G. Richard Bevan
2017 - Present
2031
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G. Richard Bevan is a judge of the Idaho Supreme Court. He assumed office in 2017. His current term ends on January 6, 2031.
Bevan ran for re-election for judge of the Idaho Supreme Court. He won in the general election on May 21, 2024.
Bevan first became a member of the court by appointment. He was appointed in 2017 by Gov. Butch Otter (R).[1] Bevan became chief justice on 2017 and was reappointed to serve until 2028.[2] To read more about judicial selection in Idaho, click here.
In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country. As part of this study, we assigned each justice a Confidence Score describing our confidence in the degree of partisanship exhibited by the justices' past partisan behavior, before they joined the court.[3] Bevan received a confidence score of Mild Republican.[4] Click here to read more about this study.
Biography
Bevan was born in Twin Falls, Idaho. He received a bachelor's degree in business management and finance from Brigham Young University in 1984. In 1987, he graduated with his J.D. from the same university.[5][6]
Bevan was a Twin Falls county prosecutor and a partner at Hollifield & Bevan, PA before becoming a judge.[5] In 2003, Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R) appointed Bevan to Idaho's Fifth Judicial District. During his tenure on the court, he presided over the Mental Health Court and the Veteran’s Treatment Court, and he served as the administrative district judge for eight years. In 2017, Gov. Otter appointed him to the state supreme court. The court's justices elected Bevan to serve as chief justice in 2021.[6]
As of June 2021, Bevan chaired the Idaho Supreme Court’s Appellate Rules Advisory Committee and the Administrative Conference. He previously served as president of the Fifth District Bar Association.[6]
Elections
2024
See also: Idaho Supreme Court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Idaho Supreme Court
Incumbent G. Richard Bevan won election in the general election for Idaho Supreme Court on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | G. Richard Bevan (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 215,306 |
| Total votes: 215,306 | |||
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Endorsements
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2018
- See also: Idaho Supreme Court elections, 2018
General election
General election for Idaho Supreme Court
Incumbent G. Richard Bevan won election in the general election for Idaho Supreme Court on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | G. Richard Bevan (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 190,316 |
| Total votes: 190,316 | |||
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2017
Gov. Butch Otter (R) appointed Bevan to the Idaho Supreme Court on September 1, 2017.[1][6]
2014
See also: Idaho judicial elections, 2014
Bevan ran for re-election to the Fifth Judicial District. He was elected without opposition in the primary on May 20, 2014.[7]
2010
- See also: Idaho judicial elections, 2010
Bevan was re-elected to the district court in 2010 after running unopposed.[7]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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G. Richard Bevan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Analysis
Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship (2020)
Last updated: June 15, 2020
In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country as of June 15, 2020.
The study presented Confidence Scores that represented our confidence in each justice's degree of partisan affiliation. This was not a measure of where a justice fell on an ideological spectrum, but rather a measure of how much confidence we had that a justice was or had been affiliated with a political party. The scores were based on seven factors, including but not limited to party registration.[8]
The five resulting categories of Confidence Scores were:
- Strong Democrat
- Mild Democrat
- Indeterminate[9]
- Mild Republican
- Strong Republican
This justice's Confidence Score, as well as the factors contributing to that score, is presented below. The information below was current as of June 2020.
G. Richard
Bevan
Idaho
- Partisan Confidence Score:
Mild Republican - Judicial Selection Method:
Elected - Key Factors:
- Was a registered Republican before 2020
- Appointed by a Republican governor
- State was a Republican trifecta at time of appointment
Partisan Profile
Details:
Bevan was a registered Republican prior to 2020. He was appointed by Gov. Butch Otter (R) in 2017. At the time of his appointment, Idaho was a Republican trifecta.
State supreme court judicial selection in Idaho
- See also: Judicial selection in Idaho
The five justices of the Idaho Supreme Court are elected in nonpartisan elections. They serve six-year terms, after which they must seek re-election if they wish to retain their seat. To learn more about these elections, visit the Idaho judicial elections page.[10]
Qualifications
To serve on the supreme court, a judge must:
- be at least 30 years old;
- be a U.S. citizen;
- be an Idaho resident for at least two years;
- be in good standing as an active or judicial member of the state bar for at least two years; and
- a licensed attorney for at least 10 years.[10]
Chief justice
The chief justice of the supreme court is selected by peer vote to serve a four-year term. [10]
Vacancies
If a midterm vacancy occurs on the court, an interim judge is appointed by the governor from a list of two to four names provided by a nominating commission. This judge will serve out the remainder of the unexpired term, after which he or she must run in a nonpartisan election to remain on the court.[10]
The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 KMVT, "Fifth District Judge Bevan named to Idaho Supreme Court," August 29, 2017
- ↑ East Idaho News.com, "Idaho Supreme Court Selects Bevan to continue as Chief Justice," September 22, 2024
- ↑ We calculated confidence scores by collecting several data points such as party registration, donations, and previous political campaigns.
- ↑ The five possible confidence scores were: Strong Democrat, Mild Democrat, Indeterminate, Mild Republican, and Strong Republican.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 LinkedIn, "G. Richard Bevan," accessed June 30, 2021
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 State of Idaho Judicial Branch, "Hon. Chief G. Richard Bevan," accessed June 30, 2021
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Idaho Secretary of State, "Historical data, Statewide Totals," accessed June 30, 2021
- ↑ The seven factors were party registration, donations made to partisan candidates, donations made to political parties, donations received from political parties or bodies with clear political affiliation, participation in political campaigns, the partisanship of the body responsible for appointing the justice, and state trifecta status when the justice joined the court.
- ↑ An Indeterminate score indicates that there is either not enough information about the justice’s partisan affiliations or that our research found conflicting partisan affiliations.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection," accessed September 14, 2021
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Idaho • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Idaho
State courts:
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State resources:
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