Sharon Kennedy may have a great political last name, but the Republican Ohio Supreme Court justice grew up in a working-class home in Colerain Township.
Kennedy has often reflected on those humble beginnings as she's ascended from police officer to local judge to the state's high court. She is mindful to credit mentors along the way for helping her to overcome doubts about being able to make it in politics since she's not from a wealthy, well-known family.
Among those mentors: fellow Butler County resident and former Speaker of the House John Boehner – himself having come from a working-class home in Reading.
Kennedy, a one-time Hamilton police officer, could be heading for a GOP primary clash next spring against perhaps the biggest name in Ohio politics – DeWine. She has been preparing to run for chief justice in 2022, a race that fellow supreme court justice Pat DeWine also is considering. He is the son of Gov. Mike DeWine.
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