Ohio holds primaries for national, local candidates
Ohio held its primary elections on Tues., Mar. 15, and alongside the presidential primaries several local and state offices were on the ballot: seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, in the Ohio state Senate and state House of Representatives, on the Ohio Supreme Court and in the Ohio Court of Appeals.
Ohio has a Senate and a House of Representatives, both with four-year terms. The House of Representatives’ 99 districts (of which numbers 9 and 10 include parts of CWRU campus) are all up for election this November. The Senate has members from 33 districts, half of which are up for election this cycle; Cleveland (district 21) won’t be on the ballot until 2018.
The Ohio Supreme Court has six Justices and a Chief Justice, all of whom serve six-year terms. This year, two justice seats (one beginning on Jan. 1 and one on Jan 2.) and the Chief Justice seat are up for election.
The Court of Appeals has twelve districts in which varying numbers of judges all serve six-year terms. District 8, Cuyahoga County had four seats open.
| Postion | Winning Candidate | Percent of the vote | Other candidates on the ballot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic presidential candidate | Hillary Clinton | 56 | Bernie Sanders, Roque De La Fuente |
| Republican presidential candidate | John Kasich | 47 | Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum |
| Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate | Ted Strickland | 65 | P.G. Sittenfeld, Kelli Prather |
| Republican candidate for U.S. Senate | Rob Portman | 82 | Don Eckhart |
| Congressional district 11 Democratic candidate | Marcia Fudge | – | unopposed |
| Congressional district 11 Republican candidate | Beverly Goldstein | – | unopposed |
| Ohio State Senate District 9 (South side of campus) Democratic candidate | Janine Boyd | 81 | Isaac Powell |
| Ohio State Senate District 9 (South side of campus) Republican candidate | Joe Miller | – | unopposed |
| Ohio State Senate District 10 (North side of campus) Democratic candidate | Bill Patmon | – | unopposed |
| Ohio State Senate District 10 (North side of campus) Republican candidate | Thomas Pekarek | – | unopposed |
| Supreme Court of Ohio Republican candidate, Jan. 2 | Pat DeWine | – | unopposed |
| Supreme Court of Ohio Democratic candidate, Jan. 2 | Cynthia Rice | – | unopposed |
| Supreme Court of Ohio Republican candidate, Jan. 1 | Pat Fischer | 56 | Colleen O'Toole |
| Supreme Court of Ohio Democratic candidate, Jan. 1 | John O'Donnell | – | unopposed |
| Supreme Court of Ohio Chief Justice | Maureen O’Connor (R) | – | unopposed |
| Ohio Court of Appeals 8th District, term beginning Jan. 1 | Mary Eileen Kilbane (D) | – | unopposed |
| Ohio Court of Appeals 8th District, term beginning Jan. 2 | Melody Stewart (D) | – | unopposed |
| Ohio Court of Appeals 8th District, term beginning Jan. 3 | Kathleen Ann Keough (D) | – | unopposed |
| Ohio Court of Appeals 8th District, term beginning Feb. 9 | Eileen Gallagher (D) | – | unopposed |
Aquene Kimmel, Director of Web and Multimedia, is a fourth-year English and French major. She is also Editor-in-Chief of The Athenian and a member of Pi...
