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2 candidates are tracked for Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge (Term Beginning January 6, 2027) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Kate A. Makra and Mary Margaret Rowlands. Candidate information follows official Summit County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Kate A. Makra and Mary Margaret Rowlands are on the November 3 ballot for the summit county court of common pleas judge term beginning January 6, 2027, per the Summit County Board of Elections' official candidate list for the November 3, 2026 general election (dated September 1, 2026, subject to withdrawal). Ohio judges appear on the November ballot without a party label.
Nonpartisan
Kate A. Makra appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge (Term Beginning January 6, 2027), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Kate A. Makra.
Nonpartisan
Mary Margaret Rowlands is the incumbent Summit County Common Pleas judge for this seat, first elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2014 and 2020 after 36 years as a lawyer, per Signal Akron's candidate coverage. She leads the court's Ohio Supreme Court-certified Re-Entry Court and revived its Settlement Week program to address a civil-case backlog, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Mary Margaret Rowlands.