The Summit County Republican Party’s Executive Committee has recommended candidates to Gov. John Kasich for two open seats in Akron Municipal Court caused by judges being elected to other posts.
For Judge Joy Oldfield’s seat, the committee suggested Tom McCarty. For Judge Katarina Cook’s position, the committee suggested Jason Adams. The committee also submitted three other attorneys for consideration for the two posts: Ann Marie O’Brien, Dave Lombardi and John Chapman.
Kasich will choose who will fill the posts.
All of the party’s suggested candidates have run in the past for local elected positions.
Oldfield won a seat in the Nov. 8 election in Summit County Common Pleas Court, while Cook earned a spot in Summit County Domestic Relations Court.
The person appointed to Oldfield’s seat will run for a full term in 2017, while the person selected to fill Cook’s spot will run in 2017 for an unexpired term and in 2021 for a full term.
The local GOP committee will recommend replacements in January for the Summit County Common Pleas Court judicial vacancies created by Judges Lynne Callahan and Tom Teodosio being elected to the Ninth District Court of Appeals. Callahan and Teodosio will assume their new posts in February.