Delaware judicial elections

• Courts in Delaware
  • Delaware Supreme Court
  • Superior Court of Delaware
  • Delaware Court of Chancery
  • Delaware Family Court
  • Delaware Court of Common Pleas
  • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts
  • Delaware Alderman's Courts
  • United States District Court for the District of Delaware
• Judicial selection in Delaware

Justices and judges in Delaware do not participate in judicial elections. Instead, they are screened by a judicial nominating commission, chosen via gubernatorial appointment and confirmed by the Delaware Senate. When their terms expire, judges are subject to the same system as the original appointment.

Delaware is one of seven states that does not use judicial elections as a selection method. Instead, judges are selected by one of the appointment methods. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

See also

Delaware	Judicial Selection	More Courts
Courts in Delaware Superior Court of Delaware Delaware Supreme Court	Elections: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 Gubernatorial appointments Judicial selection in Delaware	Federal courts State courts Local courts

External links

• American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Delaware," accessed April 28, 2014
• Online Delaware code, "Delaware Constitution, Article IV. Judiciary," accessed April 28, 2014

Footnotes

Delaware courts

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Federal courts:

Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Delaware • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Delaware

State courts:

Delaware Supreme Court • Superior Court of Delaware • Delaware Court of Chancery • Delaware Family Court • Delaware Court of Common Pleas • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts • Delaware Alderman's Courts

State resources:

Courts in Delaware • Delaware judicial elections • Judicial selection in Delaware