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The 2022 Ohio Supreme Court & Elections in the News

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• As she exits, Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has plenty to say, Columbus Dispatch, November 20, 2022
• Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach, New York Times, November 19, 2022
• Judicial partisanship in 2022 Ohio elections has tarnished the appearance of impartiality: editorial, Cleveland.com, November 13, 2022
• Judicial Elections Bring New Leadership to Ohio Courts, Court News Ohio, November 11, 2022
• The impact of midterm elections on the Ohio Supreme Court, All Sides with Ann Fisher on WOSU, November 10, 2022
• Key 2022 State Supreme Court Election Results and What They Mean, analysis from the Brennan Center for Justice, November 9, 2022
• What’s at stake with Ohio Supreme Court going further right, WKRC, November 9, 2022
• In partisan state Supreme Court races, GOP sweeps Ohio and flips North Carolina, NBC News, November 9, 2022
• Republicans poised to keep control of Ohio Supreme Court; Sharon Kennedy elected chief justice, Cleveland.com, November 8, 2022
• Republican candidates hold large lead in race for 3 Ohio Supreme Court seats, WSYX, November 8, 2022
• Republicans sweep 3 Ohio Supreme Court races, unofficial results show, Columbus Dispatch, November 8, 2022
• Ohio Supreme Court Candidates Discuss Ballot Issue One, WKBN, November 7, 2022
• Ohio Supreme Court election now features party affiliations, Kent Wired, November 7, 2022
• As young voters, we have the power to decide Ohio’s future: We can’t afford to sit out the state Supreme Court elections, Ohio Capital Journal, November 5, 2022
• Money is pouring into state judicial campaigns this year, Weekend Edition on NPR, November 5, 2022
• State bar association requests more Ohio Supreme Court race ads be removed as misleading, Lima News, November 5, 2022
• Ohio’s Partisan Supreme Court Election Could Decide Abortion’s Future in State, Guardian, November 5, 2022
• The new role dark money is playing in campaigns for Ohio’s top court, Ohio Public Radio, November 4, 2022
• Ohio GOP Candidates Rally in Lima, The Lima News, November 4, 2022
• Millions in ‘dark money’ attempting to influence who wins Ohio’s Supreme Court, WKRC, November 4, 2022
• Panel Chastizes : Ohio Supreme Court Ads Misleading High Court Ads as ‘Misleading’and ‘False,’ Toledo Blade, November 4, 2022
• Bar Association Decries Supreme Court Ad as False, Republican Group Doubles Down, Dayton Daily News, November 2, 2022
• Ohio Supreme Court Races Could Impact State for Years to Come, op-ed by Catherine Turcer, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 3, 2022
• Bar Association Decries Supreme Court Ad as False; Republican Group Doubles Down, Dayton Daily News, November 2, 2022
• GOP Candidate Sharon Kennedy Sets Record for Supreme Court Campaign Spending Over Past Decade, Cleveland.com, November 2, 2022
• As Stakes Rise, State Supreme Courts Become Crucial Election Battlegrounds, New York Times, November 2, 2022
• The Next Political Battleground: State Supreme Court Races, Mother Jones, November 2, 2022
• Ohio Bar Says Supreme Court Election Ads Are Misleading, Damaging, WKRC, October 31, 2022
• New Money and Messages in Judicial Elections This Year, Brennan Center for Justice, October 31, 2022
• Ohio Elections 2022: Three Supreme Court Races Critical in Upcoming Abortion Redistricting Cases, Ohio Public Radio, October 31, 2022
• ‘Like’ of Paul Pelosi conspiracy tweet raises questions for Ohio Supreme Court Justice, WSYX, October 31, 2022
• Ohio Bar Condemns Ad Attacking Democratic State Supreme Court Nominees, Ohio Capital Journal, October 31, 2022
• Current Quandary Is a Call to Heed State Supreme Court Races, a column from Thomas Suddes, Cleveland.com, October 30, 2022
• Ohio Supreme Court Election May Produce Seismic Shift, Dayton Daily News, October 20, 2022
• State Bar Calls for Ad Attacking Democratic Ohio Supreme Court Candidates to be Taken Down or Revised, Crains Cleveland, October 28, 2022
• Ohio Republicans trounce Democratic challengers in raising, spending campaign cash, Cincinnati Enquirer, October 27, 2022
• Ohio Republicans trounce Democratic challengers in raising, spending campaign cash, Columbus Dispatch, October 27, 2022
• Republican Ohio Supreme Court justice candidates outraise Democrats in weeks before Nov. 8 election, cleveland.com, October 27, 2022
• Supreme Court Candidates Talk Racism, Redistricting in ‘Faith and Freedom’ Forum, Ohio Capital Journal, October 26, 2022
• Elect Brunner as Ohio’s Next Chief Justice, editorial by the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, October 26, 2022
• Current GOP Justice, Appeals Court Judge Run for Ohio Supreme Court, Have Very Different Backgrounds, Ohio Capital Journal, October 26, 2022
• Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Candidate Visits Greene County Ahead of November Elections, WYSO, October 25, 2022
• New Spectrum News/Siena Poll Shows Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Races Is Close, Spectrum News, October 24, 2022
• Nov. 8 Election: Who’s on the Ballot for Ohio Supreme Court?, WCMH, October 24, 2022
• Zayas Seeks Ohio Supreme Court Seat, Sidney Daily News, October 24, 2022
• A Justice for Some? After Roe Overturned, State Supreme Court Races Turn Political, NBC, October,  NBC, October 22, 2022
• Three Ohio Justice Err in Revealing Views on Abortion Issues Likely to Come Before Them, editorial cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer, October 21, 2022
• Judge4Yourself releases ratings for Ohio Supreme Court, Cuyahoga County judge races ahead of Nov. 8 election, Cleveland.com, October 20, 2022
• Current Republican Justice, Appeals Court Judge Running for Ohio Supreme Court, Have Vastly Different Background, WEWS, October 19, 2022
• Governor DeWine’s Son, Appeals Court Judge Run for Ohio Supreme Court, Talk about Integrity, Ohio Capital Journal, October 19, 2022
• Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Asks Ohio Supreme Court to Keep Former Utility Regulator’s Assets Frozen, Cleveland.com, October 19, 2022
• Inside the Crucial Ohio Supreme Court Races, Axios, October 18, 2022
• Voter Guide 2022: Six Candidates Seek Three Seats on Ohio Supreme Court in November Election, Akron Beacon Journal, October 18, 2022
• Ethics Commission Review Not Required Before Prosecutors Pursue Ethics Charges, Court News Ohio, October 18, 2022
• Ohio Republicans take fight over congressional district map to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ohio Public Radio, October 16, 2022
• GOP lawmakers appeal Ohio map flap to US Supreme Court, AP, October 14, 2022
• Ohio Republican legislative leaders appeal Ohio Supreme Court gerrymandering decision to U.S. Supreme Court, Cleveland.com, October 14, 2022
• State Supreme Court Races: Big Issues, Big Money, Governing, October 14, 2022
• You Need to Pay Attention to the Ohio Supreme Court Justice Race if Abortion Rights Are Important to You, Cosmopolitan, October 12, 2022
• 5 Ways Secret Money Makes Its Way into our Elections, Campaign Legal Center, October 11, 2022
• Ohio Debate Commission won’t hold general-election debates this year after chief justice forum falls through, Cleveland.com, October 10, 2022
• Governor DeWine’s son, appeals court judge run for Ohio Supreme Court, talk about integrity, News5 Cleveland, October 10, 2022
• 3 Ohio judicial candidates accused of breaking ethics code, told PAC abortion isn’t Constitutional right, News5 Cleveland, October 7, 2022
• Six Key Energy Questions That Winners of Ohio’s High Court Races Will Decide, Energy News  Network and Eye on Ohio, October 6, 2022
• High-stakes Ohio Supreme Court races could influence abortion rights, redistricting in the state, Cleveland.com, October 3, 2022
• Republican Lawmakers Push to Redraw Ohio’s Appellate Court Map, WCMH, September 26, 2022
• Eyeing redistricting, national Republicans plan $2 million in ads to boost Ohio Supreme court candidates, Cleveland.com, September 29, 2022
• Jennifer Brunner for chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court: endorsement editorial, The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com, September 25, 2022
• Lawmakers eye changes to appellate court lines, Toledo Blade, September 20, 2022
• Businesses won’t disclose donors behind Supreme Court ads, Toledo Blade, September 1, 2022
• High-stakes races for the Ohio Supreme Court will determine the balance of the bench, Ohio Public Radio, August 8, 2022
• After 2,500 arguments and 24 years in statewide office, Maureen O’Connor takes a bow, Columbus Dispatch, August 3, 2022 
• Ohio’s Black judges support public release of criminal-sentencing database information, op-ed by Ronald B. Adrine, Cleveland.com, July 24, 2022
• Republicans keep gerrymandered maps – after they were struck down by court, The Guardian, July 21, 2022
• Court Invalidates Second Congressional Map, Court News Ohio, July 19, 2022 
• Redistricting: Ohio Supreme Court rejects congressional map used in May, orders new one, Columbus Dispatch, July 19, 2022
• Midterm elections: Once ‘sleepy affairs,”state supreme court races have new significance with redistricting, abortion, USA Today, July 18, 2022 
• Judge boots lawyers from FirstEnergy bribery suit for failure to ‘diligently prosecute’, Ohio Capital Journal, July 14, 2022 
• What is the independent state legislature theory and what does it mean for Ohio?, Ohio Public Radio, July 12, 2022 
• Election forecasters include Ohio Supreme Court contests as races to watch, Ohio Capital Journal, July 9, 2022 
• ‘I’d like to buy a vowel’: Republicans turn impeachment of Ohio chief justice into a meme, Columbus Dispatch, July 5, 2022 
• Targeting a Last Line of Defense for Reproductive Freedom: State Courts, Brennan Center for Justice, June 24, 2022 
• State supreme courts: Bottom of the ballot but top concern if Roe falls, Politico, June 13, 2022
• Ohio Supreme Court: Police must release initial witness statements, crime scene observations, Cincinnati Enquirer, June 9, 2022
• Court Clarifies What Criminal Complaint Information Police Must Make Available, Court News Ohio, June 9, 2022 
• Redistricting: Ohio Chief Justice O’Connor finds flaws in reasoning of federal judges, op-ed by Michael Douglas, Akron Beacon Journal, June 5, 2022 
• Latest court deadline to pass without new maps, Toledo Blade, June 2, 2022 
• ‘Best of our bad options’ Federal judges order Ohio to use unconstitutional district maps, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 27, 2022
• Federal court intervenes in Ohio redistricting, orders state to implement unconstitutional district maps, Ohio Public Radio, May 27, 2022 
• State Supreme Court Diversity- May 2022 Update, Brennan Center for Justice, May 20, 2022 
• Ohio Supreme Court again asks redistricting commissioners why they shouldn’t be held in contempt, Dayton Daily News, May 10, 2022 
• Election 2022: Who is running for Ohio Supreme Court chief justice? Two justices face off, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 27, 2022 
• Ohio Voters Shafted by Conservative Judicial Activism, Washington Monthly, April 25, 2022 
• Republicans take victory lap after federal redistricting ruling, prospects unclear for future redistricting progress, Cleveland.com, April 21, 2022 
• State Supreme Court Races Draw New Attention and Money Amid Redistricting Fights, CNN, April 17, 2022
• Inside ‘the next big political frontier’ of state supreme court races, Business Insider, April 11, 2022
• GOP group pledges more spending on Supreme Court races, The Hill, February 16, 2022