Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Holbrook, a longtime Republican incumbent, appeared to have won a tight victory Tuesday over his Democratic challenger, Assistant Columbus City Attorney Zach Gwin, according to unofficial results.
"I'm happy," Holbrook told The Dispatch after 100% of the precincts reported."I was nervous. I respect the voters in Franklin County. I'm happy that I was reelected. It was a good race. Zach's a wonderful young man. He may make a great judge someday, but I'm glad that I was reelected." If the unofficial results are certified by the Franklin County Board of Elections, Democrats will have won nine of the 10 seats up for grabs on the county Common Pleas Court in Tuesday's general election. That would leave Holbrook as one of just two Republicans on the bench in all of Franklin County Common Pleas Court among the 17 judges in the general division and seven judges in the Domestic Relations/Juvenile Court division. The other Republican judge is Daniel Hawkins.
"We recognized we were running against a longtime incumbent in a tough race and we were excited to tackle the opportunity," Gwin told The Dispatch.Noble has worked in the Columbus City Attorney's office since 2011 as a prosecutor and then in the civil division. O'Donnell has sat on the bench since 2013.
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