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Summit County Court of Common Pleas

Akron's county trial court of general jurisdiction — felonies, major civil suits, and, through its divisions, family, juvenile, and estate matters.

Key facts

  • Trial-court judges serve 6-year terms and appear on the general-election ballot without party labels (partisan primaries, nonpartisan November ballot; only the appellate and Supreme Court races carry party labels).
  • On the 2026 ballot: a fully contested bench — every seat is a two-candidate race, one Democrat against one Republican. That covers the General Division (about six seats), Domestic Relations, Juvenile, and Probate.

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