Ohio › Clermont County › Judge of the Ohio Twelfth District Court of Appeals (term commencing Jan. 1, 2027)
One candidate is tracked for Judge of the Ohio Twelfth District Court of Appeals (term commencing Jan. 1, 2027) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Matthew Byrne. Candidate information follows official Clermont County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
The Twelfth District Court of Appeals covers Clermont, Butler, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Preble and Warren counties; the certified election notice lists Butler County as the district's most populous county for tie-breaking purposes. Ohio judicial candidates print on the November ballot without a party label. Matthew Byrne faces no Democratic candidate; the certified Nov. 3, 2026 election notice lists "No Valid Petition Filed" for the Democratic line.
Matthew Byrne is the incumbent judge of the Ohio Twelfth District Court of Appeals, elected in 2020 with a term that began Jan. 1, 2021, per the court's official site. He practiced employment law at Jackson Lewis P.C. from 2010 to 2020 and earlier at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, and earned his law degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 10, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Matthew Byrne.
