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Dan Hawkins

Dan Hawkins

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Overview

Current roleJudge

PartyRepublican

Political ideologyConservative Republican

GenderMale

LocationOhio

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BackgroundJudge

EducationBowling Green State University (B.S., Criminal Justice)

Notable personal detailsDaniel R. Hawkins is a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, assuming office on 2024-12-10 after being elected in November 2024. Before joining the Supreme Court, he served as a judge on the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas (General Division) and earlier on the Franklin County Municipal Court’s Environmental Division. He previously worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office and led the office’s Special Victims Unit.

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Positions

LiberalConservative

Healthcare

Dan Hawkins has taken a conservative position in a healthcare-related case by joining the Ohio Supreme Court majority that allowed enforcement of Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors to continue during appeal. No direct evidence was found that he has endorsed broader healthcare expansion or public-option style reforms.

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

Dan Hawkins has been endorsed by Ohio Right to Life, a major anti-abortion organization. Reproductive-rights groups described him as aligned with the anti-abortion movement and expected him to support restrictive abortion laws.

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