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He said he welcomed the opportunity to appoint more "conservative, business-minded judges that will actually interpret the law.” 46 Action, a political action committee with ties to the governor ...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Noma Gurich, shown here in February, was appointed to the bench in 2011. She is one of three justices facing a retention vote Nov. 5.
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.
From 2019 to 2020, he served as a special judge for Tulsa County. [3] On October 16, 2020, he was appointed District Judge for Tulsa County by Governor Kevin Stitt. [2] On April 6, 2023, Stitt appointed Huber to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. [3] He won his first retention election in 2024. [4]
In 2011, he was named the Appellate Judge of the Year. [4] Fischer was retained by the voters of Oklahoma as a judge of the Court of Civil Appeals at the 2008 and 2010 general elections. He last stood for retention in 2016, when he won retention with 60.42 percent of the vote. [4] In 2010, he won retention with a 62.74 percent of the vote.
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.
We all want unbiased, non-political judges who will give each party to a dispute a fair playing field. We want judges to apply the Oklahoma Constitution and state laws to the facts of each dispute ...
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 ...