Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2017)
November 8, 2016 · general election · 2 candidates with a page
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by surname. Ohio rotates the order candidates appear in by precinct, so no order on this page is the order on a ballot.
- Law clerk to Judge David A. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Lawyer with Keating Muething & Klekamp in Cincinnati for 13 years
- Adjunct professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law and Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
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- Assistant prosecutor, Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office, 1991-1999 (per campaign)
- Assistant United States attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 1999-2002 (per campaign)
- Bachelor of science, Purdue University, Krannert School of Management (per campaign)
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Pat DeWine
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Cynthia Westcott Rice
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The race in pictures
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Jump to a candidate
- Pat DeWine: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- Cynthia Westcott Rice: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
Where they stand
Their own words, by issue, with the date, the venue and the link. A paraphrase is marked as one.
Pat DeWine
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Cynthia Westcott Rice
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What they have said, checked
Newest first. Each check is shown in the checker's own rating word, with their name, the date and the link.
Pat DeWine
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Cynthia Westcott Rice
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Record in office
Dated actions. Any evaluation of an action is printed with the name of whoever made it and the link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
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| DeWine (R) | 2009 | office | Judge, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas |
| DeWine (R) | 2013-01 | office | Judge, Ohio First District Court of Appeals |
| DeWine (R) | 2017-01-02 | office | Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio |
| DeWine (R) | 2022-10-13 | ruling | 2022-10-13 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State v. Campbell, 2022-Ohio-3626, which held that a probation officer's search of a c |
| DeWine (R) | 2024-02-14 | ruling | 2024-02-14 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in Schaad v. Alder, 2024-Ohio-525, which upheld a temporary pandemic-era state law under |
| DeWine (R) | 2024-10-22 | ruling | 2024-10-22 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Bloom, 2024-Ohio-5029, which held that the state |
| DeWine (R) | 2024-12-05 | ruling | 2024-12-05 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Martens v. Findlay Municipal Court, 2024-Ohio-5667, which overruled the |
| Rice (R) | 2003 | office | Judge, Eleventh District Court of Appeals |
| Rice (R) | 2022-12-12 | office | Judge, Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, General Division |
| Rice (R) | 2016-09-30 | ruling | 2016-09-30 (ruling): Wrote the Eleventh District Court of Appeals' opinion in Estate of Eyrich, 2016-Ohio-7165, which affirmed a probate ruling that a payable-on |
| Rice (R) | 2016-10-24 | ruling | 2016-10-24 (ruling): Wrote the Eleventh District Court of Appeals' opinion in In re C.C., 2016-Ohio-7447, which affirmed a Trumbull County juvenile court judgmen |
| Rice (R) | 2016-10-24 | ruling | 2016-10-24 (ruling): Wrote the Eleventh District Court of Appeals' opinion in Cleveland Elec. Illum. Co. v. Major Waste Disposal, 2016-Ohio-7442, which affirmed |
Pat DeWine
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December 5, 2024 · ruling
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Martens v. Findlay Municipal Court, 2024-Ohio-5667, which overruled the court's 1999 Sheward decision and its public-right exception, holding that the Ohio Constitution requires a party to have suffered an injury in order to have standing to sue.
Sources: State ex rel. Martens v. Findlay Mun. Court, 2024-Ohio-5667 · Court No Longer Recognizes 'Public-Right' Exception that Had Allowed a Party To Bring a Lawsuit Without Any Personal Injury
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October 22, 2024 · ruling
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Bloom, 2024-Ohio-5029, which held that the state law requiring blanket sealing of juvenile delinquency records when a juvenile is not found delinquent violates the Ohio Constitution's open-courts provision, because it allows no weighing of the public's interest.
Sources: State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Bloom, 2024-Ohio-5029 · Ohio Constitution Prohibits Judges from Sealing Juvenile Delinquency Records Without Considering the Public's Interest
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February 14, 2024 · ruling
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in Schaad v. Alder, 2024-Ohio-525, which upheld a temporary pandemic-era state law under which cities kept collecting income tax from employees who worked from home outside city limits.
Sources: Schaad v. Alder, 2024-Ohio-525 · Municipalities Taxing Stay-At-Home Workers During Pandemic Was Constitutional
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October 13, 2022 · ruling
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State v. Campbell, 2022-Ohio-3626, which held that a probation officer's search of a cell phone without reasonable grounds violated R.C. 2951.02(A) but not the Fourth Amendment, so the evidence found did not have to be suppressed.
Sources: State v. Campbell, 2022-Ohio-3626 · Incriminating Cell Phone Search Constitutional
Cynthia Westcott Rice
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October 24, 2016 · ruling
Wrote the Eleventh District Court of Appeals' opinion in In re C.C., 2016-Ohio-7447, which affirmed a Trumbull County juvenile court judgment terminating a mother's parental rights and granting permanent custody of three children to the county children services board.
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October 24, 2016 · ruling
Wrote the Eleventh District Court of Appeals' opinion in Cleveland Elec. Illum. Co. v. Major Waste Disposal, 2016-Ohio-7442, which affirmed summary judgment for a waste hauler on a utility's negligence claim over a low-hanging line snagged by a garbage truck.
Source: Cleveland Elec. Illum. Co. v. Major Waste Disposal (11th Dist.), 2016-Ohio-7442
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September 30, 2016 · ruling
Wrote the Eleventh District Court of Appeals' opinion in Estate of Eyrich, 2016-Ohio-7165, which affirmed a probate ruling that a payable-on-death bank account was not an estate asset and was not the product of undue influence.
Money
Totals and donors exactly as filed with the FEC or the Ohio Secretary of State, each figure with its filing link.
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Pat DeWine
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Totals as filed
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Top donors, as filed
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Outside spending
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In-state share
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Cynthia Westcott Rice
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Top donors, as filed
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Outside spending
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In-state share
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The result
Pat DeWine · certified 2016 · turnout 71.33
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
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| Pat DeWine | 2,438,641 | 56.3% |
| Cynthia Westcott Rice | 1,892,450 | 43.7% |
Sources: 2016 Ohio elections · Ohio Supreme Court elections · 2016 United States presidential election in Ohio
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 2016 Ohio elections · Ohio Supreme Court elections · 2016 United States presidential election in Ohio · Pat DeWine · 2022 Ohio elections · 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election
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- Pat DeWine · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- State ex rel. Martens v. Findlay Mun. Court, 2024-Ohio-5667 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2024-12-05 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Court No Longer Recognizes 'Public-Right' Exception that Had Allowed a Party To Bring a Lawsuit Without Any Personal Injury · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2024-12-05 · accessed 2026-09-24
- State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Bloom, 2024-Ohio-5029 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2024-10-22 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Ohio Constitution Prohibits Judges from Sealing Juvenile Delinquency Records Without Considering the Public's Interest · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2024-10-22 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Schaad v. Alder, 2024-Ohio-525 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2024-02-14 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Municipalities Taxing Stay-At-Home Workers During Pandemic Was Constitutional · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2024-02-14 · accessed 2026-09-24
- State v. Campbell, 2022-Ohio-3626 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2022-10-13 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Incriminating Cell Phone Search Constitutional · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2022-10-13 · accessed 2026-09-24
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- LaRose Certifies Results for the November 2022 General Election · Ohio Secretary of State · 2022-12-09
- Cynthia Westcott Rice drops judicial bid · The Vindicator · 2026-02-25 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Cynthia Rice wants to succeed Peter Kontos · Tribune Chronicle · 2022-07-24 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Cynthia Westcott Rice (2020 candidate questionnaire) · Judicial Votes Count (University of Akron) · 2020-08-05 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Westcott Rice sworn in · Tribune Chronicle · 2022-12-13 · accessed 2026-09-25
- In re C.C. (11th Dist.), 2016-Ohio-7447 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2016-10-24 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Cleveland Elec. Illum. Co. v. Major Waste Disposal (11th Dist.), 2016-Ohio-7442 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2016-10-24 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Estate of Eyrich (11th Dist.), 2016-Ohio-7165 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2016-09-30 · accessed 2026-09-25
Quick answers
When was the 2016 Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2017) election in Ohio?
The election for Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2017) was held on November 8, 2016.
Who ran for Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2017) in 2016?
On the ballot for Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2017), in surname order: Pat DeWine (Republican), Cynthia Westcott Rice (Democratic).
Who won the 2016 Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2017) election?
Pat DeWine won the election for Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2017). Results as certified: Pat DeWine 56.3%, Cynthia Westcott Rice 43.7%.
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