Rohde files for re-election to Bartholomew Superior Court

Bartholomew Superior Court 2 Jonathan “Jon” Rohde has filed for re-election, seeking the Republican nomination in the May primaries.

Rohde made the announcement yesterday saying that he had filed the re-election forms. Rohde was elected to the bench in 2020. Previously he had been a Columbus police officer, serving as police chief for almost six years.

Rohde holds bachelors degrees from IU in criminal justice and political science and also attended the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. He earned his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law during the days while working nights at the Columbus department.

Rohde also spent his free time teaching criminal justice courses at Ivy Tech and Commercial Law as an Adjunct Professor at IUPUC.

Candidate filing ends at noon on February 6th. The primary election is coming up May 5th and the fall general election will be Tuesday Nov. 3rd.

Photo courtesy of Judge Jon Rohde