Lee Irwin Fisher is an American attorney,politician,and academic. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 64th lieutenant governor of Ohio,with Governor Ted Strickland,from 2007 until 2011. He has served as Dean of Cleveland State University College of Law since 2017.
Maureen O'Connor is an American lawyer and judge who served as the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 2011 to 2022. She was elected to the court in 2002,becoming chief justice in 2010. She was the first woman to lead the Ohio Supreme Court and the longest serving woman elected statewide in Ohio's History.
Theodore Strickland is an American politician who served as the 68th governor of Ohio from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served in the United States House of Representatives,representing Ohio's 6th congressional district.
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus,Ohio,in 1854.
The 2006 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006,and was a race for the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. Incumbent Governor Bob Taft could not run for re-election,because Ohio governors are limited to two consecutive terms in office. The election was held concurrently with a U.S. Senate election. The general election for governor pitted Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell,the Republican nominee,against United States Congressman Ted Strickland of Ohio's 6th congressional district,the Democratic nominee. Their running mates were former Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher on the Democratic ticket and State Representative Tom Raga on the Republican ticket.
The Michael E. Moritz College of Law is the law school of Ohio State University,a public land-grant research university in Columbus,Ohio. Founded in 1891,the school is located in Drinko Hall on the main campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools.
Robert Richard Cupp is an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives until December 31,2022. He served in the House of Representatives from 2015,representing District 4 (Lima). He was elected as speaker on July 30,2020,replacing Larry Householder who was removed from the position following his arrest on federal bribery charges. Cupp is a former justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Timothy J. Grendell is a Republican judge on the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2011,and of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 until 2004. Timothy Grendell was appointed to the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas as the Juvenile and Probate judge in 2011 by then Governor John Kasich after leaving Columbus,OH. After seeking election again,running unopposed in 2020,he is currently Geauga County's elected judge.
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton is an American jurist. She was a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and is now an attorney with Vorys,Sater,Seymour and Pease.
Helen Jones-Kelley is the former Director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS),Ohio's largest agency,from 2007 to 2008. During her tenure she received substantial media attention for various ODJFS-related activities,and for her role in the Joe the Plumber database search controversy.
Andree Yvonne Layton Roaf was an Arkansas lawyer and jurist. She was the first African-American woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court,and is the mother of former NFL offensive lineman Willie Roaf.
The Ohio general elections,2010 were held on November 2,2010 throughout Ohio. Primary elections took place on May 4,2010.
Eric S. Brown is the former chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Ted Strickland on May 3,2010,following the death of Chief Justice Thomas Moyer on April 2,2010. Brown was the first Jewish Chief Justice in Ohio history.
Paul Wesley Brown was a Republican lawyer in the U.S. state of Ohio who served two non consecutive terms as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court sandwiched around being appointed Ohio Attorney General.
Blanche Ethel Krupansky was a Cleveland,Ohio,United States judge who became the second woman to sit on the Ohio Supreme Court when she was appointed in 1981.
Oliver George McGee III was an American analyst,strategist,professor of engineering,and author in the United States. He wrote about his switch from being a Democrat to a Republican and about being a Republican in the "age of Obama" in his book Jumping the Aisle. He provided public advocacy on capital,technology,and U.S. competitiveness strategies for several political campaigns including Hillary for President 2008,McCain-Palin 2008,Romney-Ryan 2012,and Trump-Pence 2016 campaigns.
Sharon Lee Kennedy is an American jurist who has served as chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 2023. She was first elected to the court as an associate justice in 2012 after serving as a judge of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas from 1999 to 2012.
Janet E. Jackson is a former American judge,United Way of Central Ohio president,and Columbus Civilian Police Review Board chair.
