COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Come November, there will be at least one Democrat headed onto the all-Republican Ohio Supreme Court.
If Justice Maureen O'Connor wins her candidacy for chief justice, she'll leave open her current seat and Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, will have the power to appoint someone to fill the remainder of her term.
If O'Connor loses, Democratic Franklin County probate judge Eric Brown will become chief justice.
Ohioans will also be electing two more justices this year.
One will be Justice Paul Pfeifer, who has so often disagreed with his GOP colleagues on the court that Ohio Democrats decided not to challenge him.
The third court seat before voters is currently held by Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger. She faces Democrat Mary Jane Trapp, the 11^th Ohio Appellate District residing/administrative judge.