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One candidate is tracked for Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals (term commencing 2/9/2027) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Matthew George. Candidate information follows official Licking County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Matthew George runs unopposed for an open seat, per the Board of Elections' certified candidate list. The Fifth District covers 15 counties including Licking, with its seat in Canton (Stark County). George is not the incumbent; the district's current judges are King, Popham, Hoffman, Baldwin, Montgomery, and Gormley, per the court's official website. Ohio judicial candidates print without a party label; the party shown is the certified nomination history.
Nonpartisan
George has served as judge of the Licking County Municipal Court since 2020 and previously worked as a magistrate in the Licking County Common Pleas and Domestic Relations Courts, with more than 18 years on the bench, per his campaign site.
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