/tags/judgeships judgeships en-US Copyright Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:45:00 GMT /politics/2018-10-29/judges-may-be-powerful-but-judicial-races-fly-under-the-radar The podcast Serial has called new attention to the power that local judges wield over everything from license suspensions to prison sentences. “Judges in America are really the only elected public officials that the public invests with the authority to take their property, their liberty and sometimes even their life,” retired Cleveland Municipal Judge Ronald Adrine said. There are more than a dozen contested judicial races on Cuyahoga County ballots this November, from the state supreme court down to the court of common pleas. Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:45:00 GMT /politics/2018-10-29/judges-may-be-powerful-but-judicial-races-fly-under-the-radar /ohio-news/2018-10-02/report-judges-in-ohio-rarely-recuse-themselves-when-hearing-cases-involving-campaign-contributors Even though judicial races are considered nonpartisan in Ohio, judicial campaigns are usually funded with campaign contributions. A government watchdog... Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:54:27 GMT /ohio-news/2018-10-02/report-judges-in-ohio-rarely-recuse-themselves-when-hearing-cases-involving-campaign-contributors Jo Ingles /politics/2014-11-05/in-the-battle-for-judgeships-winkler-bests-luken In a battle of two of the best-known political names in the Hamilton County, Republican Ralph Winkler bested Democrat Charlie Luken in the race for the… Wed, 05 Nov 2014 05:11:17 GMT /politics/2014-11-05/in-the-battle-for-judgeships-winkler-bests-luken Howard Wilkinson