Hon. Tyrone Yates

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Hamilton County Municipal Court District 2 </div>
<div style="font-weight: bold;text-align:center;">Tenure</div>
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<p> 2010 - Present
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<p> 2026
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<p><b>Tyrone Yates</b> is a judge for District 2 of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Hamilton_County_Municipal_Court,_Ohio">Hamilton County Municipal Court</a> in Ohio. He assumed office on January 29, 2010. His current term ends on January 4, 2026.</p><p>Yates ran for re-election for the District 2 judge of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Hamilton_County_Municipal_Court,_Ohio">Hamilton County Municipal Court</a> in Ohio. He won in the general election on <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_Hamilton_County,_Ohio_(2019)">November 5, 2019</a>. </p>
<p>Yates was a <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">Ohio House of Representatives</a>, representing District 33.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Yates received his undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1978 and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-appt_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appt-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<ul><li><b>2010-2020:</b> Judge, <a href="/Hamilton_County_Municipal_Court,_Ohio" title="Hamilton County Municipal Court, Ohio">Hamilton County Municipal Court</a></li>
<li><b>2003-2010:</b> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> State Representative, <a href="/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">Ohio House of Representatives</a></li>
<li><b>2000-2003:</b> Trial Counsel, Hamilton County Public Defenders’ Office</li>
<li><b>1993-1997:</b> Vice Mayor, City of Cincinnati</li>
<li><b>1990-1999:</b> Council Member, City of Cincinnati<sup id="cite_ref-appt_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appt-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Judicial_appointment">Judicial appointment</span></h2>
<p>Governor <a href="/Ted_Strickland" title="Ted Strickland">Ted Strickland</a> appointed state Yates to the <a href="/Hamilton_County_Municipal_Court,_Ohio" title="Hamilton County Municipal Court, Ohio">Hamilton County Municipal Court</a>. Yates assumed the judgeship on January 29, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2019">2019</span></h3>
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</style></p><p style="padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;"><i>See also:&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_Hamilton_County,_Ohio_(2019)">Municipal elections in Hamilton County, Ohio (2019)</a></i></p><p style="padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;"><i><a href=""></a></i></p><h4>General election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">General election for Hamilton County Municipal Court District 2</h5></div><p class="results_text">Incumbent <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tyrone_Yates">Tyrone Yates</a> defeated <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Coleman_(Ohio)">John Coleman</a> in the general election for Hamilton County Municipal Court District 2 on November 5, 2019. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">?</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Nonpartisan"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/honorable-tyrone-yates-sm.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/honorable-tyrone-yates-sm.jpg"></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><b><u><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tyrone_Yates">Tyrone Yates</a></u></b> (Nonpartisan)
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<div class="percentage_number">74.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Nonpartisan" style="width: 74.5%;">&nbsp;
</div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">13,876</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Nonpartisan"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png/150px-Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="199"></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Coleman_(Ohio)">John Coleman</a> (Nonpartisan)
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<div class="percentage_number">25.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Nonpartisan" style="width: 25.5%;">&nbsp;
</div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">4,754</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics"></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">Incumbents</a> are <b><u>bolded and underlined</u></b>. The results have been certified.&nbsp;<a href="https://votehamiltoncountyohio.gov/files/files/elections/Nov2019/Nov19.pdf" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 18,630 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection"> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><script>function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more <i class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></i> ")}})}defer();</script>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2013">2013</span></h3>
<p>Tyrone Yates ran for re-election to the Hamilton County Municipal Court.<br>
<b>General:</b> He won without opposition in the general election on November 5, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_judicial_elections,_2013" title="Ohio judicial elections, 2013">Ohio judicial elections, 2013</a></i></dd></dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2011">2011</span></h3>
<p>Yates was re-elected to the <a href="/Hamilton_County_Municipal_Court,_Ohio" title="Hamilton County Municipal Court, Ohio">Hamilton County Municipal Court</a> after running unopposed for the seat to which he was appointed in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_judicial_elections,_2011" title="Ohio judicial elections, 2011">Ohio judicial elections, 2011</a></i></dd></dl>
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