Author: Ellie Mikus
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Ballotpedia adds special elections to state supreme court vacancy coverage
Ballotpedia now includes vacancies filled by special elections in our state supreme court vacancy coverage. In 2024, there has been one retirement from a state supreme court, resulting in a vacancy that will be filled by a special election occurring in 2025. Louisiana: On August 4, 2024, Louisiana Supreme Court Justice James Genovese (R) stepped…
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President Biden has appointed 221 federal judges through December 1 of his fourth year
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the U.S. Senate has confirmed 221 Article III federal judges through December 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since President Ronald Reagan (R). The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents…
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State supreme court vacancy count for November 2024
In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and the swearing-in of justices from November 2, 2024, to November 30, 2024. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Announced retirements: No justices retired from office or announced an upcoming retirement during November 2024. Candidates nominated,…
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State supreme court vacancy count for October 2024
In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and the swearing-in of justices from October 1, 2024, to November 1, 2024. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Announced retirements: In October 2024, one justice resigned. Robert Brutinel stepped down from the Arizona Supreme Court…
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President Biden has appointed 213 federal judges through November 1 of his fourth year
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 213 Article III federal judges through November 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since President Ronald Reagan (R). The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through…
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President Biden has appointed 213 federal judges through October 1 of his fourth year
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 213 Article III federal judges through October 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since President Ronald Reagan (R). The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through…
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State supreme court vacancy count for September 2024
In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and swearings in of justices from September 2 to September 30, 2024. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Justice retirements: During September 2024, one justice announced his retirement from a state supreme court, and one justice…
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for September 1, 2024
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from August 2, 2024, to September 1, 2024. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 48 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 5.5,…
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Biden has appointed 205 federal judges through September 1 of his fourth year
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the U.S. Senate has confirmed 205 Article III federal judges through September 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since President Ronald Reagan (R). The Senate had confirmed 203 of President Donald Trump’s (R)…
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State supreme court vacancy count for August 2024
In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and swearing-in of justices from July 26 to September 1. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Announced retirements: In August 2024, one justice announced he would retire later this year, and two justices were sworn out…