Tag: State Supreme Court election
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Partisan control of Wisconsin Supreme Court at stake in 2025
Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel are running for a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 1, 2025. Incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, one of the court’s liberal members, is retiring. The filing deadline was Jan. 7, 2025. The primary scheduled for February 18, 2025, was canceled after only two candidates filed to…
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Two seats on the Arizona Supreme Court are up for retention election on November 5
Two of the seven justices on the Arizona Supreme Court—Clint Bolick and Kathryn Hackett King—are up for retention elections on Nov. 5, 2024. In Arizona, governors select all supreme court justices from a list of names that the Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments compiles. Once appointed, justices serve at least two years on the…
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Democrats and Republicans endorse competing candidates in Kentucky's nonpartisan Supreme Court election
Pamela R. Goodwine and Erin Izzo are running in the general election for the Kentucky Supreme Court 5th District on Nov. 5. Kentucky is one of 13 states to elect state supreme court judges in nonpartisan elections. Goodwine and Izzo are running to replace retiring incumbent Chief Justice Laurance VanMeter. The winner will not replace…
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Four candidates running in Michigan's Supreme Court elections on Nov. 5
Four candidates are running in two general elections for Michigan's Supreme Court on November 5. Andrew Fink and Kimberly Thomas are running for a full eight-year term. Incumbent David Viviano (R) is not running for re-election. Incumbent Kyra Harris Bolden and Patrick W. O'Grady are running in a special election. Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) appointed Harris Bolden in November 2022. The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of Bridget Mary McCormack's term, which…
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Three justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and three justices on the Oklahoma Court of Appeals face a retention election
Three of the nine justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and three of the five justices on the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals are up for a retention election on November 5, 2024. Oklahoma is one of two states with two courts of last resort. The Oklahoma Supreme Court is the court of last resort…
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Both candidates for Michigan Supreme Court complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for Michigan Supreme Court — Andrew Fink and Kimberly Thomas — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the question: What are the…
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Four candidates are running for the Montana Supreme Court—two for chief justice, two for associate justice
Montana is holding an election for two Montana Supreme Court justices—one for chief justice and one associate justice seat. Chief Justice Mike McGrath and Justice Dirk M. Sandefur are retiring at the end of their terms. The Supreme Court clerk, a partisan position, is also up for election. Incumbent Bowen Greenwood (R) is running for…
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Carolyn Carluccio and Daniel McCaffery are running in the Nov. 7 partisan election for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Carolyn Carluccio (R) and Daniel McCaffery (D) are running in the partisan election for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Nov. 7, 2023. The primary was May 16, 2023. The winner of the general election will succeed Justice Max Baer (D), who died on September 30, 2022. As a result of Baer's death,…