What Confusion?

People supporting Joyce's opponent like to say that Joyce is trying to "confuse" the voters and trick them into thinking that she is actually her husband, Judge James L. Kimbler. This is a very interesting line of attack since the implication is that Joyce, by the very act of running, is "confusing" the voters and therefore they shouldn't vote for her.

While this attack may have superficial appeal to certain people, a moment's reflection shows that it is spurious. In virtually all of her campaign advertising Joyce displays either her name or a photo and in most cases both. This is true of her website, her Facebook page, and this blog. All three of those have her name and photo. Now it is hard to imagine that voters are going to confuse her with her husband, but if they do, there's nothing more that Joyce can do to point out to them that she, and not her husband, is the candidate. In other words any confusion in the minds of voters is not because of any actions by Joyce or her husband. 

This attack is also sexist. This attack seems to assume that professional women have no separate existence of their own, with their own careers, their own accomplishments, and their own success. That of course is not true. Joyce brings over 29 years of litigation experience to this campaign. She has been a trial lawyer in courts all across Ohio. She has represented thousands of clients like you, your family, your friends, and your neighbors. Long before she became Joyce V. Kimbler she was known as an accomplished and experienced litigator.

Indeed, based on responses to a open records request sent to all 88 Clerks of Courts in Ohio, Joyce has been an attorney of record in over 10 times as many cases as her opponent in Ohio's Common Pleas Courts. She has been an attorney of record in over 6 times as many cases in the Medina County Common Pleas Court as her opponent. As of August 4, 2014, her opponent had last filed a case in the Medina County Common Pleas Court in 2009. 

What this attack is really about is the hope of supporters of her opponent that voters won't take the time to compare the legal experience of both candidates in the race. That they won't take the time to analyze which candidate has the experience and the temperament to make a good judge for the Medina County Common Pleas Court. 

Joyce's campaign believes that the voters of Medina County are better than that and that they are willing to think before they vote. If they do we are confident that they will vote for Joyce Kimbler for Medina County Common Pleas Court.