Diana Stevenson

Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Probate Division) (Full term commencing 2-9-2027) · Summit County, Ohio · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: Steve Elliott

Diana Stevenson, a Republican, is the sitting judge of Barberton Municipal Court (appointed 2023) and a former Summit County Probate Court magistrate (2000-2012), running for the open Probate judgeship against Steve Elliott. She was rated "Excellent" by the Akron Bar Association.

What this office decides

The probate judge oversees wills and estates, guardianships, adoptions, name changes, marriage licenses, and civil mental-health commitments. Judges serve six-year terms and appear on the general-election ballot without party labels, though they are nominated in party primaries.

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Dossier

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Donald Trump: nothing found. No search result mentioned Trump endorsing, criticizing, or commenting on this candidate; this is a nonpartisan-ballot local judicial race with no national coverage found.

Who they are

Republican; judge of the Barberton Municipal Court since her appointment by Gov. Mike DeWine in June 2023 (took the bench July 10, 2023), after 12 years as Barberton's Clerk of Courts (Akron Legal News; courtnewsohio.gov). She does not hold the Probate Court seat and is not the incumbent; sitting Probate judge Elinore Marsh Stormer is not on this ballot (Summit County Probate Court). Earlier she was a Summit County Probate Court magistrate (2000-2012), an assistant county prosecutor, and a judicial attorney in Stark County and at the Ohio Supreme Court (Judicial Votes Count). She holds a 1992 J.D. and a 1989 B.A. in economics, both from the University of Akron (Judicial Votes Count). The Akron Bar Association rated her "Excellent" (Akron Bar Association).

Positions

Party politics in courts and agencies: No public position found.
Personal freedom: No public position found.
On taking the Barberton bench she said a goal was to "re-institute the mental health court" (Akron Legal News) — a court-program goal, not a value-axis stance.

Record

As Barberton judge since 2023, has stated a goal of reinstituting a mental-health court (Akron Legal News). Earlier served 12 years as a Probate Court magistrate (2000-2012) (Judicial Votes Count).

Money

No campaign finance filings or fundraising totals were found in the sources checked.

What we couldn't find

No campaign finance figures or donor information.
No explicit positions on judicial partisanship or personal-freedom issues.
No campaign website found for her Probate Court run.

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