Lasheyl N. Stroud, a Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge in the Domestic Relations and Juvenile Division, is running for a second term in the Nov. 3 general election. The nonpartisan race appears on ballots across Franklin County, including in Hilliard.

Stroud was first elected on Nov. 3, 2020, and took office Jan. 3, 2021, according to her Judicial Votes Count profile. She is certified for the ballot, according to BallotReady.

Born in Columbus, Stroud earned a bachelor of arts in criminal justice from Kentucky State University in 2000 and a juris doctor from The Ohio State University in 2003. Before taking the bench, she worked as an assistant attorney general, a judicial staff attorney and a lead juvenile magistrate in Franklin County, according to her Judicial Votes Count profile.

She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and New Covenant Believers' Church, according to her We Shine Bright biography.

The Columbus Bar Association rated Stroud "Highly Recommended," and the AFL-CIO has endorsed her, according to Judicial Votes Count and BallotReady.

No issue responses from Stroud were available in the materials reviewed for this profile.