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For the first time in state history, Oklahomans voted Tuesday against keeping a member of the state Supreme Court. And though the loss of a justice will most certainly alter the dynamic of the ...
Oklahoma 2024 judge retention Oklahomans will vote separately to retain the following judges, which are not running against each other: Supreme Court District 3: Noma D. Gurich
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.
During his legal career, he also worked as an administrative law judge. From 2012 to 2020, he was the District Judge for Oklahoma County. On December 18, 2020, he was appointed to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals by Governor Kevin Stitt. [2] He succeeded Kenneth Buettner. [3] He won his first retention election in 2024. [4]
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.
Deborah Barnes (sometimes written as Deborah Browers Barnes) is a judge at the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, the intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma. She was appointed by Governor Brad Henry and her retention date was July 9, 2008. [1]
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 ...
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.