Editing William O'Neill (Ohio judge) (section)

===2004 Ohio Supreme Court campaign===
In a 2004 special election to finish the term of an Ohio Supreme Court justice who resigned, O'Neill lost to [[Terrence O'Donnell]] by 21%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elections & Voting|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2004ElectionsResults/04-1102JusticeSupremeCourtUnexpired.aspx|work=Justice of the Supreme Court - Unexpired Term: November 2, 2004|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2012}}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Candidate
! Party
! Notes
! Votes
! Percentage
|-
|Terrence O'Donnell
|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|Incumbent
|2,560,609
|60.50%
|-
|William O'Neill
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|
|1,860,801 	
|39.50%
|-
|}