Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals

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Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Court information
Judges:	10
Judicial selection
Method:	Non-partisan election of judges
Term:	6 years
Active judges
Frank Celebrezze  •  Patricia Blackmon  •  Mary Boyle  •  Sean Gallagher  •  Mary Kilbane  •  Kenneth Rocco  •  Melody Stewart  •  Kathleen Ann Keough  •  Eileen T. Gallagher  •  Eileen Gallagher  •  Timothy McCormack  •

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Courthouse of the Eighth District

The Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals is based in Cleveland and covers the Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Judges

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Judge Frank Celebrezze	2001-2011; 2013-2019	Term commencing 1/1/2013		Democratic
Judge Patricia Blackmon	1997-2015
Judge Mary Boyle	2007-2019	Term commencing 2/9/2013		Democratic
Judge Sean Gallagher	2003-2015
Judge Mary Kilbane	2005-2017
Judge Kenneth Rocco	1997-2015
Judge Melody Stewart	2006-2017
Judge Kathleen Ann Keough	2011-2017			Democratic
Judge Eileen T. Gallagher	2013-2019	Term commencing 1/3/2013		Democratic
Judge Eileen Gallagher	2011-2017
Judge Timothy McCormack	2013-2019	Term commencing 1/2/2013		Democratic

See also

• Ohio District Courts of Appeal
• Ohio judicial elections, 2012

References

2012 election

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Term	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GallagherEileen T. Gallagher   A	No	Democratic	Term commencing 1/3/2013	88%A	100%   A
HarveyElizabeth Harvey	No	Republican	Term commencing 1/2/2013	39.1%
O'TooleErin M. O'Toole	No	Democratic	Term commencing 1/2/2013	8.9%
CelebrezzeFrank Celebrezze   A	No	Democratic	Term commencing 1/1/2013		100%   A
CompoliJoseph Compoli	No	Democratic	Term commencing 1/3/2013	11.9%
SpanagelKenneth R. Spanagel	No	Republican	Term commencing 1/2/2013	60.8%A	28.19%   D
DykeLori Anne Dyke	No	Democratic	Term commencing 1/2/2013	9.1%
BoyleMary Boyle   A	Yes	Democratic	Term commencing 2/9/2013		100%   A
SikoraPeter Sikora	No	Democratic	Term commencing 1/2/2013	25.1%
McCormackTimothy McCormack   A	No	Democratic	Term commencing 1/2/2013	29.9%A	71.81%   A
GilliganTimothy P. Gilligan	No	Democratic	Term commencing 1/2/2013	26.7%

2010 election

Court	Candidates	Details	Results
Eighth District, Term Commencing January 1	(D): Mary Kilbane	Mary Kilbane was up for re-election.	Mary Kilbane
Eighth District, Term Commencing January 2	(D): Melody Stewart	Melody Stewart was up for re-election.	Melody Stewart
Eighth District, Term Commencing January 3	(D): Lori Anne Dyke, Michael Fisher, Margaret Gardner, Kathleen Ann Keough, Rob Shea and Ronald Sustar (R): Brian Moriarty	Kathleen Ann Keough and Brian Moriarty competed in the general election.	Kathleen Ann Keough won with 63.7% of the vote.
Eighth District, Term Commencing February 9	(R): Elizabeth Harvey (D): Eileen Gallagher		Eileen Gallagher won with 70.4% of the vote.