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Matthew George

Matthew George

Republican · Ohio · 2026

Running for Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals, Ohio

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Applying the law as written and opposing what he describes as judicial activism
  • Defending constitutional rights including religious liberty and the Second Amendment, as stated in his campaign platform
Biography

George has served as a judge on the Licking County Municipal Court since 2020 and previously worked as a magistrate in Licking County courts, with more than 18 years of total judicial experience, per his campaign site. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Ashland University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2007, per the Richland Source.

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