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===States=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name and state !Mode of selection<ref name="brennanmap">{{cite web |title=Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map |url=http://judicialselectionmap.brennancenter.org/?court=Supreme |access-date=23 July 2020 |publisher=Brennan Center}}</ref>{{efn|Refers only to the initial method of appointing a judge at the start of a new term.}} !Term<br/>(years)<ref name="brennanmap"/> !Retirement<br/>age<ref name="brennanmap"/> !Number of<br />members<ref>{{cite web |title=Methods of Judicial Selection |url=http://www.judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/methods/selection_of_judges.cfm?state= |website=National Center for State Courts |access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> !Partisan<br/>breakdown{{efn|Partisanship reflects the parties of the appointing governors, except in cases where a judge is registered with another party.}} |- |[[Supreme Court of Alabama]] |Partisan election |6 |70 |9 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|9Rβ0D |- |[[Alaska Supreme Court]] |[[Missouri Plan]] |10 |70 |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|4Rβ1I |- |[[Arizona Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |6 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|6Rβ1D |- |[[Arkansas Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |8 |β |7 | |- |[[Supreme Court of California]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the Commission on Judicial Appointments |12 |β |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|6Dβ1R |- |[[Colorado Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |10 |72 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|5Dβ1Rβ1I |- |[[Connecticut Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |8 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|7Dβ0R |- |[[Delaware Supreme Court]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Delaware Senate|senate]] |12 |β |5 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|3Dβ2R |- |[[Supreme Court of Florida]] |Missouri Plan |6 |75 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|7Rβ0D |- |[[Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)|Supreme Court of Georgia]] |Non-partisan election |6 |β |9 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|8Rβ1I |- |[[Supreme Court of Hawaii]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Hawaii State Senate|senate]] |10 |70 |5 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|4Dβ1R |- |[[Idaho Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |6 |β |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|4Rβ1I |- |[[Supreme Court of Illinois]] |Partisan election |10 |β<ref>{{Cite web |last=Journal |first=A. B. A. |title=Top Illinois Court Axes Mandatory Retirement Law for State Judges |url=https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/top_illinois_court_axes_mandatory_retirement_law_for_state_judges1 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=ABA Journal |language=en}}</ref> |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|5Dβ2R |- |[[Indiana Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |10 |75 |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ0D |- |[[Iowa Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |8 |72 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|7Rβ0D |- |[[Kansas Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |6 |75 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|5Dβ2R |- |[[Kentucky Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |8 |β |7 | |- |[[Louisiana Supreme Court]] |Partisan election |10 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|4Rβ2Dβ1I |- |[[Maine Supreme Judicial Court]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Maine Senate|senate]] |7 |β |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|7Dβ0R |- |[[Supreme Court of Maryland]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Maryland Senate|senate]] |10 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ2D |- |[[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Governor's Council]] |Life |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ2D |- |[[Michigan Supreme Court]] |Semipartisan election |8 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|5Dβ2R |- |[[Minnesota Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |6 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|7Dβ0R |- |[[Supreme Court of Mississippi]] |Non-partisan election |8 |β |9 | |- |[[Supreme Court of Missouri]] |Missouri Plan |12 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ2D |- |[[Montana Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |8 |β |7 | |- |[[Nebraska Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |6 |β |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|6Rβ1D |- |[[Supreme Court of Nevada]] |Non-partisan election |6 |β |7 | |- |[[New Hampshire Supreme Court]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Executive Council of New Hampshire|Executive Council]] |Life |70 |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|4Rβ1D |- |[[Supreme Court of New Jersey]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[New Jersey Senate|senate]] |7, then until 70 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|4Dβ2Rβ1I |- |[[New Mexico Supreme Court]] |Appointment by governor |8 |β |5 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|5Dβ0R |- |[[New York Court of Appeals]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[New York State Senate|senate]] |14 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|7Dβ0R |- |[[North Carolina Supreme Court]] |Partisan election |8 |72 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ2D |- |[[North Dakota Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |10 |β |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|4Rβ1I |- |[[Supreme Court of Ohio]] |Partisan election |6 |70 |7 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|6Rβ1D |- |[[Supreme Court of Oklahoma]]<hr>[[Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals]] |Missouri Plan |6 |β |9<hr>5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|6Rβ3D<hr>4Rβ1D |- |[[Oregon Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |6 |75 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|7Dβ0R |- |[[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] |Partisan election |10 |75 |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|5Dβ2R |- |[[Rhode Island Supreme Court]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Rhode Island General Assembly|General Assembly]] |Life |β |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|3Rβ2D |- |[[South Carolina Supreme Court]] |Appointment by [[South Carolina General Assembly|General Assembly]] |10 |72 |5 | |- |[[South Dakota Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |8 |70 |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ0D |- |[[Tennessee Supreme Court]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Tennessee General Assembly|General Assembly]] |8 |β |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ0D |- |[[Supreme Court of Texas]]<hr>[[Texas Court of Criminal Appeals]] |Partisan election |6 |74 |9<hr>9 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|9Rβ0D<hr>9Rβ0D |- |[[Utah Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |10 |75 |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ0D |- |[[Vermont Supreme Court]] |Appointment by governor with the advice and consent of the [[Vermont Senate|senate]] |6 |90 |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|4Rβ1D |- |[[Supreme Court of Virginia]] |Appointment by [[Virginia Senate|senate]] with the advice and consent of the [[Virginia House of Delegates|House of Delegates]] |12 |70 |7 | |- |[[Washington Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |6 |75 |9 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|5Dβ4I |- |[[Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia]] |Non-partisan election |12 |β |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|4Rβ1D |- |[[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] |Non-partisan election |10 |β |7 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|4Lβ3C |- |[[Wyoming Supreme Court]] |Missouri Plan |8 |70 |5 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|5Rβ0D |- |}
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