Ohio Jud.Cond.R. 4.6

As used in Canon 4:

(A) “Aggregate” means not only contributions in cash or in- kind made directly

to a candidate’s campaign committee, but also all contributions made indirectly with the

understanding that they will be used to support the election of a candidate or to oppose

the election of the candidate’s opponent.

(B) “Contribution” has the same meaning as in R.C. 3517.01 and includes an

in-kind contribution.

(C) “Immediate family” means a spouse or domestic partner or any of the

following who are related by blood, law, or marriage to the judicial candidate:

(1) Parent;

(2) Child;

(3) Brother or sister;

(4) Grandparent;

(5) Grandchild;

(6) Uncle or aunt;

(7) Nephew or niece;

(8) Great-grandparent;

(9) First cousin.

(D) “Domestic partner,” “independence,” “integrity,” “impartiality,” “impending,”

and “pending” have the same meaning as in the Terminology section of this code.

(E) “In-kind contribution” has the same meaning as in R.C. 3517.01.

(F) “Judicial candidate” means a person who has made a public announcement

of candidacy for judicial office, declared or filed as a candidate for judicial office with the

election authority, or authorized the solicitation or receipt of contributions or suppor t for

judicial office, whichever occurred first.

(G) “Knowingly” means actual knowledge of the fact in question. A person’s

knowledge may be inferred from circumstances.

(H) “Law firm” means a lawyer or lawyers in a law partnership, professional

corporation, sole proprietorship, or other association authorized to practice law or lawyers

engaged in a private or public legal aid or public defender organization, a legal services

organization, the legal department of a corporation or other organization, or the attorney

general, prosecuting attorney, law director, or other public office.

(I) “Loan” means an advance of money with an absolute promise to pay, with

or without interest, and includes loan guarantees.

(J) “Organization” means any entity or combination of two or more persons,

other than a political party, including, but not limited to, a corporation, nonprofit

corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, professional association,

continuing association, estate, trust, business trust, political action committee as defined

in R.C. 3517.01, law firm, organization affiliated with a political party, labor organization,

campaign committee of another candidate for public office, or caucus c ampaign

committee.

(K) “Organization affiliated with a political party” means a combination of two or

more persons, other than a political party or an organization, that is identified by its name

or association with a national, state, or county political party or expressly prom otes the

interests, philosophy, or candidates of a political party.

(L) “Political action committee” has the same meaning as in R.C. 3517.01.

(M) “Political party” has the same meaning as in R.C. 3517.01 and includes any

national, state, or county political party.

(N) “Prominent lettering” means not less than the physical size of the largest

type used to display the title of office or the court to which the judicial candidate seeks

election, irrespective of the point size or font of the largest type.