A top jurist and former elections chief in Ohio has sued two state officials over a recently passed law that requires certain judicial candidates to declare their party affiliation on ballots. Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner filed her lawsuit Tuesday.
FILE - Then-Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner answers a question during a debate at the City Club of Cleveland, April 13, 2010, in Cleveland. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, Brunner, now an Ohio Supreme Court justice, filed suit against two state officials over a recently passed law that requires certain judicial candidates to declare their party affiliation on ballots.
That’s partly because candidates for those court positions are subject to “significant prohibitions of certain conduct” under Ohio’s judicial code of conduct, Brunner argues in U.S. District Court in Youngstown, including any kind of “political or campaign activity that is inconsistent with the independence, integrity, or impartiality of the judiciary.”
Brunner, a Democrat, noted the close timing of the law’s introduction at the Republican-controlled Statehouse to her declaration of candidacy for chief justice in 2021. She lost that race to fellow Justice Sharon Kennedy, a Republican, after having handily won a nonpartisan race for justice in 2020. Brunner’s initial election to Ohio’s 7-member high court followed the election of two other Democrats — both in nonpartisan races — in 2018, a rare win for the party in the GOP-dominated state.
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