Republicans, including two who’ve shown recent opposition to criminal justice reform, won Ohio Supreme Court races Tuesday by wide margins as turnout slumped in Cleveland and other major cities, according to preliminary state results of the 2024 election.

The winners in all three races received more than 55% of the vote. Republicans have held a majority on the seven-member Ohio Supreme Court since 1986. In the past two election cycles, a new law required party labels for candidates for supreme court and appellate courts. Republicans swept the supreme court races in 2022 and this year.

ToplineFormer President Donald Trump’s return to the White House could give him even more influence over the Supreme Court, as the ex-president may be able to appoint multiple justices to the high court—and the Senate’s shift to GOP control ensures reforms backed by Democrats to check the Supreme Court’s conservative tilt won’t move forward.