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Raymond Headen
Raymond Headen was a judge of the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals. He assumed office on January 3, 2019. He left office on December 31, 2020.
Headen (Nonpartisan, Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals. Headen lost in the general election on November 3, 2020. He advanced from the Republican primary on April 28, 2020.
Headen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Headen was appointed to the court of appeals to replace Melody Stewart, who was appointed to the state Supreme Court.
Headen was a Republican candidate for judge of the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals. Headen lost the general election on November 6, 2018, after advancing from the primary on May 8, 2018. Although Ohio held partisan judicial primaries, general judicial elections were officially nonpartisan.
Biography
Raymond Headen was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1982. He earned a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1987. Headen's career experience includes working as a lawyer. He has served as a member and chairperson with the University School board of directors in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as a committee member with the American Judges Association, and as a committee member with the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has served as a deacon with Imani Church United Church of Christ in Euclid, Ohio.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Ohio intermediate appellate court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Lisa Forbes defeated incumbent Raymond Headen in the general election for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Forbes (Nonpartisan) | 71.0 | 326,112 |
 | Raymond Headen (Nonpartisan)  | 29.0 | 133,072 | |
| Total votes: 459,184 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Lisa Forbes defeated Gabriella Rosalina, James W. Satola, and Alyson Monroe Brown in the Democratic primary for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Forbes | 56.0 | 67,918 |
| Gabriella Rosalina | 31.2 | 37,814 | ||
 | James W. Satola | 6.8 | 8,217 | |
| Alyson Monroe Brown | 6.1 | 7,415 | ||
| Total votes: 121,364 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Incumbent Raymond Headen advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raymond Headen | 100.0 | 29,198 |
| Total votes: 29,198 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Michelle Sheehan defeated Raymond Headen in the general election for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Sheehan (D) | 74.2 | 281,204 |
| Raymond Headen (R) | 25.8 | 97,916 | |
| Total votes: 379,120 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Michelle Sheehan advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Sheehan | 100.0 | 84,016 |
| Total votes: 84,016 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Raymond Headen advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raymond Headen | 100.0 | 33,868 |
| Total votes: 33,868 | |||
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Selection method
The judges of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals are selected through partisan primary elections followed by nonpartisan general elections.[2] Courts of appeals candidates are chosen in their respective appellate districts.[2] In the event of a midterm vacancy, the governor appoints a replacement. The appointee serves until the next general election taking place 40 or more days after the vacancy occurred. If re-elected, the judge serves the remainder of his or her predecessor's unexpired term.[2] In 2007, Governor Ted Strickland issued an executive order creating a judicial appointment recommendation panel to assist in making new appointments. The panel evaluates applicants and advises the governor, but the governor is not bound to the panel's recommendations.[2]
Qualifications
To serve on the court, a judge must be:
- a district resident;
- at least six years in the practice of law; and
- under the age of 70.[2]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judge of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal is chosen by peer vote and serves for one year.[2]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Raymond Headen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Headen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I have a perfect 100% track record as a judge. In over 220 opinions, I have yet to have any opinions overturned by the Ohio Supreme Court. my opponent has no judicial experience.
- I have been more than excellent judge. I have become a statewide leader on the issue of equal justice and fair sentencing through my work to establish a statewide criminal sentencing database to assure equal justice is not impacted by racial bias in sentencing.
- My opponent does not have any judicial experience. and we need diversity on the bench. My personal background and experience as a judge stands out in comparison to my opponent whose background looks a lot like judges already on the bench.
Other powers of my office is that the court of appeals is the last appeals court for many citizens as our court has mandatory appeals. The Ohio Supreme Court may decide to use their discretionary power to not hear your case. However, since becoming a judge, I have been one of the state of Ohio's leading advocates to reform appellate review powers of judges. I believe the public believes we have more power than we actually do to review trial court jury or judge decisions and verdicts.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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