OHIO SUPREME COURT CANDIDATES PLAY NICE WITH EACH OTHER - AS THEY MUST
Running to be a judge — or at the highest level, an Ohio Supreme Court justice — is unlike any other political exercise in Ohio. It’s a clash of qualifications and legal concepts, rather than issues, with judicial campaign rules forbidding personal commentary and attacks.It’s a generally collegial exercise as witnessed Friday when the Democrat, Melody Stewart, and Republican, appointed Justice Mary DeGenaro, running for the same Ohio Supreme Court seat greeted each other with a warm hug and shop talk.The two judges squaring off over the other Supreme Court seat in the Nov. 6 election —