2 candidates are tracked for Cuyahoga Domestic Relations Judge on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Pamela A. Hawkins and Sunny Simon. Candidate information follows official Cuyahoga County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
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This race. The sitting officeholder, Pamela A. Hawkins, is on the ballot.
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Republican Incumbent
Pamela A. Hawkins was appointed to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, and has served since May 2026, per her campaign website. Her career has included work as a social worker, solo practitioner and assistant prosecuting attorney handling children and family services cases, and she remains an independently licensed social worker, per the same source.
Democratic
Per the campaign site.
Sunny Simon is a sitting Cuyahoga County Council member for District 11 and an attorney, per the county council's official roster.
Who is running for Cuyahoga Domestic Relations Judge in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Cuyahoga Domestic Relations Judge on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Pamela A. Hawkins and Sunny Simon. Candidate information follows official Cuyahoga County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Cuyahoga Domestic Relations Judge election in Ohio?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Ohio are on the Ohio election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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