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News Ohio
Two Incumbent
Supreme Court Justices Defeated in General Election
By Bret Crow
November 7, 2012
For the first time in 40 years, two incumbent Ohio Supreme Court
justices lost in the same election, according to unofficial results
from Tuesday’s General Election.
Justices Robert R. Cupp and Yvette McGee Brown were defeated by former
11th District Court of Appeals Judge William O’Neill and Butler County
Domestic Relations Court Judge Sharon L. Kennedy, respectively. Judge
Kennedy will fulfill the unexpired term of that seat on the bench and
will have to run again in 2014 for a new six-year term.
The third incumbent justice on the ballot, Terrence O’Donnell, was
re-elected to a second six-year term by defeating State Sen. Michael J.
Skindell.
In 1972, sitting Justices Lloyd O. Brown and Louis J. Schneider Jr.
lost to Paul W. Brown and William B. Brown, respectively.
All told, Ohio voters elected 174 judges to courts across the state on
Tuesday. Twice as many candidates (116) were unopposed as those (58)
that had opponents.
Voters elected the following number of judges to each level of the
judiciary:
3 Supreme Court justices
24 appeals court judges
119 common pleas court judges
28 county court judges
Besides the two incumbent Supreme Court justices, the nine other
defeated incumbents included:
Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Clair E. Dickinson was defeated
by Jennifer L. Hensal.
11th District Court of Appeals Judge Mary Jane Trapp was defeated by
Colleen M. O’Toole.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Annette G. Butler was defeated
by Steven E. Gall.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Joan Synenberg was defeated by
Cassandra Collier-Williams.
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge Anjanette A. Whitman was defeated
by Michael J. Ryan.
Franklin County Domestic Relations/Juvenile Court Judge Christopher J.
Geer was defeated by Terri Jamison.
Marion County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert S. Davidson was defeated
by James W. Slagle.
Scioto County Domestic Relations Court Judge Jay S. Willis was defeated
by Jerry L. Buckler.
Trumbull County Family Court Judge Richard L. James was defeated by
Sandra Weddell-Harwood.
All judges in Ohio are elected to six-year terms. Elections for the
Ohio Supreme Court, appeals courts, common pleas courts, and county
courts occur in even-numbered years, while elections for municipal
courts occur in odd-numbered years.
Supreme Court staff members assemble the election results from the
local county boards of elections for administrative purposes, to
communicate with new judges about payroll, benefits and other
information.
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