Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals

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Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals
Court information
Judges:	4
Judicial selection
Method:	Non-partisan election of judges
Term:	6 years
Active judges
Peter Abele  •  William Harsha  •  Matthew McFarland  •  Marie Hoover  •

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The Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals covers the Ohio counties of Adams, Athens, Gallia, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, and Washington.

Judges

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Judge Peter Abele	1991-2015
Judge William Harsha	1990-2019	Term commencing 2/10/2013		Republican
Judge Matthew McFarland	2005-2017			Republican
Judge Marie Hoover	2013-2019	Term commencing 2/9/2013		Democratic

See also

• Ohio District Courts of Appeal

References

2012 election

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Term	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HolzapfelLeonard F. Holzapfel	No	Republican	Term commencing 2/9/2013	27.8%A	45.82%   D
HardinLori Pritchard Hardin	No	Republican	Term commencing 2/9/2013	22%
HooverMarie Hoover   A	No	Democratic	Term commencing 2/9/2013	58.3%A	54.18%   A
SandersPatricia Sanders	No	Republican	Term commencing 2/9/2013	24.5%
NewmanSteven C. Newman	No	Republican	Term commencing 2/9/2013	25.5%
SpetnagelTom Spetnagel	No	Democratic	Term commencing 2/9/2013	41.6%
HarshaWilliam Harsha   A	Yes	Republican	Term commencing 2/10/2013		100%   A

2010 election

Court	Candidates	Details	Results
Fourth District	(R): Matthew McFarland	Matthew McFarland was up for re-election.	Matthew McFarland