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<p><b>Bruce Winters</b> is a judge for the <a href="/Ottawa_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio" title="Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio">Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas</a> General and Domestic Relations Divisions in Port Clinton, <a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>. He was elected to the court in November 2008 for a full six-year term which commenced on February 9, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Winters ran for re-election to the court in 2014, winning a term that expired on February 8, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-elec_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elec-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Ohio judicial elections, 2014">Ohio judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Winters ran for re-election to the <a href="/Ottawa_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio" title="Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio">Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas</a>.<br><b>General</b>: He defeated <a href="/Lorrain_Croy" title="Lorrain Croy">Lorrain Croy</a> in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 61.7 percent of the vote.
<sup id="cite_ref-elec_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elec-5">[5]</a></sup>&nbsp;
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Winters received his B.S. in criminal justice from the University of Toledo and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> degree from the University of Toledo College of Law.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<ul><li><b>2009-2021:</b> Judge, <a href="/Ottawa_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio" title="Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio">Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio</a></li>
<li><b>2003-2009:</b> Magistrate, <a href="/Ottawa_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio" title="Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio">Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio</a></li>
<li><b>1988-2009:</b> Attorney in private practice in Port Clinton, <a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a></li>
<li><b>1988-2003:</b> Assistant prosecuting attorney, <a href="/Ottawa_County,_Ohio_(Judicial)" title="Ottawa County, Ohio (Judicial)">Ottawa County</a> Prosecutor's Office</li>
<li><b>1988:</b> Admitted to the <a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> Bar <sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Ottawa_County,_Ohio_(Judicial)" title="Ottawa County, Ohio (Judicial)">Ottawa County, Ohio</a></li>
<li><a href="/Ohio_Courts_of_Common_Pleas" title="Ohio Courts of Common Pleas">Ohio Courts of Common Pleas</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Ohio" title="Judicial selection in Ohio">Judicial selection in Ohio</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.ottawacocpcourt.com/"><i>Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas, Website</i></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20141028135342/http://www.ottawacocpcourt.com/judge.htm"><i>Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas</i>, "Judge Bruce Winters Biography"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20141028140537/http://www.brucewinters.com/about-1.html"><i>Bruce Winters For Ottawa County Common Pleas Court Judge</i>, "About Judge Bruce Winters"</a></li></ul>
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