The Ohio Supreme Court now has three Democratic justices for the first time since 1994, with the first statewide swearing in to start the new year - the 162nd state supreme court justice.
On her family's Columbiana County farm, Democratic former Secretary of State and appeals court judge Jennifer Brunner from Republican Chief Justice Maureen O鈥機onnor, creating a new balance of four Republicans and three Democrats on the Ohio Supreme Court.
鈥淚 campaigned hard to win because I was concerned about the future of the Court. And now that I鈥檓 here, I couldn鈥檛 be happier," Brunner said in a video of the swearing in.
Brunner defeated Judi French, who鈥檇 been on the Court since 2013.
Republican Justice Sharon Kennedy was re-elected in the other Supreme Court race in November. She鈥檚 said to be looking at running in 2022 to replace O鈥機onnor, who must retire because of .
