Ohio › Lorain County › Judge, Ninth District Court of Appeals (unexpired term ending 2-9-2029)
2 candidates are tracked for Judge, Ninth District Court of Appeals (unexpired term ending 2-9-2029) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Nathan H. Manning and Tavia Galonski. Candidate information follows official Lorain County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
The Ninth District Court of Appeals covers Lorain, Summit, Medina, and Wayne counties and is certified by the Summit County Board of Elections; it appears on Lorain County's ballot. Ohio judges run without a party label on the November ballot. This seat was vacated by the retirement of Judge Donna J. Carr; Governor DeWine appointed state Senator Nathan H. Manning to fill it effective August 3, 2026, and Manning must win election in November to retain it, per Court News Ohio. He faces Tavia Galonski, the Summit County Clerk of Courts.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Nathan H. Manning is a sitting Ninth District Court of Appeals judge, appointed by Governor DeWine in August 2026; he previously represented Ohio's 13th Senate District, chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, and owned Manning Law, per Court News Ohio. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Nathan H. Manning.
Nonpartisan
Galonski is the Summit County Clerk of Courts, an attorney who previously served as a magistrate in Summit County Common Pleas Court, including its juvenile division, per Summit County Clerk of Courts records. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Tavia Galonski.