Campbell and Howard received the designation of highly recommended and Meyer was recommended.
After a five-minute speech to the central committee at Tori Station in Faifield, the GOP central committee voted.
Howard, one of Hedric’s closest friends, received 73 votes, Campbell received 59 votes and Meyer received three votes.
“There is no doubt I can hit the ground running from day one,” Campbell told the crowd, noting she had 17 years of experience in municipal court as well as her work as an attorney has prepared her for the job. The judge also noted she has the “experience and electability” to win the election in 2018.
Howard said he is the most qualified for the judgeship, noting he has appeared in common pleas court almost daily as a defense attorney for the past 29 years. In addition, Howard said he has also had experience in municipal court, serving as a visiting judge for Judge Mark Wall for the past eight years.
“The greatest way to honor my friend is to pick up his mantel and continue his legacy,” Howard said.
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Meyers said he would bring a new level of common sense to the elected office, noting that as an attorney for Procter & Gamble, he works in all aspects of law.
“I believe our justice system is clogged with cases that could be solved,” Meyers said, adding he would also begin an intervention program to stop child abuse cases.
The names and the votes now go to Gov. John Kasich’s office. Whoever is chosen will serve two years before needing to run for election in November 2018.
Hedric, 55, died on Sunday, Nov. 13, at a local hospital after he collapsed in his Liberty Twp. home. He was elected to serve as a Butler County Common Pleas judge in November 2006 and re-elected to a second six-year term in November 2012.
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