Ashtabula County, Ohio

Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas Judge (Term Beginning February 9, 2027)

One candidate is tracked for Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas Judge (Term Beginning February 9, 2027) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Thomas E. Harris. Candidate information follows official Ashtabula County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

About this race

Thomas E. Harris is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot for this Common Pleas seat (nominated in the Republican primary; no Democrat filed), per the Ashtabula County Board of Elections' unofficial November 3, 2026 candidate list (revised August 18, 2026).

What this office does

Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. One name is on the ballot for this seat.

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Thomas E. Harris

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Biography

Thomas E. Harris is a judge of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and a lifelong county resident from Jefferson, Ohio. He began his legal career as chief assistant prosecutor for Ashtabula County, served more than 26 years as judge of the Conneaut Municipal Court, and has more than 37 years of total judicial experience, per the Ashtabula County Republican Party. He is a past president of the Association of Municipal and County Court Judges of Ohio and a member of the Ohio Judicial Conference Executive Committee, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Thomas E. Harris.

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