September 24th, 2020
In every judicial election, the Ohio State Bar Association (“OSBA”) asks candidates to sign a “clean campaign pledge,” which states, among other things, that candidates will not run ads that “lead voters to believe that a candidate will decide cases or issues in a predetermined manner.” On one level, this … Continue reading
September 23rd, 2020
In a recent feature article, Douglas Keith of the Brennan Center for Justice highlights some significant features of this year’s state Supreme Court elections. Among them: –Ohio and Michigan are two states in which the partisan majority could flip in 2020, which will likely result in higher levels of spending … Continue reading
September 11th, 2020
Judge John O’Donnell (D) of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, is running to unseat Justice Sharon Kennedy (R) on the Ohio Supreme Court. It is Judge O’Donnell’s second run for the Supreme Court, after having lost narrowly in 2016. In the current campaign, as in his last one, he … Continue reading
September 9th, 2020
Earlier this year, Wisconsin held its Supreme Court elections. Justice Daniel Kelly (R), the incumbent, faced off against County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky (D). Justice Kelly had been appointed by then-Governor Scott Walker (R) in 2016, and was running for the full 10-year term. The election was controversial–the Democratic Governor … Continue reading
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