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2 candidates are tracked for Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge (Juvenile Division, Bruns seat) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Nicholas Sylvain and Hope Smalls. Candidate information follows official Montgomery County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Nominated in partisan May 2026 primaries but elected without party designation on Ohio's November ballot; race is for the seat of former Juvenile Court Judge Julie Bruns. Nicholas Sylvain, nominated in the Republican primary, replaced Bruns after she left the bench in 2026; Hope Smalls, nominated in the Democratic primary, is a magistrate at the county's Juvenile Court. Per the Dayton Daily News.
Nonpartisan
Nicholas Sylvain replaced Montgomery County Juvenile Court Judge Julie Bruns after she left the bench in 2026, per the Dayton Daily News. He was nominated in the Republican primary in the November general election. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Nicholas Sylvain.
Nonpartisan
Hope Smalls is a magistrate at the Montgomery County Juvenile Court, nominated in the Democratic primary in the seat formerly held by Judge Julie Bruns, per the Dayton Daily News. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Hope Smalls.