Ohio judicial elections, 2010

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The Ohio judicial elections of 2010 consisted of a Primary Election on May 4, 2010 and a General Election on November 2, 2010.

Justices to the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio District Courts of Appeal are elected to six-year terms. They run in the partisan primary election, but switch to nonpartisan candidates for the general election.

Supreme Court

See also: Ohio Supreme Court elections

Seat	Candidate	Details	Results
Chief Justice	(R): Maureen O'Connor (D): Eric Brown	Thomas Moyer passed away.	Maureen O'Connor won with 67.8% of the vote.
Justice, January 1 Term	(R): Judith Ann Lanzinger (D): Mary Jane Trapp	Judith Ann Lanzinger was up for re-election.	Judith Ann Lanzinger won with 56.9% of the vote.
Justice, January 2 Term	(R): Paul Pfeifer	Paul Pfeifer was up for re-election.	Paul Pfeifer

Court of Appeals

Court	Candidates	Details	Results
First District, Term Commencing February 9	(D): Martha Good (R): Sylvia Sieve Hendon	Sylvia Sieve Hendon was up for re-election.	Sylvia Sieve Hendon won with 60% of the vote.
First District, Unexpired Term ending 2/18/13	(D): William Mallory (R): Pat Fischer	William Mallory was up for re-election.	Pat Fischer won with 54% of the vote.
Second District, Term Commencing February 9	(R): Mary Donovan	Mary Donovan was up for re-election.	Mary Donovan
Second District, Term Commencing February 10	(R): Michael T. Hall and George B. Reynolds		Michael T. Hall
Second District, Term Commencing February 11	(D): Mike Fain	Mike Fain was up for re-election.	Mike Fain
Third District, Term Commencing February 9	(R): Richard M. Rogers	Richard M. Rogers was up for re-election.	Richard M. Rogers
Third District, Term Commencing February 11	(R): Stephen R. Shaw	Stephen R. Shaw was up for re-election.	Stephen R. Shaw
Fourth District	(R): Matthew McFarland	Matthew McFarland was up for re-election.	Matthew McFarland
Fifth District, Term Commencing February 9	(R): Sheila Farmer	Sheila Farmer was up for re-election.	Sheila Farmer
Fifth District, Term Commencing February 10	(R): Julie Edwards (D): Kristine Beard (L): Robert Brent Vollmer	Julie Edwards was up for re-election.	Julie Edwards won with 57% of the vote.
Sixth District, Term Commencing February 9	(D): Keila Cosme (R): Robert G. Christiansen, Frederick C. Hany II, and Steve Yarbrough	Keila Cosme and Steve Yarbrough competed in the general election.	Steve Yarbrough won with 64.4% of the vote.
Sixth District, Term Commencing February 10	(D): Mark Pietrykowski	Mark Pietrykowski was up for re-election.	Mark Pietrykowski
Seventh District, Term Commencing February 9	(D): Gene Donofrio	Gene Donofrio was up for re-election.	Gene Donofrio
Eighth District, Term Commencing January 1	(D): Mary Kilbane	Mary Kilbane was up for re-election.	Mary Kilbane
Eighth District, Term Commencing January 2	(D): Melody Stewart	Melody Stewart was up for re-election.	Melody Stewart
Eighth District, Term Commencing January 3	(D): Lori Anne Dyke, Michael Fisher, Margaret Gardner, Kathleen Ann Keough, Rob Shea and Ronald Sustar (R): Brian Moriarty	Kathleen Ann Keough and Brian Moriarty competed in the general election.	Kathleen Ann Keough won with 63.7% of the vote.
Eighth District, Term Commencing February 9	(R): Elizabeth Harvey (D): Eileen Gallagher		Eileen Gallagher won with 70.4% of the vote.
Ninth District, Term Commencing February 9	(D): Carla Moore (R): William Wellemeyer	Carla Moore was up for re-election.	Carla Moore won with 57.6% of the vote.
Ninth District, Term Commencing February 10	(D): Robert J. Brown (R): Donna Carr	Donna Carr was up for re-election.	Donna Carr won with 54.4% of the vote.
Ninth District, Term Commencing February 11	(R): Beth Whitmore (D): Rita Rochford	Beth Whitmore was up for re-election.	Beth Whitmore won with 68.2% of the vote.
Tenth District, Term Commencing January 1	(R): Judith French (D): Edward Parks	Judith French was up for re-election.	Judith French won with 56.4% of the vote.
Tenth District, Term Commencing January 2	(R): Seth Gilbert (D): Julia L. Dorrian		Julia L. Dorrian won with 64.5% of the vote.
Tenth District, Term Commencing January 3	(R): Susan Brown	Susan Brown was up for re-election.	Susan Brown
Tenth District, Term Commencing February 9	(R): William Klatt	William Klatt was up for re-election.	William Klatt
Eleventh District, Term Commencing February 9	(D): Neil Wilson and Thomas R. Wright (R): Eugene A. Lucci and Colleen O'Toole	Thomas R. Wright and Eugene A. Lucci competed in the general election.	Thomas R. Wright won with 50.2% of the vote.
Twelfth District, Term Commencing February 9	(R): Robin N. Piper		Robin N. Piper
Twelfth District, Term Commencing February 10	(R): Rachel Hutzel		Rachel Hutzel

Court of Common Pleas

See Ohio Court of Common Pleas judicial elections, 2010 (A-H)

and Ohio Court of Common Pleas judicial elections, 2010 (J-W)

County Courts

See also: Ohio County Court judicial elections, 2010

See also

• Judicial elections, 2010
• Judicial selection in Ohio
• Campaign finance requirements for Ohio judicial elections

External links

• American Judicature Society, "Judicial Selection in the States: Ohio," archived January 11, 2014
• US Elections: Ohio
• Candidate Requirements
• Judge4Yourself, judicial candidate ratings
• Ohio Secretary of State, Live Unofficial Election Results
• Choose Your Judges, Ohio (dead link) - Online survey determines which judicial candidates come closest to your views