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2 candidates are tracked for Judge of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (term commencing 2/9/2027) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Kristen S. Moore and Jennifer L. Dave. Candidate information follows official Stark County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Judges print without party labels in November. This is an open seat: sitting judge Taryn L. Heath (term through 2/8/2027) is not seeking reelection, per the county's official Elected Officials List and AOL/Ohio primary election reporting. Moore won a contested Democratic primary; Dave was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Nonpartisan
Moore has served as a Magistrate at the Stark County Court of Common Pleas for more than six years and has practiced law in Stark County for nearly two decades, per her campaign site. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from Malone University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law, and has argued cases before the Ohio Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Campaign site →Nonpartisan
Dave is an attorney with the Stark County Prosecutor's Office, per the Stark County Bar Association's membership directory. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jennifer L. Dave.