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Ohio judges

November 2026

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Judges on the Ohio ballot in November 2026

Ohio voters see 2 statewide court races, 95 county-level judicial races in the counties we track on the November 3, 2026 ballot in the races The Ballot Brief tracks. Retention questions are a yes-or-no vote on keeping a sitting judge; elected seats work like any other race.

Statewide court races

These seats are elected by every voter in Ohio. Open a race for the full page.

Supreme Court, Term Commencing January 1

Voted statewide: on every Ohio ballot. 2 candidates.

  • Daniel R. Hawkins (R) Incumbent

    Daniel R. Hawkins is an incumbent Ohio Supreme Court justice, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 10, 2026.

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  • Marilyn Zayas (D)

    Marilyn Zayas is a judge who was selected by Ohio's chief justice to sit temporarily on the Ohio Supreme Court and has been appointed to sit with the Second, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth District Courts of Appeal, running for a full term on the Ohio Supreme Court, per the campaign site.

    Priorities: Judicial independence and impartiality, per the campaign site · Expanded access to justice, per the campaign site

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Supreme Court, Term Commencing January 2

Voted statewide: on every Ohio ballot. 2 candidates.

  • Jennifer Brunner (D) Incumbent

    Jennifer Brunner is an incumbent Ohio Supreme Court justice, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 10, 2026.

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  • Colleen O'Donnell (R)

    Colleen O'Donnell is a judge on the certified ballot for this seat, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 10, 2026.

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County and trial-court judicial races we track

Trial judges, county courts and other judicial offices from the county pages we have built (23 counties so far). Each link opens that race's page.

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