COLUMBUS, Ohio – At the close of the decade ... The analysis on the party label law hurting Democrats is probably correct, according to Michael Hartley, a Republican political consultant who has managed successful statewide races. But it’s missing ...

The winners in all three races received more than 55% of the vote. Republicans have held a majority on the seven-member Ohio Supreme Court since 1986. In the past two election cycles, a new law required party labels for candidates for supreme court and appellate courts. Republicans swept the supreme court races in 2022 and this year.