2008 General Election Judicial Candidate Ratings

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Contested Races
	Candidate	Average Rating	Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association	Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association	Norman S. Minor Bar Association	Ohio Women's Bar Association	The Call & Post*	The Plain Dealer*
Supreme Court of Ohio Starting 1/1/09	Maureen O'Connor	1.75	Adequate	Adequate	Not Recommended	Good	Endorsed	Endorsed
	Joseph D. Russo	3.5	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Good
Supreme Court of Ohio Starting 1/2/09	Peter M. Sikora	3.25	Good	Good	Good	Excellent		Endorsed
	Evelyn Stratton	3.75	Excellent	Excellent	Good – Preferred	Excellent– Preferred	Endorsed
8th District Court of Appeals Starting 2/10/09	Larry Jones	3.5	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Good - Preferred	Endorsed	Endorsed
	R. Brian Moriarty	2.5	Adequate	Good	Adequate	Good
	Candidate	Average Rating	Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association	Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association	Norman S. Minor Bar Association	Ohio Women's Bar Association	The Call & Post*	The Plain Dealer*
Common Pleas General Division Starting 1/3/09	Robert C. McClelland	2.25	Good	Good	Not Recommended	Good - Preferred
	Steven Terry	3.25	Good	Good	Excellent	Good	Endorsed	Endorsed
Common Pleas General Division Starting 1/10/09	Richard J. McMonagle	4.0	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Endorsed	Endorsed
	Lynn McLaughlin Murray	2.0	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
Common Pleas General Division Starting 2/9/09	Deena Calabrese	3.0	Good	Good	Good	Good	Endorsed	Endorsed
	Sam Zingale	1.0	Not Recommended	Adequate	Not Recommended	Adequate
Common Pleas General Division Unexpired Term Ending 1/4/11	Lance T. Mason	3.25	Good- Preferred	Good	Excellent	Good	Endorsed	Endorsed
	Pamela A. Barker	2.25	Good	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
Common Pleas Probate Starting 2/9/09	Laura Gallagher	2.5	Adequate	Adequate	Good	Good - Preferred	Endorsed
	Kathleen Sutula	2.0	Adequate	Good	Not Recommended	Good		Endorsed
Unopposed Candidates
	Candidate	Average Rating	Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association	Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association	Norman S. Minor Bar Association	Ohio Women's Bar Association	The Call & Post*	The Plain Dealer*
8th District Court of Appeals Starting 2/9/09	Sean Gallagher	4.0	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
8th District Court of Appeals Starting 2/11/09	Patricia Blackmon	3.75	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
8th District Court of Appeals Starting 2/12/09	Kenneth Rocco	4.0	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Common Pleas General Division Starting 1/1/09	Michael Russo	3.75	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Common Pleas General Division Starting 1/2/09	Nancy Fuerst	4.0	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Common Pleas General Division Starting 1/4/09	Nancy McDonnell	3.5	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Good
	Candidate	Average Rating	Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association	Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association	Norman S. Minor Bar Association	Ohio Women's Bar Association	The Call & Post*	The Plain Dealer*
Common Pleas General Division Starting 1/5/09	Brendan Sheehan	3.0	Good	Good	Good	Good
Common Pleas General Division Starting 1/6/09	Eileen A. Gallagher	4.0	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Common Pleas General Division Starting 1/7/09	Nancy Margaret Russo	3.0	Adequate	Excellent	Excellent	Adequate
Common Pleas Domestic Relations Starting 1/8/09	Timothy Flanagan	0.0	Refused to Participate	Refused to Participate	Refused to Participate	Refused to Participate
Common Pleas Domestic Relations Starting 1/9/09	Leslie Ann Celebrezze	0.0	Not Recommended	Not Recommended	Not Recommended	Not Recommended
Common Pleas Probate Starting 1/1/09	Anthony Russo	3.5	Good	Good	Excellent	Excellent