Two outside candidates are vying for a partial term in an open seat race.
The pattern keeps surfacing in its most controversial cases, said Forbes, a judge on the Cleveland-based Eighth District Court of Appeals and Democratic candidate for the state’s high court.
Forbes is running for one of three seats on the court up for grabs this cycle. The results could give Democrats a 4-3 majority or a 6-1 minority. The new court could set the new rules around gun rights, abortion access, political representation, taxes and any number of other issues. In 2021, Republican lawmakers enacted a new law requiring that ballots state the partisan affiliation for candidates for the Ohio Supreme Court. They said they did so to inform voters and avoid voter dropoff down the ballot. Democrats framed it as Republicans’ cynical reaction to their 2018 and 2020 success in the nonpartisan judicial races compared to other statewide races.
She declined to say whether she identifies herself as pro-choice but said she has volunteered for Planned Parenthood in the past. She’s endorsed by Planned Parenthood, as are the two other Democrats running this cycle. The three Republican candidates are endorsed by Ohio Right to Life, an anti-abortion lobby group. Forbes said she didn’t want to parse what new state constitutional rights guaranteeing abortion access mean given that might be a question for the court to answer.
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