What you have to do is educate and educate and educate. Ms. Resnick's supporters say they may mount a similar campaign to defeat her opponent, Terrence O'Donnell, a Republican Cuyahoga County appeals court judge. Supreme Court races are not supposed to be like this. They typically are dull contests in which two judges argue about who is more fair-minded. A code of ethics forbids campaigning judges from saying anything that hints at how they would decide cases.
Voters lack interest A lack of interest is evident in turnout.
Ohioans cast 4.5 million ballots in 1996 for U.S. president. Only 3.4 million voted in Ohio's Supreme Court races that year. Republicans and business groups believe if they can oust Justice Resnick, they can break a 4-3 high court majority that has handed them several stinging defeats. Columbus and Toledo voters got an early taste for the campaign in November, when a Washington-based business group called Americans for Job Security ran radio ads against Justice Resnick. Because the ads did not promote a candidate, the business group did not have to reveal who finances them.