Preceded by Matt Huffman Succeeded by Jim Jordan Party Republican Party Preceded by Steve Maurer Role Ohio State Senator | Succeeded by William O'Neill Name Robert Cupp Preceded by Alice Robie Resnick Political party Republican | |
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Born November 9, 1950 (age 73)
Bluffton, Ohio, U.S. ( 1950-11-09 ) Education Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law | ||
Residence Lima, Ohio, United States | ||
Robert R. "Bob" Cupp (born November 9, 1950) is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and a former Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. He was elected November 7, 2006 to a six-year term and was sworn in on January 2, 2007. His term expired January 1, 2013.
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Cupp, a Republican, replaced retiring Democratic Justice Alice Robie Resnick by defeating Democrat Ben Espy in the general election. Between his election and the death of Chief Justice Thomas Moyer in 2010, all the Justices of the Court were Republican.
Before joining the Ohio Supreme Court, Cupp gained appellate judicial experience as a judge on the Ohio Court of Appeals (Third Judicial District) from 2003 to 2006. Cupp was a member of the Ohio Senate for 16 years, 1985–2000, but was forced to retire due to legislative term limits. He was President Pro-Tem of the Senate from 1997 to 2000, the second highest-ranking leadership position in the Senate. During his time in the Senate, he spent ten years serving on the Judiciary Committee.
Cupp was a Lima prosecutor from 1976 to 1980 and was elected Allen County Commissioner twice, from 1981 to 1984 and 2000 to 2002.
Personal
Cupp is an alumnus of Ohio Northern University, from which he earned his degree in political science in 1973. He earned his J.D. from Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law in 1976.
Cupp and his wife, Libby, have two sons.
2012 Election Endorsements and Ratings
The Columbus Dispatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Toledo Blade, and Youngstown Vindicator have endorsed Robert Cupp for re-election in the November 6, 2012 election.
Cupp has additionally been rated "highly recommended" for the 2012 Supreme Court election by the Ohio State Bar Association, and rated "excellent" by the Ohio Women's Bar Association