YOUNGSTOWN — Republican Jennifer J. Ciccone is seeking to get on the ballot again — this time as the party’s candidate for Mahoning County commissioner against incumbent Democrat Anthony Traficanti.

Ciccone, of Poland, lost the Struthers Municipal Court judicial race in the November general election and received backlash from her own party’s chairman for a court complaint filed by 28 of her supporters claiming the county board of elections rigged the results.

Ciccone then filed Dec. 20 to run as the Republican nominee for the 58th Ohio House District seat only to withdraw six days later.

Ciccone on Monday filed as a write-in candidate for the commissioner’s seat held by Traficanti, who is seeking his fifth four-year term.

As the only Republican to file at all for the seat, Ciccone needs to get at least 50 write-in votes during the March 19 primary to be the party’s nominee for the seat in the Nov. 5 general election — assuming she remains in the race.

The only other person to file by Monday’s write-in deadline was Emily Ciccone of Austintown for the 58th District seat that Jennifer J. Ciccone had initially sought.

As the only Republican to file for the House seat, Emily Ciccone will need at least 50 write-in votes in the March 19 primary to advance to the general election to face incumbent state Rep. Lauren McNally, D-Youngstown, in a district that favors Democrats by more than 21% based on partisan statewide voting results during the past decade. This would be Emily Ciccone’s first time seeking elected office.

Her husband, Michael P. Ciccone, filed the complaint on behalf of Jennifer J. Ciccone’s supporters on Dec. 1 in the 7th District Court of Appeals claiming “improper, irregular and illegal conduct” in the Struthers Municipal Court race by the board of elections – without providing details – in an attempt to throw out the results of the race that she lost by 10.28% to Democrat James Melone.

Michael P. Ciccone, who is not related to the failed judicial candidate, then asked Dec. 8 to have the case dismissed without providing a reason. The court honored the request though Tom McCabe, Mahoning County Republican Party chairman and director of the county board of elections, said the attorney and the failed candidate owed apologies to elections board employees and poll workers for the bogus complaint.

McCabe has said Jennifer J. Ciccone, a fellow Republican, called him the day after the results “claiming it was rigged and there was mass fraud” in her election. McCabe said there was nothing wrong with the results and the allegations were “baseless.”

Ciccone also filed public records requests seeking hundreds of pages of documents from the board of elections. Ciccone on Dec. 8 said she didn’t question the outcome of the election.

Michael P. Ciccone filed to run for the Republican nomination for clerk of courts against David Shaffer of Struthers, who unsuccessfully ran for the position in 2016.

The winner of the Republican primary will face Democrat Dan Dascenzo in the general election. Dascenzo was appointed clerk of courts by county Democratic precinct committee members in September to fill the unexpired term of Tony Vivo.

Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Chris Anderson said: “Mahoning County voters will have a clear choice between public servants who work for the people and a slate of candidates who are fringe extremists, lack qualifications and any semblance of integrity.”