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O’Donnell, 55, is a longtime Common Pleas court judge and has run twice for Ohio Supreme Court -- most recently in 2016, when analysts attributed his loss to the Brelo verdict and lowered vote totals, particularly in Cleveland. Sharon Lee Kennedy (born March 15, 1962) is a jurist from Hamilton, Ohio who was elected to the Supreme Court of Ohio on November 6, 2012. Justice Kennedy began her career in the justice system as a police officer at the Hamilton Police Department. Not a MyVoteSmart user yet? div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } .widget-row.value-only.black { line-height: 1.5em; }
She was assigned to a rotating shift, single-officer road patrol unit working to protect and serve the citizens of the City of Hamilton. When Butler County faced tough economic times, Justice Kennedy organized concerned elected officials in a county-wide Budget Work Group.
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While the court has been dominated by Republican justices in recent years, control would switch if both Democrats on the Nov. 3, 2020, ballot are elected.
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Kennedy said she hopes the map makers come to an amicable resolution so no challenge comes before the court. I am writing to inform your readers of the importance of reelecting Justice Sharon L. Kennedy to the Supreme Court of Ohio. .votebox_legend .non_result_row { .widget-row.Green { }
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Committee member, Ohio Judicial Conference, Domestic Relations Law & Procedure Committee, Former participant, Butler County Juvenile Court, Multi-Disciplinary Intervention Program, Former lecturer, Cincinnati Bar Association, Former lecturer, Law Enforcement Training, Former member, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Former member, University of Cincinnati College of Law Honor Council, Former member, Oxford Chamber of Commerce. Source. This number represented 6.9% of all 28,315 candidates Ballotpedia covered in 2018. [25], .survey-result {padding:10px;}
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Out of the 1,957 respondents, 477 won their election.
Incumbent Sharon L. Kennedy advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio Supreme Court on April 28, 2020. @media screen and (max-width: 350px) { Candidates from 33 states completed the survey.
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[23], Kennedy was re-elected to the Butler County Court of Common Pleas after running unopposed. background-color: #dac113; Environment |
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from the University of Cincinnati.[5]. By Editorial Board, cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
Kennedy, who has been on the high court since 2012, said she is a strong backer of public records and open meetings laws.
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Instead, she said current limits on judicial campaigns — how much and when they may receive contributions — are “commensurate with being reasonable” and judicial conduct codes already provide guidance for recusals. padding-bottom: 3px; background-color: grey;
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Which brings us to the contest between Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John P. O’Donnell, a Lakewood Democrat who has drawn local ire for his unaccountable 2015 ruling acquitting Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo in the 2012 shooting deaths of Black motorists Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, and incumbent Supreme Court Justice Sharon L. Kennedy, a Hamilton Republican who wrote the high court’s Fanny Lewis ruling. .infobox p {