Tavia Galonski

Democratic

Judge of the Court of Appeals (9th District) (Unexpired term ending 2-9-2029) · Summit County, Ohio · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: Nathan Manning (Republican)

Tavia Galonski is the Democratic Summit County Clerk of Courts and a former Ohio House member (2017–2024) who was primary sponsor of legislation eliminating the statute of limitations on sex crimes. She is the Democratic nominee against Republican appointee Nathan Manning for the unexpired Ninth District Court of Appeals term, a race that included a dispute over Manning's ballot eligibility.

What this office decides

Ohio's Ninth District Court of Appeals hears appeals from trial courts in Summit, Medina, Lorain, and Wayne counties, in panels of three judges. It decides most criminal, civil, family, and administrative appeals from those courts, and its rulings stand unless the Ohio Supreme Court takes the case. Judges are elected with party labels to six-year terms. This seat finishes a term that ends in February 2029.

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Dossier

Researched 2026-09-23 · Claude Code research agent with web search

Donald Trump: nothing found. No Trump endorsement or criticism of this candidate was found in searches covering this race.

Who they are

Galonski does not hold this seat; Republican appointee Nathan Manning does (Court News Ohio). She is the Summit County Clerk of Courts, sworn in January 10, 2024, the same day she resigned from the Ohio House (Wikipedia). She represented Akron- and Barberton-area districts in the Ohio House 2017–2024 (35th District, then 33rd after redistricting), and earlier worked as an attorney and Summit County magistrate, including in juvenile court (Wikipedia).

Positions

Party politics in courts and agencies: Debated judicial party labels with opponent Manning in a Cleveland.com interview; her stance wasn't accessible in available sources — no public position found (Cleveland.com via NewsBreak).
Business & regulation, Voting rules: No public position found.
Crime & policing: As an Ohio House member, was primary sponsor of House Bill 266, eliminating the statute of limitations for criminal and civil sex-crime cases; no explicit statement was found placing her on the reform-versus-enforcement axis (Ohio House of Representatives).

Record

Ohio House member 2017–2024; HB 266 above is the only specific bill confirmed here. No judicial rulings — her magistrate work was at the trial-court level, not as an elected judge (Wikipedia). Akron Bar Association rating: "GOOD," the same as Manning's (Akron Bar Association).

Money

No itemized 2026 fundraising total found; a Transparency USA candidate page exists but could not be accessed (Transparency USA).

What we couldn't find

Her side of the Cleveland.com debate on party labels.
A 2026 campaign finance total.
Detail on her record as a magistrate.

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