Tammy O'Brien
incumbentJudge of the Court of Common Pleas (General Division) (Full term commencing 1-2-2027) · Summit County, Ohio · November 3, 2026
Also on the ballot: Tania Nemer
Tammy O'Brien is the Republican incumbent judge of this Common Pleas seat, serving since 2011 and rated "Excellent" by the Akron Bar Association for 2026. She faces Democrat Tania Nemer in the November general election.
What this office decides
General Division judges of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas preside over felony criminal cases, civil lawsuits over $15,000, foreclosures, and some appeals from state agencies. They set bond and sentence people convicted of felonies. 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
Researched 2026-09-23 · Claude Code research agent with web searchDonald Trump: nothing found. No statement by or about Donald Trump regarding this candidate or race was found.
Who they are
Tammy O'Brien is the sitting judge of this Common Pleas seat: appointed in 2011, elected in 2012, and re-elected in 2014 and 2020 (Summit County Court of Common Pleas). She ran as the Republican candidate in the May 2026 primary (Signal Akron). Before the bench she practiced business and civil litigation law for nearly two decades, most recently as a partner at Roderick Linton Belfance LLP (1999-2011) (Summit County Court of Common Pleas). The Akron Bar Association rated her "Excellent" for 2026 (Akron Bar Association).
Positions
- Crime & policing: No sentencing or policing policy statement found; she presides over the court's Re-Entry docket and sits on the county's Re-Entry Network Steering Committee (Summit County Court of Common Pleas).
- Party politics in courts and agencies: Ran in the partisan Republican primary; the general-election ballot carries no party label for this office (Signal Akron). No public position found on partisan vs. nonpartisan judicial elections.
- Court access: Says "the people of Summit County deserve competence, efficiency, courtesy, intelligence, and respect," and names court access and the shortage of court-appointed counsel as a priority (Signal Akron).
Record
On the bench since 2011, she has presided over more than 140 trials and resolved more than 18,000 cases, and was Administrative Judge in 2014-2015 (Signal Akron; Summit County Court of Common Pleas). No individual rulings or reversals were found.
Money
No fundraising totals were found; Ohio's campaign-finance portal (ohiosos.gov) returned an access error to automated retrieval.
Recent news
- 2026-05-05: Ran as the Republican candidate for this seat, advancing to the general election against Democrat Tania Nemer (Signal Akron).
- 2026: Rated "Excellent" by the Akron Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Candidates (Akron Bar Association).
What we couldn't find
- Campaign finance figures.
- News coverage of contested rulings or controversies.
- Any statement by or about Donald Trump regarding this race.