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A second political action committee founded by several people affiliated with the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, People for Opportunity, spent more than $156,000 in the same markets. That ...
Governor Brad Henry appointed Bell as a judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in June, 2005. [3] [a] He was retained in this office in the election of 2006. [1] He was Chief Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in 2011. [3] He was retained as judge in the November 2012 election with a retain vote of 65.9 percent.
Huber graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1990 and the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1993. He started his legal career at Malloy and Associates. [1] He managed the J. R. Huber Law Firm from 1995 to 2005 and The Collier & Huber Law Firm from 2005 to 2019. [2] From 2019 to 2020, he served as a special judge for Tulsa County. [3]
In August 2012, Governor Mary Fallin appointed Goree to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals (OCCA), District 6, Office 2. [2] He replaced Judge Carol Hansen , who had resigned in January. As required by law, he stood for retention in the 2014 election, and won a full 6-year term with 61.0 percent approval.
Judicial ethics prevents judges facing retention votes from campaigning unless there’s active opposition to their remaining in the post. It’s expensive to wage a statewide election campaign.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court consists of a chief justice, a vice-chief justice, and seven associate justices, who are nominated by the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission and are appointed by the governor. After appointment, the justices serve until the next general state election. At that time, they must face a retention election. If ...
In 1993, he became a staff attorney for Judge Carl Jones of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. He worked in this capacity until Governor Frank Keating appointed him to the Court of Appeals in 2002, filling the District 6 vacancy left by the retirement of Judge James Garrett. In 2009, Mitchell served for one year as Chief Judge. [5]
Thomas E. Prince was born in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. [1] He graduated from Southern Arkansas University in 1979 and from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1982. . From 1999 to 2012, Prince was appointed to the Oklahoma State Election Board and from 2009 to 2012 he served on the Standards Board of the Election Assistance Commiss