FILE - People gather in a parking lot as people arrive for early in-person voting in Cincinnati, Nov. 2, 2023. Ohio is expected to play a starring role in the 2024 high-stakes races for state supreme court seats. The Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 Republican majority could flip to Democrats’ favor in the fall if the party sweeps the three seats up for election this year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Terri Jamison, Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, left, speaks with Waleed Abukhaled of Kent, Ohio, at a candidates forum sponsored by the Arab American Voter Project and the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Cleveland, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Jamison is currently an Ohio Court of Appeals Judge. The Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 Republican majority could flip to Democrats’ favor in the fall if the party sweeps the three seats up for election this year. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Terri Jamison, Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, speaks during a candidates forum sponsored by the Arab American Voter Project and the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Cleveland, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Jamison is currently an Ohio Court of Appeals Judge. The Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 Republican majority could flip to Democrats’ favor in the fall if the party sweeps the three seats up for election this year. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Lisa Forbes, the Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, smiles as she talks with attendees at the Woman's Empowerment Luncheon in Richmond Heights, Ohio, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Forbes is currently an Ohio Court of Appeals Judge. The Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 Republican majority could flip to Democrats’ favor in the fall if the party sweeps the three seats up for election this year. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Terri Jamison, Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, speaks during a candidates forum sponsored by the Arab American Voter Project and the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Cleveland, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Jamison is currently an Ohio Court of Appeals Judge. The Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 Republican majority could flip to Democrats’ favor in the fall if the party sweeps the three seats up for election this year. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Kathy Telban, from left, of Mayfield His. Ohio, speaks with Lisa Forbes, the Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court and Angel Washington, a candidate for Ohio state representative, at the Women's Empowerment Luncheon in Richmond Heights, Ohio, Saturday, March 9, 2024. The Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 Republican majority could flip to Democrats’ favor in the fall if the party sweeps the three seats up for election this year. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Lisa Forbes, the Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, applauds a speaker at the Women's Empowerment Luncheon in Richmond Heights, Ohio, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Forbes is currently an Ohio Court of Appeals Judge. The Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 Republican majority could flip to Democrats’ favor in the fall if the party sweeps the three seats up for election this year. (AP Photo/Phil Long)