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November 5, 2024 Election
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​Democratic Candidates on the November Election
for Medina County

President of the U.S.
(vote for one)​
Kamala Harris/Tim Walz

U.S. Senator​
Sherrod Brown

U.S. Congress - 7th District
(vote for one)​
Matt Diemer

Ohio Senate - 22nd District​
Kathy Salem

Ohio House Representative - 66th District​
Bradford Scott Quade

​Ohio Supreme Court Justice (Jan 1)​
Michael P. Donnelly

​Ohio Supreme Court Justice (Jan 1)
unexpired term
Lisa Forbes

Ohio Supreme Court Justice (Jan 2)​
Melody J. Stewart

9th District Court of Appeals (Feb 9)​
Steve Elliott

Medina County Commissioner (Jan 2)​
Pat Walker

Medina County Commissioner (Jan 3)​
Pauline Chapman
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Medina County Recorder​
Donna Miller

Medina County Treasurer​
Mary Emhoff

Medina County Prosecutor​
Ralph Jocke

Medina County Clerk of Courts​
Tina Allen Kolessar

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Bradford Scott Quade, Candidate for Ohio House of Representatives, District 66

When I am not volunteering with the schools or pretending to be Old MacDonald on his farm, I am often taking to the streets in advocacy – sometimes in protest, sometimes in support -- adding my voice to those who stand with the disenfranchised, the oppressed, and the subjugated. I stand up for those who are targets of the bigotry, misogyny, and hate born of fear and ignorance. For those who have lost their own hope, their own voice, their own sense of worth, I offer mine. 

Among my priorities upon taking office, will be reframing accessibility to meaningful economic and social participation in society through appropriate funding of public education, workforce training, small business growth, and public resources and support systems. These efforts will require working with those with whom I may not agree. Civilly acknowledging and then building upon the creative potential provided by diversity of opinions, world views, and life experiences is how we build a better Ohio.

More Info
Website:  www.quadeforohio.org
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/QuadeforOhio
​Donations:  secure.actblue.com/.../friends-of-quade-for-ohio-1

 

Kathy Salem, Candidate for Ohio Senate, District 22

Why me? I was drafted by the Democratic party the first of December 2023. I have never been in involved in politics or in a political position.

However, this did not discourage me. I am qualified in many ways, own an internationally known recording company, lobby in Washington D.C., sat on many nonprofit boards, am a known philanthropist and awarded volunteer.

Why did I run? To make a needed change in Columbus. Address major issues i.e. crime, health care for women, mental health issues both drug and alcohol, rural health issues, education more trade schools, and make work more honorable.

Who am I? I finished my advanced education as a nontraditional full scholarship student at CWRU, I was one of the first white women to break into advertising at the Plain Dealer, I lobbed in D.C., trained as a beautician. 

What do I stand for? Honesty, integrity, hard work commitment, and forward thinking. Ask me more questions and offer your suggestions please contact me at 330-388-3046 or [email protected]

More Info
Website:  kathysalem.com
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/KathySalemforOhioSenate22
Donations:  secure.actblue.com/donate/friends-of-kathy-moses-salem-1

 

Ralph Jocke, Candidate for County Prosecutor

Ohio is #1 – In Government Corruption.  If you want to end government corruption in this State and in this County – VOTE Democrat

I will run the County Prosecutor’s Office using two simple principles:

1. Crooks will be prosecuted – regardless of whether they are drug dealers or local politicians.
2. People who cannot competently draft a simple contract will not be allowed to approve County contracts spending millions of dollars of your tax money.

Below is a list of things I am NOT going to do that the current office holder has done:

• If there is a person’s body found floating in Chippewa Lake that the Coroner says was dead long before it hit the water, I will not look the other way and call it a suicide.
• If the County Treasurer is caught trying to do a sham transaction to give his son a County vehicle, I am not going to say there is nothing I can do about it.
• If County officials deliberately let black mold grow in a County employee’s office because they do not like the employee’s political views, I will not let them get away with it.
• If Nexus pipeline people force their way onto private property by falsely claiming they have a court order, they will be prosecuted.
• People who cannot competently draft even a simple contract will not be allowed to approve County contracts spending millions of dollars of your tax money.

My Background

• Juris Doctorate – magna cum laude (attended law school at night while working full time)
• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering – summa cum laude
• Recipient of the President’s Award – Cleveland State University
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Co-founded Walker & Jocke, an internationally recognized technology law firm
• Worked as an attorney and as general counsel for a Fortune 500 Company
• Chaired the State Bar Committee that drafted Ohio’s Trade Secret Law
• Co-founded and served as Chair of the Ohio State Bar Computer Law Committee
• Served as President of the Intellectual Property Law Section, Ohio State Bar 
• Served as Secretary, National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations
• Worked as a design engineer and an engineering manager (with supervisory responsibility for more than 50 employees)
• Obtained more than 2,000 U.S. patents and more than 10,000 foreign patents for inventions developed by clients   
• Awarded 14 U.S. patents as an inventor​

 

Pauline Chapman, Candidate for County Commissioner

I am running to have a County government that works for the people, not just political insiders. One party rule, what we currently have, does not have the checks and balances needed to run an efficient government.

The County needs a voice for the everyday working person, someone to fight the constant political angling to squeeze more money from the citizens. 

If elected I will work to do the following:

• Repeal the $20 County surcharge ripoff every time you renew your license plates (if the County can afford $60 million for a new Courthouse without a vote of the people – they do not need to gouge us $20 every year when we renew our license plates) 
• Stop the relentless increase in real estate taxes on homeowners (just because you could theoretically sell your house for more money does not mean that you should have to pay staggeringly higher taxes) 
• Stop the ridiculous waste of money on County projects. (For example, why spend millions of dollars of our taxpayer money and close the roads to install traffic roundabouts when a traffic light could be installed in a couple days for less than 1% of the cost) 
• End giveaways to politically connected millionaires by the Medina Port Authority and other agencies that allegedly promote “development.”  (We need to help the farmers keep putting food on our tables, not give money to millionaires who turn farmland into the housing developments) 
• I will work every day to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent in the best interest of the taxpayers, as I did when I worked for 20 years at the Medina County District Library. In addition, I worked 32 years helping my employers save money in banking, production press forging, and mechanical contracting. In the past three years I’ve handled a law firm’s accounting.

I am widowed and have a son who is a commercial electrician, and a daughter who is a software engineer.

​Please vote for me this Fall to save your tax dollars and give you a voice.

 

Pat Walker, Candidate for County Commissioner

​Pat Walker joins fellow Democratic Commissioner candidate Pauline Chapman in vowing to break the big money stranglehold on County government and “stop the same old politicians from ripping you off.”

Walker will Stop Government Waste® and give the people the loudest voice on how their tax dollars are spent.

Walker and Chapman plan to repeal the license plate renewal ripoff enacted by the County Commissioners, which costs Medina County residents $20 every year when they renew their vehicle license plates.  Walker and Chapman also plan to stop massive giveaways to political insiders like the $48 million in taxpayer subsidies provided to the developer of the Legacy Hotel in Medina. 

“I want to bring County government out of the shadows and allow the taxpayers to have input on how the County spends the hundreds of millions of their taxpayer dollars every year” Walker said.  “Currently County government works mainly to benefit political insiders, and that will change if the people elect two new Commissioners in November.”

Walker is a graduate of Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Walker is also a lawyer and founding member of the Walker & Jocke law firm in Medina that emphasizes technology law including patents, trademarks, copyrights and computer law.  She is currently serving as Bar Counsel to the Medina County Bar Association, is President of the Medina County Law Library Association and is an active member of numerous organizations.

She is a past President of the Medina County District Library Board, a past President of Project: LEARN, a past President of the Medina County Bar Association and a past President of the Medina County Law Library Resources Board.  Walker has also served on four (4) statewide nonprofit boards.

Walker has a proven record of stopping wasteful spending by public organizations.  When Walker ended her service on the Medina County District Library Board she was honored for her efforts at blocking needless expenditures in the building of the County Library branches and was given a plaque which proclaimed “She diligently kept an eye on the taxpayers’ dollars.”  

Walker said “If Pauline Chapman and I are elected in November, we will do everything we can to Stop Government Waste® and make sure that every taxpayer dollar is spent to benefit the interests of the people, and not to fatten the wallets of political insiders.”

 

Mary Emhoff, Candidate for County Treasurer

Mary Emhoff is running against Medina County’s current Treasurer who was recently caught attempting to make an unauthorized transfer of a County vehicle to his son.  The current Treasurer has admitted keeping two sets of books in his private business to avoid paying taxes, and has filed for bankruptcy.

Medina County’s current Treasurer should not be trusted to handle taxpayer money.

Mary Emhoff has dedicated her life to helping people.  She is a retired respiratory therapist.  Now she is working tirelessly to protect the rights of Medina County citizens.

It is time to bring a breath of fresh air to the Treasurer’s office by electing an honest and ethical leader, Mary Emhoff.