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2016 State Supreme Court Elections
# of Seats Date of Date of Available # of Primary General Type of for Contested # of Names of Primary Election Names of General Election State Election Election Election Election Seats Candidates Candidates Candidates Contested Partisan and Nonpartisan Elections Position 1: Michael F. "Mike" Bolin, Republican* Position 2: Position 3: Kelli Wise, Republican* Donna J. Beaulieu, Republican Position 3: AL Mar. 1, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 Partisan 3 0 4 Tom Parker, Republican* Tom Parker, Republican* Chief Justice Seat: Courtney Goodson* Dan Kemp Position 5: No Primary Clark W. Mason AR Election Mar. 1, 2016 Nonpartisan 2 2 4 Not Applicable Shawn. A. Womack No General GA May 24, 2016 Election Nonpartisan 1 0 1 David Nahmias* Not Applicable Seat 1: Seat 1: Roger S. Burdick* Roger S. Burdick* Seat 2: Seat 2: Robyn Brody Robyn Brody Sergio A. Gutierrez Curt McKenzie Curt McKenzie ID May 17, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 2 1 5 Clive J. Strong No Primary Larry VanMeter KY Election Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 1 1 2 Not Applicable Glenn Acree
*—Incumbent Gray—Uncontested general election for all seats Green —Election has passed Bold—Winner 2
# of Seats Date of Date of Available # of Primary General Type of for Contested # of Names of Primary Election Names of General Election State Election Election Election Election Seats Candidates Candidates Candidates 3rd District Justice Marilyn Castle, Republican James “Jimmy” Genovese, Republican No General 4th District Judge LA Nov. 8, 2016 Election Partisan 2 1 3 Marcus Clark, Republican* Not Applicable Nonpartisan (candidates are Seat 1: nominated David Viviano, Republican* through a Doug Dern, Natural Law partisan Party process and Frank Szymanski, Democrat elected in a Seat 2: nonpartisan Joan Larsen, Republican* No Primary general Kerry Morgan, Liberal MI Election Nov. 8, 2016 election) 2 2 6 Not Applicable Deborah Thomas, Democrat Natalie Hudson* Craig Foss Natalie Hudson* MN Aug. 9, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 1 1 3 Michelle L. McDonald Michelle L. McDonald District 1: Jim Kitchens (Place 3)* Kenny Griffis (Place 3) District 2: Dawn Beam (Place 2)* Michael T. Shareef (Place 2) District 3: John Brady (Place 1) James T. "Jim" Kitchens (Place 1) Bobby Chamberlin (Place 1) No Primary Steve Crampton, (Place 1) MS Election Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 4 3 9 Not Applicable Jimmy Maxwell (Place 2)*
*—Incumbent Gray—Uncontested general election for all seats Green —Election has passed Bold—Winner 3
# of Seats Date of Date of Available # of Primary General Type of for Contested # of Names of Primary Election Names of General Election State Election Election Election Election Seats Candidates Candidates Candidates Chief Justice Seat: Mike McGrath* Chief Justice Seat: Seat 3: Mike McGrath* Dirk Sandefur Seat 3: Eric Mills Dirk Sandefur Kristen Juras Kristen Juras Seat 6: Seat 6: MT Jun. 7, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 3 1 5 Jim Shea* Jim Shea* Robert H. Edmunds* Sabra Faires Michael R. Morgan Robert H. Edmunds* NC June 7, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 1 1 4 Daniel Robertson Michael R. Morgan Seat 1: Lisa Faires McEvers* Seat 2: No Primary Robert Bolinske Jr ND Election Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 2 1 3 Not Applicable Jerod Elton Tufte November 8, Michael Vigil, Democrat Michael Vigil, Democrat NM June 7, 2016 2016 Partisan 1 1 2 Judith Nakamura, Republican Judith Nakamura, Republican Seat A: Jim Hardesty* No Primary Seat E: NV Election Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 2 0 2 Not Applicable Ron Parraguirre* Chief Justice Seat: Chief Justice Seat: Maureen O'Connor, Maureen O'Connor, Nonpartisan Republican* Nonpartisan* (Candidates Seat 1: Seat 1: participate in Pat Fischer, Republican Pat Fischer, Nonpartisan an partisan Colleen O'Toole, Republican John O'Donnell, Nonpartisan primary and a John O'Donnell, Democrat Seat 2: nonpartisan Seat 2: Pat DeWine, Nonpartisan general Pat DeWine, Republican Cynthia Rice, Nonpartisan OH Mar. 15, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 election) 3 2 6 Cynthia Rice, Democrat
*—Incumbent Gray—Uncontested general election for all seats Green —Election has passed Bold—Winner 4
# of Seats Date of Date of Available # of Primary General Type of for Contested # of Names of Primary Election Names of General Election State Election Election Election Election Seats Candidates Candidates Candidates
Jack Landau* OR May 17, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 3 0 3 Rives Kistler* Lynn Nakamoto* The Supreme Court of The Supreme Court of Texas: Texas Position 3: Position 3: Debra Lehrmann, Republican* Debra Lehrmann, Michael Massengale, Republican* Republican Mike Westergren, Democrat Mike Westergren, Democrat Position 5: Position 5: Paul Green, Republican* Paul Green, Republican* Dori Contreras Garza, Rick Green, Republican Democrat Dori Contreras Garza, Position 9: Democrat Eva Guzman, Republican* Position 9: Savannah Robinson, Eva Guzman, Republican* Democrat Joe Poole, Republican Court of Criminal Appeals Savannah Robinson, Democrat Position 2: Court of Criminal Appeals Lawrence "Larry" Meyers, Position 2: Democrat* Lawrence "Larry" Meyers, Mary Lou Keel, Republican Democrat* Position 5: Mary Lou Keel, Republican Scott Walker, Republican Ray Wheless, Republican Betsy Johnson, Democrat The Chris Oldner, Republican Position 6: Supreme Position 5: Michael Keasler, Republican* Court of Scott Walker, Republican Robert Burns, Democrat Texas The Brent Webster, Republican (civil): 3 Supreme Steve Smith, Republican Mar. 1, 2016 Court of Court of Sid Harle, Republican Partisan Criminal Texas: 3 Betsy Johnson, Democrat Runoff Appeals Court of Position 6: Election: May (criminal): Criminal Michael E. Keasler, TX 24 Nov. 8, 2016 Partisan 3 Appeals: 3 21 Republican*
*—Incumbent Gray—Uncontested general election for all seats Green —Election has passed Bold—Winner 5
# of Seats Date of Date of Available # of Primary General Type of for Contested # of Names of Primary Election Names of General Election State Election Election Election Election Seats Candidates Candidates Candidates Richard Davis, Republican Robert Burns, Democrat Position 1: Mary Yu* David DeWolfe Position 5 Barbara Madsen* Position 5: Greg Zempel Barbara Madsen* Position 6: Greg Zempel Charles Wiggins* WA Aug. 2, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 Nonpartisan 3 3 6 John Scannel Dave Larson Rebecca Bradley* Rebecca Bradley* Joanne Kloppenburg Joanne Kloppenburg WI Feb. 16, 2016 Apr. 5, 2016 Nonpartisan 1 1 3 Joe Donald Brent Benjamin* Beth Walker William R. Bill Wooton No Primary Wayne King WV Election May 10, 2016 Nonpartisan 1 1 5 Not Applicable Darrell V. McGraw Retention Elections No Primary Not Joel H. Bolger* AK Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 2 Applicable 2 Not Applicable Peter J. Maassen* No Primary Not AZ Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 1 Applicable 1 Not Applicable Ann Scott Timmer* No Primary Not CO Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 1 Applicable 1 Not Applicable William Hood* Charles T. Canaday* No Primary Not Jorge Labarga* FL Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 3 Applicable 3 Not Applicable Ricky L. Polston* Mark Cady* No Primary Not Daryl Hecht* IA Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 3 Applicable 3 Not Applicable Brent Appel*
*—Incumbent Gray—Uncontested general election for all seats Green —Election has passed Bold—Winner 6
# of Seats Date of Date of Available # of Primary General Type of for Contested # of Names of Primary Election Names of General Election State Election Election Election Election Seats Candidates Candidates Candidates Carol Beier* Dan Biles* Lawton Nuss* No Primary Not Marla Luckert* KS Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 5 Applicable 5 Not Applicable Caleb Stegall* No Primary Not Clayton Greene* MD Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 2 Applicable 2 Not Applicable Michele Hotten* No Primary Not MO Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 1 Applicable 1 Not Applicable Richard B. Teitelman* Michael G. Heavican* No Primary Not John F. Wright* NE Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 3 Applicable 3 Not Applicable William B. Cassel* Partisan/ Not NM June 7, 2016 Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 1 Applicable 1 Not Applicable Barbara Vigil* Supreme Oklahoma Supreme Court Court Douglas Combs* (civil): 2 James Winchester* Court of Oklahoma Court of Criminal No Primary Criminal Not Appeals OK Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention Appeals: 1 Applicable 3 Not Applicable Robert Hudson* Jeffery S. Bivins* No Primary Not Holly Kirby* TN Election Aug. 4, 2016 Retention 3 Applicable 3 Not Applicable Roger A. Page* Keith G. Kautz* No Primary Not William U. Hill* WY Election Nov. 8, 2016 Retention 3 Applicable 3 Not Applicable Catherine M. Fox*
On Election Day, November 8, 2016: 27 states will have elections for their high court for a total of 65 seats o 24 seats are contested, meaning there are multiple candidates vying for a seat. o 13 seats are uncontested (does not include retention elections) o 28 seats will be decided through retention elections Of those 27 states:
*—Incumbent Gray—Uncontested general election for all seats Green —Election has passed Bold—Winner 7
o 12 states will have nonpartisan elections for 25 available seats . Contested nonpartisan elections will take place for 16 seats . Uncontested nonpartisan elections will take place for at least 9 seats o 4 states will have partisan elections for 12 available seats . Contested partisan elections will take place for 8 seats . Uncontested partisan elections will take place for 4 seats o 12 states will have retention elections for 28 seats o Note: New Mexico is holding both a partisan election and a retention election, thus it has been counted twice in this breakdown, but only once in the overall sum of 27 states holding elections this fall. In addition, 6 states held high court elections previously this year, for a total of 10 seats. Of those 6 states: o 5 states held nonpartisan elections for 7 seats . Contested nonpartisan elections took place for 4 seats . Uncontested nonpartisan elections took place for 3 seats o 1 state held a retention election for 3 seats o Note: This total includes Oregon, which held an election for two seats earlier this year, but which will also be holding an election for one seat on November 8. By then end of 2016, 32 states will have held elections for their high courts, for a total of 75 seats.
*—Incumbent Gray—Uncontested general election for all seats Green —Election has passed Bold—Winner