The Republican State Leadership Committee has ties to dark money donors and has ramped up spending on judicial races.

Marilyn Zayas, an IT manager turned lawyer turned appellate court judge, is seeking to unseat Pat DeWine, a Republican and the son of Ohio’s current governor, from the Ohio Supreme Court.

Both Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Patrick Fischer have compared abortion and slavery.

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is a defendant in three lawsuits challenging Ohio’s district maps.

Justice Pat DeWine has refused to recuse himself from cases that directly involve his father, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.

‘The evidence in these cases makes clear beyond all doubt that the General Assembly did not heed the clarion call sent by Ohio voters to stop political gerrymandering,’ the Ohio court said.