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Oct 15, 2024 · Oklahoma is one of 39 states where voters have a role in selecting judges. On Nov. 5, 2024, Oklahoma voters will decide whether to retain three Supreme Court justices, three Court of Civil Appeals judges, and six Court of Civil Appeal judges. Judicial elections usually don't attract as much publicity as other races, but this.
Oct 12, 2024 · All Oklahoma voters will have 12 judicial retention questions on the backside of the November 5, 2024, ballot. Unlike district judges, where competitors run in non-partisan elections, justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and judges on the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals and Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals are appointed, but face a retention ballot every six years.
Oct 15, 2024 · In her 30+ years as a judge in Oklahoma, she has been appointed to judicial offices by four different governors: to the Workers' Compensation Court in 1988 by Gov. Bellmon (R), reappointed by Gov. Walters (D) in 1994, to a District Court position in 1998 by Gov. Keating (R), and to the Supreme Court in 2011 by Gov. Henry (D).
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Dustin Rowe
Background:Dustin Rowe was appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in 2019. Dustin Rowe served as a judge on the Chickasaw Nation District Court from 2005 to 2019, when he was appointed to the state Supreme Court. He received his juris doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 2001. Rowe was elected to the Tishomingo City Council at age 18 before serving two terms as mayor. He unsuccessfully ran to represent Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District in 2012. Notable decisions: In the wake of the U.S. Su...
James Winchester
Background:James Winchester was appointed by Gov. Frank Keating in 2000. After attending Oklahoma City University School of Law, Winchester began practicing law in western Oklahoma. Starting in 1983, he served for several years as a judge in Caddo County. Winchester also served as a U.S. administrative law judge in OKC and New Orleans. Notable decisions: Winchester wrote the majority opinion in Treat v. Stitt, a 7-1 ruling that said the governor did not have the authority to negotiate gaming...
Dana Kuehn
Background:Dana Kuehn was appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in 2021. Kuehn, the most recent appointee to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, previously served a two-year term as presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, to which she was appointed in 2017 by Gov. Mary Fallin. She is the first woman in Oklahoma history to have served on both courts. After graduating from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1996, she worked as a felony prosecutor for 10 years with the Tulsa County District Att...
Stacie Hixon
Background:Stacie Hixon was appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in 2020. Prior to her appointment to the Court of Civil Appeals, Stacie Hixon worked in private practice, where she focused on insurance defense, insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, major casualty, products liability, employment law and general civil litigation in state and federal court. Hixon earned her law degree from the University of Tulsa in 2002.
Gregory Blackwell
Background:Gregory Blackwell was appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in 2021. Blackwell, the most recent appointee to the Court of Civil Appeals, previously served on the staff of Judge Bay Mitchell, who is also on the Court of Civil Appeals. After receiving his juris doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2004, Blackwell worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, where he defended federal agencies in environmental litigation. In 2008, Blackwell returned to...
John Fischer
Background:Fischer was appointed by Gov. Brad Henry in 2006. Fischer earned his juris doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 1974, and he served as an assistant attorney general for the state. He worked in private practice from 1980 until 2006.
Kevin Gray currently leads the homicide unit in the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office, where he has worked as an assistant district attorney for 11 years. Gray has worked multiple high-profile cases, including the investigation of Betty Shelby, a police officer who was acquitted in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher. Gray has also been involved in the case of Shannon Kepler, a police officer who was convicted of killing his daughter’s boyfriend. Most recently, he prosecuted David Wa...
Tanya Wilson oversees preliminary hearings as a special judge in Tulsa County. She was appointed to the position two years ago. Previously, Wilson worked for 11 years in the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office, where she served as the lead prosecutor in the juvenile division. For eight months prior to her appointment as a special judge, Wilson worked in private practice specializing criminal and family law. The Tulsa Worldhas endorsed Wilson over Gray for the position.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is the state’s highest court in matters regarding civil law and the Oklahoma Constitution. It also sets the rules governing the rest of the state’s judicial system ...
Oct 11, 2024 · The PAJID scores of the three Oklahoma justices up for retention: Kauger 79.08630, Gurich 35.72624, Edmondson 77.80814. The dataset is available for download by a link on the Supplementary Materials tab. UPDATE 2024/10/15: Steve Fair of Fair & Biased and Jamison Faught of Muskogee Politico have posted their judicial retention recommendations.
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Jan 10, 2024 · Since the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) was established in 1967, the typical judge appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court via the JNC process has been consistently liberal, according to newly released data published in the December 2023 edition of the journal “State Politics & Policy Quarterly,” a publication of the American Political Science Association.
