Editing Summit County, Ohio (section)

==Government==
{{See also|Ohio county government}}
Summit County, along with [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]], is one of two of Ohio's 88 counties that have a [[charter]] government, as authorized by Article X of the [[Ohio Constitution]]. Under its charter, rather than three elected commissioners, Summit County has an elected county executive and an eleven-member county council. Eight members of the council are elected from individual districts; the other three are elected at large. Summit County also has an appointed medical examiner rather than an elected coroner, and an elected fiscal officer, who exercises the powers and performs the duties of a county auditor, treasurer and recorder. The remaining officials are similar to the officials in other counties. They include the following:
[[File:Summit County Ohio Sheriffs Office SWAT vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|[[SWAT]] vehicle of the Summit County Sheriff's Office]]
* Clerk of courts{{Snd}}[[Tavia Galonski]] (D) (elected)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2024/01/11/tavia-galonski-is-chosen-as-summit-countys-new-clerk-of-courts/72187292007/|title=Summit County Democrats appoint Tavia Galonski as clerk of courts|last=rarmon|website=ohio.com|access-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>
* Prosecuting attorney{{Snd}}Elliot Kolkovich (D) (elected) <ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2024/02/22/elliot-kolkovich-is-chosen-as-summit-countys-new-prosecutor-sherri-bevan-walsh/72696916007/|title=Summit-County-Democrats-appoint-Elliot-Kolkovich-to-fill-county-prosecutor-vacancy|last=warsmith|website=ohio.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref>
* Engineer{{Snd}}Alan Brubaker (D) (elected)
* Sheriff{{Snd}}Kandy Fatheree (D) (elected)
* Fiscal officer{{Snd}}Kristen Scalise (D) (elected)
Summit County currently has 14 Common Pleas judges. They are:
* Kelly McLaughlin (D),
* Kathryn Michael (D),
* Christine Croce (R),
* Jennifer Towell (D),<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2022 |title=Incumbent judges Susan Steinhauer, Thomas Teodosio defeated |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/09/summit-county-ohio-9th-district-appeals-court-judicial-races-decided/69630274007/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Akron Beacon Journal}}</ref> 
* Alison McCarty (R),
* Tammy O'Brien (R),
* Joy Oldfield (D),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohio.com/news/politics/2016/four-summit-county-judges-elected-to-other-courts-must-be-replaced-1.728390|title=Four Summit County judges elected to other courts must be replaced|last=swarsmith|website=ohio.com|access-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301144749/http://www.ohio.com/news/politics/2016/four-summit-county-judges-elected-to-other-courts-must-be-replaced-1.728390|archive-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>
* Mary Margaret Rowlands (D),
* Alison Breaux (D)
* Susan Baker Ross (D)
* Linda Tucci Teodosio (D) (Juvenile Court Judge)
* Katarina Cook (R) (Domestic Relations Judge)
* Kani Hightower (D) (Domestic Relations Judge) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/09/summit-county-ohio-9th-district-appeals-court-judicial-races-decided/69630274007/|title = 2022 election results}}</ref> 
* Elinore Marsh Stormer (D) (Probate Judge)

===Summit County Council===
Summit County has an 11-member council. Three members are elected at-large in midterm cycles, while eight members are elected from districts coinciding with the presidential election. The current members of Summit County Council are:
* Erin Dickinson (D) (at-large)
* [[Elizabeth Walters (politician)|Elizabeth Walters]]* (D) (at-large) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohio.com/news/local/regional-news-briefs-feb-6-2016-1.659986|title=Local|website=ohio.com|access-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301135912/http://www.ohio.com/news/local/regional-news-briefs-feb-6-2016-1.659986|archive-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>
* John Donofrio (D) (at-large)
* Rita Darrow (D) (District 1)
* John Schmidt (D) (District 2)
* David Licate (D) (District 3) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/ohio/39153/summit-county | title=2024 Summit County Elections: Live Results | date=November 6, 2024 }}</ref>
* Jeff Wilhite (D) (District 4) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/democrats-appoint-jeff-wilhite-to-summit-county-council-1.663080|title=Democrats appoint Jeff Wilhite to Summit County Council|last=rarmon|website=ohio.com|access-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301133943/http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/democrats-appoint-jeff-wilhite-to-summit-county-council-1.663080|archive-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohio.com/news/20190107/wilhite-named-summit-county-council-president-but-not-without-fight|title=Wilhite named Summit County Council president, but not without a fight|last=Mackinnon|first=Jim|website=Akron Beacon Journal|language=en|access-date=June 13, 2019}}</ref>
* Brandon Ford (D) (District 5) <ref>{{Cite web |title = Summit County Democrats appoint Elliot Kolkovich to fill county prosecutor vacancy|date=February 12, 2024| url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2024/02/22/elliot-kolkovich-is-chosen-as-summit-countys-new-prosecutor-sherri-bevan-walsh/72696916007/ }}</ref>
* Christine Higham (D) (District 6) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/09/summit-county-council-seats-go-to-democratic-incumbents/69631475007/ | title=Summit County Council at-large, District 6 races go to Democrats }}</ref>
* Beth McKenney (R) (District 7)
* Joseph Kacyon (R) (District 8)

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Indicates Council President <ref name=":0" />

===County Executives===
* John R. Morgan, 1981–1989
* Tim Davis, 1989–2001
* James B. McCarthy (D), 2001–2007<ref>McCarthy retired on June 30, 2007. "McCarthy, 67, Turns New Corner,". ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'', June 30, 2007.</ref>
* Russell M. Pry (D), 2007-2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.summit.oh.us/executive/biopry.htm|title=Pry Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=summit.oh.us|access-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111093309/http://www.co.summit.oh.us/executive/biopry.htm|archive-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>On July 12, 2007, Pry was appointed by a majority vote of the Summit County Democratic Party's Central Committee to finish the remainder of McCarthy's second term. "Pry Named County Executive." ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'', July 13, 2007</ref><ref>On November 4, 2008, Pry was elected to a four-year term as County Executive with over 60% of the vote. "Republicans Lose More Ground in Summit Races, Democrats Gain Spot with Brubaker Beating Incumbent Engineer." ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'', November 6, 2008</ref><ref>On November 6, 2012, Pry was elected to a second four-year term as County Executive with over 62% of the vote. "Democrats Maintain Summit County Seats." ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'', November 7, 2012</ref><ref>Pry died in office on July 31, 2016, at age 58. {{cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2016/07/summit_county_executive_russ_p_1.html |title=Summit County Executive Russ Pry dies at 58 |access-date=August 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804030652/http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2016/07/summit_county_executive_russ_p_1.html |archive-date=August 4, 2016 |date=August 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Ilene Shapiro]] (D), 2016–present

===Politics===
Like much of Northeast Ohio, Summit is heavily Democratic. It has voted Republican only three times since 1932, all in national Republican landslides– [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s 1956 victory, and the 49-state sweeps by [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1972 and 1984, respectively.

Overall, the county long-term has trended red since 1988, due to both Ohio's increasingly Republican political environment and a pronounced trend occurring across Donald Trump's three Republican candidacies starting with a sudden 7.13% swing to the right in 2016. In contrast, the leftward swing and John Kerry's substantial margin in the Democratic stronghold even amidst a national loss contributed to Ohio being the tipping-point state in 2004. Even in losing years, Democrats could count on Summit's reliably large margins contributing to closer overall statewide results and Ohio's swing state status. From 1992 to 2012, Democratic strength was such that only twice did Summit County swing to the right, with Barack Obama's margins of victory in the county even averaging 1.14% greater than Bill Clinton's, showing an overall Democratic trend over the years initially. Trump's campaigns dramatically reduced the average Democratic margin to 8.43%, only briefly interrupted by a 1% swing to the left amid Joe Biden's 2020 victory sandwiched in the rightward trend.

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{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|38,991|91,836|2,869|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|47,691|53,965|4,255|Ohio}}
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{{PresRow|1896|Republican|8,584|8,020|146|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|6,322|6,499|790|Ohio}}
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{{PresRow|1884|Republican|6,588|4,586|597|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|5,890|4,071|241|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1876|Republican|5,055|3,804|73|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|4,534|2,738|40|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1868|Republican|4,634|2,444|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1864|Republican|4,204|1,812|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1860|Republican|3,607|1,785|113|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1856|Republican|3,185|1,746|74|Ohio}}
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