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2 candidates are tracked for Judge of the Wood County Probate Court on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Megan E. Newlove and Doug Ruck. Candidate information follows official Wood County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Term commencing 02/09/2027; judges print without party labels in November. Ruck's own campaign site identifies him as a Republican, but the office is nonpartisan on the ballot.
Newlove is a Bowling Green attorney with more than 25 years of experience in estate planning, probate administration, adoptions, and guardianships, per her campaign site. She describes herself as a seventh-generation Wood County resident.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Emphasizes hands-on courtroom experience across probate and juvenile matters, from guardianships to child protection cases
- Running a voter-education series explaining what the probate and juvenile courts do
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-09.
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Ruck, known formally as J. Douglas Ruck, has nearly 28 years of law practice in the Pemberville, Perrysburg, and Bowling Green area, including probate and estate planning, trust and estate litigation, real estate, business, and agricultural law, per his campaign site. He has served as village solicitor for Luckey and, for the last 16 years, for Gibsonburg.
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