Jennifer Brunner

Jennifer Lee Brunner born February 5 1957 is an American attorney politician and judge She is currently an associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court a position to which she was elected after serving as a judge on Ohios Tenth District Court of Appeals On June 8 2021 Brunner announced her candidacy for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in the November 8 2022 general election Brunner is a member of the Democratic Party who served as the Ohio Secretary of State Brunner was the first woman to serve in this capacity She took office after sixteen years of Republican control which included two fouryear terms by her predecessor J Kenneth Blackwell who oversaw the 2000 and 2004 United States elections Brunner served only a single term as Secretary of State When it came time for reelection in 2010 she instead made an unsuccessful bid for the US Senate Prior to being elected Secretary of State Brunner worked in the Ohio Secretary of States Office and served as a County Judge in Franklin County Ohio She also owned her own private practice during her private practice career she focused on election law and campaign finance law She represented a broad range of candidates businesses political parties and committees before the Ohio Elections Commission on quasicriminal matters