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The 2024 Kentucky Supreme Court election was held in the 5th district of the Kentucky Supreme Court on November 5, 2024. The court consists of seven justices elected in nonpartisan elections to staggered eight-year terms. District 5, composed of eight counties in the Lexington area, [a] was the only district up for election in 2024. [1]
In 1999, he was appointed to the Fayette County Circuit Court bench, where he served until his election to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. [1] He was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in November 2003 and served there until his elevation to the Supreme Court. [2] He was named as acting Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in 2010. [2]
The Kentucky Supreme Court consists of 7 justices elected in non-partisan elections to staggered eight-year terms. District 5, occupied by chief justice Laurance B. VanMeter, was the only seat up for election in 2024. [3] The district is composed of 8 counties in the Lexington area.
VanMeter was elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2016 and has served as chief justice since January, when he replaced retiring Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. Kentucky Supreme Court judges ...
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Pamela R. Goodwine is an American judge serving as justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court; she was elected to the court in 2024.She previously held roles as a district and circuit judge in Fayette County and as a judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, becoming the first Black woman from Lexington to serve on both the appellate and Supreme Court levels in Kentucky.
John D. Minton Jr. (born March 19, 1952, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) [1] is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court from 2008 to 2023. [2] Minton was elected to the Supreme Court on July 24, 2006, to fill a vacancy created by Justice William S. Cooper, who retired on June 30, 2006. [ 2 ]
District Justice Born Joined Term ends Appointed by Law school 3rd Debra H. Lambert, Chief Justice: January 7, 2019: 2026 — [a] Kentucky: 6th Michelle M. Keller: 1960 (age 64–65)