Matt Lynch
2019 - Present
2027
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Matt Lynch (Republican Party) is a judge of the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals. He assumed office in 2019. His current term ends on February 8, 2027.
Lynch (Nonpartisan, Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals. Lynch won in the general election on November 3, 2020. He advanced from the Republican primary on April 28, 2020.
Lynch is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing District 76 from his appointment in April 2012 to December 31, 2014. He was appointed to the chamber to replace Richard Hollington (R).
Lynch was a 2016 and 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 14th Congressional District of Ohio.[1] He announced his candidacy for the same seat in 2018, but withdrew before the primary election.[2][3]
Lynch previously ran for judge on the Geauga County Municipal Court in Ohio in 2011.
Biography
Lynch's professional experience includes working as an attorney at the law firm of Lynch & Lynch.
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Lynch served on the following committees:
| Ohio committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Health and Aging |
| • Judiciary |
Elections
2020
See also: Ohio intermediate appellate court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals
Incumbent Matt Lynch defeated incumbent Timothy Cannon in the general election for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Lynch (Nonpartisan) | 55.5 | 186,845 | |
| Timothy Cannon (Nonpartisan) | 44.5 | 149,577 | ||
| Total votes: 336,422 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals
Incumbent Timothy Cannon advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Timothy Cannon | 100.0 | 50,965 | |
| Total votes: 50,965 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals
Incumbent Matt Lynch advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Lynch | 100.0 | 48,281 | |
| Total votes: 48,281 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals
Matt Lynch defeated Darya Klammer in the general election for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Lynch (R) | 55.5 | 142,373 | |
| Darya Klammer (D) | 44.5 | 114,022 | ||
| Total votes: 256,395 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals
Darya Klammer advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Darya Klammer | 100.0 | 2,924 | |
| Total votes: 2,924 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals
Matt Lynch defeated incumbent Colleen O'Toole in the Republican primary for Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Lynch | 56.4 | 31,107 | |
| Colleen O'Toole | 43.6 | 24,084 | ||
| Total votes: 55,191 | ||||
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Selection method
The judges of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals are selected through partisan primary elections followed by nonpartisan general elections.[4] Courts of appeals candidates are chosen in their respective appellate districts.[4] In the event of a midterm vacancy, the governor appoints a replacement. The appointee serves until the next general election taking place 40 or more days after the vacancy occurred. If re-elected, the judge serves the remainder of his or her predecessor's unexpired term.[4] In 2007, Governor Ted Strickland issued an executive order creating a judicial appointment recommendation panel to assist in making new appointments. The panel evaluates applicants and advises the governor, but the governor is not bound to the panel's recommendations.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on the court, a judge must be:
- a district resident;
- at least six years in the practice of law; and
- under the age of 70.[4]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judge of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal is chosen by peer vote and serves for one year.[4]
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent David Joyce (R) defeated Michael Wager (D) in the general election. Joyce defeated Matt Lynch in the Republican primary and Wager defeated Alfred Mackey in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  David Joyce Incumbent |
62.6% | 219,191 | |
| Democratic | Michael Wager | 37.4% | 130,907 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 171 | |
| Total Votes | 350,269 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
David Joyce Incumbent |
64.5% | 79,919 | ||
| Matt Lynch | 35.5% | 44,004 | ||
| Total Votes | 123,923 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Michael Wager |
66.6% | 36,796 | ||
| Alfred Mackey | 33.4% | 18,442 | ||
| Total Votes | 55,238 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State |
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2014
Lynch ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 14th District. Lynch sought the Republican nomination in the primary on May 6, 2014, but was defeated by incumbent David Joyce.
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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David Joyce Incumbent |
55% | 27,547 | ||
| Matt Lynch | 45% | 22,546 | ||
| Total Votes | 50,093 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State, Official Election Results |
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2012
Lynch won election in the 2012 election for Ohio House District 76. Lynch defeated Mary E. O'Toole, Kristina Port, Mark E. Porter, and Laura A. DePledge in the March 6 Republican primary election and defeated Tom Warren (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Matt Lynch |
57.4% | 32,985 | |
| Democratic | Tom Warren | 42.6% | 24,480 | |
| Total Votes | 57,465 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Matt Lynch |
53.8% | 8,621 |
| Mary O'Toole | 20.2% | 3,237 |
| Mark Porter | 18.9% | 3,027 |
| Kristina Port | 7.1% | 1,146 |
| Total Votes | 16,031 | |
2011
Lynch defeated Daniel E. Bond and Dennis M. Coyne in the Republican primary on May 3, winning 40.52 percent of the vote.[6][7] He was narrowly defeated by Terri L. Stupica in the general election on November 8, receiving only 41.15% of the vote.[8]
- See also: Ohio judicial elections, 2011
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matt Lynch did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Lynch listed the following issues on his campaign website:[9]
- New Leadership To Do What’s Right: "As an attorney and leader in Bainbridge Township, I first ran for office to stop the wasteful spending and tax hikes plaguing the Board of Trustees. I won and my first order of business was cutting my own pay. Over the next four years I led the way to cut the fat and reduced annual expenditures by 17%. In Columbus I stood against my own Party and voted against increases in the sales tax and real estate taxes. That’s the kind of leadership and fiscal restraint I will bring to Washington."
- Illegal Immigration: "We will never solve the illegal immigration problem until we secure our borders. Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to 3 million illegals in 1986 in good faith but the politicians failed to deal with our open borders. The result: at least 15 million additional illegals here today! The burden on our schools, health care system and criminal justice system is enormous… estimated at a over 80 Billion Dollars each year!. We cannot repeat this mistake! Yet both Democrats and Republicans are about to do it again…the Democrats see a new crop of Democrat voters while Republican corporate interests see a source of cheap labor while the American people suffer the consequences."
- Presidential Power: "Congress has for too long abandoned its responsibility and allowed the President to exercise power far beyond Constitutional limits. I will not tolerate a President who uses his “pen and phone” to destroy the separation of powers so vital to our Republic. Personal liberty cannot survive if any man, especially the President, is the law unto himself. We need statesmen in Washington that are not afraid to stand up against the abuse of power demonstrated in Executive Orders."
- Obamacare: "We will never release the potential of our people if we cannot get government off our backs! There is no greater danger to our liberty and prosperity than the cost and burden of Obamacare. It needs to be repealed…plain and simple. Gutless Republicans take meaningless votes against it but fail to DEFUND OBAMACARE which is the one thing that actually would protect Americans."
- Spending & the Debt: "No amount of happy talk will solve our debt problems until we get spending under control. Establishment Republicans only seem interested in managing big government but not actually shrinking government. I’ll work with anyone to stop the insane spending but I will never agree to more debt in the name of bipartisanship."
- Energy & Jobs: "Creating jobs and protecting the environment are not conflicting ideas. Natural gas wells are creating thousands of jobs while offering cheap energy to consumers. It’s the kick-start our economy needs. We need to build the Keystone pipeline and encourage domestic energy production."
- Liberty: "I will always respect the values and wisdom of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence which have been the foundation of our prosperity for over 200 years!"
2012
Lynch's website listed the following campaign themes:[10]
- Create Jobs: "If we are to prevent our state from falling into the same downward economic spiral as other industrial states, such as Michigan, we must make wholesale changes on two critical issues: taxes and state government restructuring. We must ecognize that government does not create jobs. In fact 60% to 70% of all new jobs are created by small business. The state must create an environment where small business can grow and prosper."
- Eliminate Taxes: "It is no mystery that as the Ohio tax burden has grown, the Ohio economy has shrunk! This high level of taxation keeps businesses from moving to the Buckeye State. Sadly this in turn drives our college graduates to other states in search of jobs. A recent survey noted that 60% of recent graduates planned to leave Ohio to pursue their career! We simply cannot afford such a “brain drain”."
- Reform Government: "We must cut the state budget enough to begin actually eliminating the state income tax. Deep cuts in the state’s bureaucracy, such as Ohio’s state Medicaid system, which is 40% costlier than the national average, are not unrealistic. By targeting these spending excesses, our legislature could reduce the state budget to the point where a state income tax would be unnecessary."
- Right To Life: "There are two Bills working their way through the legislature which could dramatically reduce abortions in Ohio. Either of these “Heartbeat” Bills would give Ohio among the strictest abortion laws in the United States and save thousands of lives of the unborn. Sadly, these bills have become bogged down in the legislature. If elected, I am committed to carrying the moral and political fight forward to protect these most innocent of lives!"
Campaign finance summary
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2014
In 2014, the 130th Ohio General Assembly was in session from January 7 through December 31.
- Innovation Ohio: 130th General Assembly - Women's issues scorecard
- Legislators are scored based on their votes on women’s issues.
- The American Conservative Union: 2014 legislative scorecard
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2013
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In 2013, the 130th Ohio General Assembly was in session from January 7 to December 31.
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Endorsements
2012
In 2012, Lynch was endorsed by the following:[9]
- Ohio Right to Life Society
- Buckeye Firearms Association
- Geauga & Portage County Tea Parties
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ohio Secretary of State, "Ohio 2016 March Primary Candidate List," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ Matt Lynch for Congress, "Home," accessed September 15, 2017
- ↑ Lake County, Ohio, "2018 Certified Candidates," accessed February 20, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Ohio," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "2012 Elections Results," accessed December 24, 2014
- ↑ Geauga County Board of Elections, Unofficial Results May 3
- ↑ Geauga County Board of Elections, Candidates for the May 3, 2011 Primary Election
- ↑ Geauga County Board of Elections, Unofficial Results, 11/8/2011
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedIntro - ↑ mattlynch.com, "Issues," accessed December 24, 2014 (Archived)
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals 2019-Present |
Succeeded by John Eklund (R) |
| Preceded by - |
Ohio House of Representatives District 76 2013-2015 |
Succeeded by Sarah LaTourette (R) |
| Preceded by Richard Hollington (R) |
Ohio House of Representatives District 98 2012-2013 |
Succeeded by Al Landis (R) |
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Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio
State courts:
Ohio Supreme Court • Ohio District Courts of Appeal • Ohio Courts of Common Pleas • Ohio County Courts • Ohio Municipal Courts • Ohio Court of Claims
State resources:
Courts in Ohio • Ohio judicial elections • Judicial selection in Ohio