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Bethany Spalding Harbison
Bethany Spalding Harbison is a judge of the Alaska Court of Appeals. She assumed office in 2019. Her current term ends on January 28, 2031.
Harbison ran for re-election for judge of the Alaska Court of Appeals. She won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
Spalding Harbison was appointed to the court in November 2018 to replace Judge David Mannheimer on the Alaska Court of Appeals. Her appointment was effective in February 2019.[1]
Harbison was a superior court judge for the Fourth Judicial District in Fairbanks, Alaska, from 2012 to 2019. She was appointed on September 24, 2012, to replace retired Judge Robert Downes.
Biography
Bethany Spalding Harbison earned her B.A. from Williams College in 1989 and her J.D. Havard Law School in 1993.[2]
Career
- 2019-present: Judge, Alaska Court of Appeals
- 2012-2019: Judge, Fourth Judicial District
- 2005-2012: Magistrate and Standing Master, State of Alaska Trial Court, Fairbanks, AK
- 1995-2005: Attorney, Alaska Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks, AK
- 1993-1995: Law clerk, Judge Mary E. Greene
- 1992: Summer associate, Pierce Atwood Scribner Allen Smith and Lancaster, Portland, ME
- 1991: Summer Intern, Alaska Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks, AK[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Alaska intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
Alaska Court of Appeals
Bethany Spalding Harbison was retained to the Alaska Court of Appeals on November 8, 2022 with 61.6% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
61.6
|
134,620 | ||
No |
38.4
|
84,000 | |||
Total Votes |
218,620 | ||||
|
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2016
| Alaska Superior Court, 4th District, Bethany Spalding Harbison Retention Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 Bethany Spalding Harbison | 65.35% | |
| Source: Alaska Department of Elections, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 9, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bethany Spalding Harbison did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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| Current |
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| Former | Robert Coats • Joel Bolger • David Mannheimer • David Stewart • Douglas Kossler • | ||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Alaska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Alaska
State courts:
Alaska Supreme Court • Alaska Court of Appeals • Alaska Superior Court • Alaska District Court
State resources:
Courts in Alaska • Alaska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Alaska
