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Councilman Brian Mooney Didn’t Run Much of a Campaign Against Judge Joan Synenberg, But County Democratic Party Support Carried Him to Victory

Without the county Dems’ sample ballot, Mooney probably would have lost

by Vince Grzegorek November 9, 2022June 26, 2025

Who’s Electing Judges in the Cleveland Area? Not Those Ensnared in the System

In Cuyahoga County, voting patterns have resulted in mostly White judges deciding the fate of mostly Black criminal defendants.

by Rachel Dissell, Ilica Mahajan, Anna Flagg, and Wesley Lowery, The Marshall Project January 27, 2022July 1, 2025

Judges Have Real Power in Cleveland. Who’s Voting For Them, Who Isn’t, and Why

by Rachel Dissell, The Marshall Project January 27, 2022August 3, 2023

Here’s Why You Don’t Skip Over Judge Races on the Ballot, Plus Ways to Learn About Judges Around Ohio

Bob Sandrick, Issue Media GroupSeptember 18, 2020June 25, 2025