This week's question was, How many state supreme court seats became vacant in states where replacement justices are appointed not elected on average from 2019 to 2023?

You answered: 36
The correct answer is 22.

From 2019 to 2023, there were 109 supreme court vacancies in states where replacement justices are appointed instead of elected. That’s an average of 22 vacancies per year.

There are 344 state supreme court justices serving in 52 supreme courts nationwide. Each state has at least one supreme court, or court of last resort. Oklahoma and Texas both have two courts of last resort, one for civil appeals and one for criminal appeals.

Eighty-two state supreme court seats in 33 states are up for election in 2024. Nonpartisan justices hold 63 of those, Republican justices hold 14, and Democratic justices hold five.

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