Joseph Getty
Joseph Getty was a judge for the 3rd Appellate Circuit of the Appellate Court of Maryland. He assumed office on June 27, 2016. He left office on April 14, 2022.
Getty ran for re-election for the 3rd Appellate Circuit judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland. He won in the retention election on November 6, 2018.
Getty reached mandatory retirement age on April 14, 2022.[1] To learn more about this vacancy, click here.
Getty became a member of the court through gubernatorial appointment. Governor Larry Hogan (R) appointed Getty to the bench in June of 2016.[2] He succeeded former Judge Lynne Battaglia, who retired in April 2016 at the mandatory retirement age of 70. Getty began serving as chief justice of the court on September 11, 2021. He was appointed as chief justice by Gov. Larry Hogan (R) to succeed Mary Ellen Barbera, who retired.[3] To read more about judicial selection in Maryland, click here.
The court's name changed from the Maryland Court of Appeals to the Maryland Supreme Court, following a ballot initiative that voters approved in November 2022.[4]
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.[5] Getty received a confidence score of Strong Republican.[6] Click here to read more about this study.
Getty was a Republican member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 5 from 2011 to 2015. He also represented District 5 in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1995 to 2003.
Biography
Getty was born on April 14, 1952, in Olney, Maryland. He earned his B.A. in American Studies from Washington College in 1974, his M.A. in American Civilization from George Washington University in 1980, and his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1996.[7] Getty worked as an architectural historian and historic preservation researcher/writer for several historical organizations from 1981 to 1990, and served on the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce from 1990 to 1994.
Getty served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1995 to 2003, where he was deputy minority whip, and was a Republican member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 5 from 2011 to 2015. He served as state Senate minority whip from 2012 to 2014. Before his appointment to the Maryland Court of Appeals in 2016, Getty served as chief legislative officer for the Maryland Office of the Governor.[8]
Elections
2018
- See also: Maryland Supreme Court elections, 2018
Judge Getty was required to stand for retention by voters in 2018 in order to remain on the bench. The election was on November 6, 2018. Retention elections do not have primaries.
Maryland Court of Appeals 3rd Appellate Circuit (Historical), Joseph Getty's seat
Joseph Getty was retained to the 3rd Appellate Circuit of the Appellate Court of Maryland on November 6, 2018 with 84.5% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
84.5
|
282,217 | ||
No |
15.5
|
51,660 | |||
Total Votes |
333,877 | ||||
|
|
2014
- See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Maryland State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014. Anita Riley was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Joseph Getty was unopposed in the Republican primary. Getty defeated Riley in the general election.[9][10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Joseph Getty Incumbent |
78.6% | 37,406 | |
| Democratic | Anita Riley | 21.4% | 10,203 | |
| Total Votes | 47,609 | |||
2010
- See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2010
Getty defeated Democratic candidate Scott Stone by a margin of 36,425 to 14,070 in the November 2 general election.[12]
In the September 14 primary election, Getty defeated opponent Dale Lusher by a margin of 10,586 to 1,769.[13]
| Maryland State Senate, District 5 (2010) General Election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Joseph Getty (R)
|
36,425 | 72.1% | ||
| Scott Stone (D) | 14,070 | 27.9% | ||
| Maryland State Senate, District 5- Republican Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Joseph Getty
|
10,218 | 86.3% | ||
| Dale Lusher | 1,625 | 13.7% | ||
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.[14]
The five resulting categories of Confidence Scores were:
- Strong Democrat
- Mild Democrat
- Indeterminate[15]
- 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.
Joseph
Getty
Maryland
- Partisan Confidence Score:
Strong Republican - Judicial Selection Method:
Assisted appointment through governor controlled judicial nominating commission - Key Factors:
- Donated over $2,000 to Republican candidates
- Held political office as a Republican
- Received donations from Republican-affiliated individuals or organizations
Partisan Profile
Details:
Getty donated $3,330 to Republican candidates and organizations. He served as a Republican member of the Maryland State Senate from 2011-2015. Getty received donations from organizations that regularly donate to Republican candidates, including the 5/42 Republican Slate. He was appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan (R). At the time of his appointment, Maryland was a Republican trifecta.
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State supreme court judicial selection in Maryland
- See also: Judicial selection in Maryland
The seven judges of the Maryland Supreme Court are selected through the assisted appointment method. The Maryland Judicial Nominating Commission is responsible for screening candidates and submitting a shortlist to the governor. This commission consists of 17 members appointed by the governor and the Maryland State Bar Association. The governor must appoint a judge from the commission's shortlist and the appointee must then be confirmed by the Maryland State Senate.[16][17]
After serving for one year, judges must stand for retention in the next general election if they wish to remain on the court. If retained, a judge wins a full ten-year term.[16]
The court's name changed from the Maryland Court of Appeals to the Maryland Supreme Court, following a ballot initiative that voters approved in November 2022.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:
- a U.S. and state citizen;
- a registered state voter;
- a state resident for at least five years;
- a resident of the geographic area where the vacancy exists for at least six months;
- a state bar member;
- at least 30 years old; and
- under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory).[16]
Chief justice
The chief justice of the court is designated by the governor to serve indefinite terms.[16]
Vacancies
If a midterm vacancy occurs on the court, the seat is filled as it normally would be if the vacancy occurred at the end of a judge's term. A judicial nominating commission recommends qualified candidates to the governor and the governor selects a successor from that list. The new appointee serves for at least one year and then stands for retention at the next general election.[16]
The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Maryland.gov, "Governor Hogan Announces Nine Judicial Appointments, Historic Nominees For Maryland’s Appellate Courts," accessed April 14, 2022
- ↑ Carroll County Times, "Hogan fills Md. Court of Appeals vacancy with Carroll native," June 1, 2016
- ↑ Office of Governor Larry Hogan, "Governor Hogan Announces Judicial Appointments," September 3, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CBS Baltimore, "The Court of Appeals of Maryland is now the Supreme Court of Maryland," December 14, 2022
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Joseph Getty," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Archives, "Joseph M. Getty," accessed July 14, 2021
- ↑ Maryland Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for State Senate," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2014 Official General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Maryland Board of Elections, "2010 General Election Official Results," accessed February 24, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Results," accessed February 24, 2014
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Maryland," accessed August 16, 2021
- ↑ Maryland Manual Online, APPELLATE COURTS JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION," February 28, 2020
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Maryland Court of Appeals 3rd Appellate Circuit (Historical) 2016-2022 |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Maryland State Senate District 5 2011-2015 |
Succeeded by Justin Ready (R) |
| Preceded by - |
Maryland House of Delegates District 5 1995-2003 |
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