Common Pleas Court Judge, General Division

Albert S. Camplese

Full term beginning January 2, 2027. The BOE lists Albert S. Camplese under the Democratic primary nomination and Harold E. Specht Jr. under the Republican primary nomination. Ohio law places Common Pleas judge contests on the nonpartisan general-election ballot.

Background

The county court directory lists him as a judge in the Probate-Juvenile Division. In his Ideastream response, he says he has served in that division since 2015. Ashtabula County Courts directory · Ideastream Public Media, Ashtabula County candidate responses (published as submitted) Evidence type: candidate statement · The court directory confirms his Probate and Juvenile Court roles; his service-since-2015 detail comes from his Ideastream response, which is published as submitted and not uniformly fact-checked.

Ideastream published this candidate's responses as submitted and says responses were not uniformly fact-checked.

Campaign statements and positions

• Says his first priority would be to re-establish Ashtabula County's former felony drug court docket. Ideastream Public Media, Ashtabula County candidate responses (published as submitted) Evidence type: candidate statement · Candidate response published as submitted by Ideastream; not independently fact-checked.
• Says education, data centers, and cost of living are legislative or administrative matters outside the General Division Common Pleas Court's role. Ideastream Public Media, Ashtabula County candidate responses (published as submitted) Evidence type: candidate statement · Candidate response published as submitted by Ideastream; not independently fact-checked.

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