. Searcy

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Amy L. Searcy

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division

Tenure

2014 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

11

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 3, 2020

Appointed

May 29, 2014

Education

Bachelor's

Xavier University, 1985

Law

Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 1990

Amy L. Searcy is a judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division in Ohio. She assumed office on June 2, 2014. Her current term ends on June 30, 2027.

Searcy (Nonpartisan, Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division in Ohio. Searcy won in the general election on November 3, 2020. She advanced from the Republican primary on April 28, 2020.

Searcy was appointed to the court by Governor John Kasich on May 29, 2014, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Elizabeth Mattingly. Searcy assumed office on June 2, 2014. She ran in the general election on November 4, 2014, in order to retain the seat for a full term, beginning July 1, 2015. Searcy won the November 4, 2014, election.

Biography

Education

Searcy received her undergraduate degree from Xavier University in 1985 and her J.D. from the Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 1990.

Career

• 2014-2021: Judge, Hamilton County Court of Domestic Relations
• 2009-2014: Director, Hamilton County Board of Elections
• 2003-2009: Magistrate, Hamilton County Municipal Court
• 1999-2008: Adjunct professor, College of Mount St. Joseph
• 1993-2003: Senior trial counsel, Hamilton County Public Defender's Office

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Hamilton County, Ohio (2020)

General election

General election for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division

Incumbent Amy L. Searcy defeated Anne Flottman in the general election for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy L. Searcy (Nonpartisan)	51.6	189,943
		Anne Flottman (Nonpartisan)	48.4	177,888

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division

Anne Flottman advanced from the Democratic primary for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anne Flottman	100.0	54,476

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division

Incumbent Amy L. Searcy advanced from the Republican primary for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy L. Searcy	100.0	32,632

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2014

See also: Ohio judicial elections, 2014
Searcy ran for re-election to the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division.
General: She defeated Ray Pater in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 66 percent of the vote.  

Campaign themes

2020

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Footnotes

Ohio courts

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