Judicial appointments by governor

Current appointing governors by state

Alabama

• Judges appointed by Robert Bentley
• Judges appointed by Kay Ivey

Alaska

• Judges appointed by Sean Parnell
• Judges appointed by Bill Walker
• Judges appointed by Mike Dunleavy

Arizona

• Judges appointed by Jan Brewer
• Judges appointed by Doug Ducey
• Judges appointed by Katie Hobbs

Arkansas

• Judges appointed by Asa Hutchinson
• Judges appointed by Mike Beebe
• Judges appointed by Sarah Huckabee Sanders

California

• Judges appointed by Jerry Brown
• Judges appointed by Gavin Newsom

Colorado

• Judges appointed by John Hickenlooper
• Judges appointed by Jared Polis

Connecticut

• Judges appointed by Dan Malloy
• Judges appointed by Ned Lamont

Delaware

• Judges appointed by Jack Markell
• Judges appointed by John Carney
• Judges appointed by Matt Meyer

Florida

• Judges appointed by Rick Scott
• Judges appointed by Jeb Bush
• Judges appointed by Ron DeSantis

Georgia

• Judges appointed by Nathan Deal
• Judges appointed by Brian Kemp

Hawaii

• Judges appointed by Neil Abercrombie
• Judges appointed by David Ige
• Judges appointed by Joshua Green

Idaho

• Judges appointed by Butch Otter
• Judges appointed by Brad Little

Illinois

Governor does not appoint judges.

Indiana

• Judges appointed by Mitch Daniels
• Judges appointed by Mike Pence
• Judges appointed by Eric Holcomb
• Judges appointed by Mike Braun

Iowa

• Judges appointed by Terry Branstad
• Judges appointed by Kim Reynolds

Kansas

• Judges appointed by Kathleen Sebelius
• Judges appointed by Mark Parkinson
• Judges appointed by Sam Brownback
• Judges appointed by Laura Kelly
• Judges appointed by Jeff Colyer

Kentucky

• Judges appointed by Steve Beshear
• Judges appointed by Matt Bevin
• Judges appointed by Andy Beshear

Louisiana

Governor does not appoint judges.

Maine

• Judges appointed by Paul LePage
• Judges appointed by Janet Mills

Maryland

• Judges appointed by Martin O'Malley
• Judges appointed by Larry Hogan
• Judges appointed by Wes Moore

Massachusetts

• Judges appointed by Deval Patrick
• Judges appointed by Charles D. Baker
• Judges appointed by Maura Healey

Michigan

• Judges appointed by Rick Snyder
• Judges appointed by Gretchen Whitmer

Minnesota

• Judges appointed by Mark Dayton
• Judges appointed by Tim Walz

Mississippi

• Judges appointed by Haley Barbour
• Judges appointed by Phil Bryant

Missouri

• Judges appointed by Jay Nixon
• Judges appointed by Mike Parson
• Judges appointed by Mike Kehoe

Montana

• Judges appointed by Steve Bullock
• Judges appointed by Greg Gianforte

Nebraska

• Judges appointed by Dave Heineman
• Judges appointed by Pete Ricketts
• Judges appointed by Jim Pillen

Nevada

• Judges appointed by Brian Sandoval
• Judges appointed by Steve Sisolak
• Judges appointed by Joe Lombardo

New Hampshire

• Judges appointed by John Lynch
• Judges appointed by Maggie Hassan
• Judges appointed by Chris Sununu
• Judges appointed by Kelly Ayotte

New Jersey

• Judges appointed by Chris Christie
• Judges appointed by Phil Murphy

New Mexico

• Judges appointed by Susana Martinez
• Judges appointed by Michelle Lujan Grisham

New York

• Judges appointed by Andrew Cuomo

North Carolina

• Judges appointed by Bev Perdue
• Judges appointed by Pat McCrory
• Judges appointed by Roy Cooper
• Judges appointed by Josh Stein

North Dakota

• Judges appointed by Jack Dalrymple
• Judges appointed by Doug Burgum
• Judges appointed by Kelly Armstrong

Ohio

• Judges appointed by John Kasich
• Judges appointed by Mike DeWine

Oklahoma

• Judges appointed by Mary Fallin
• Judges appointed by Kevin Stitt

Oregon

• Judges appointed by John Kitzhaber
• Judges appointed by Barbara Kay Roberts
• Judges appointed by Kate Brown
• Judges appointed by Tina Kotek

Pennsylvania

• Judges appointed by Tom Corbett
• Judges appointed by Tom Wolf
• Judges appointed by Josh Shapiro

Rhode Island

• Judges appointed by Lincoln Chafee
• Judges appointed by Gina Raimondo
• Judges appointed by Daniel McKee

South Carolina

Governor does not appoint judges.

South Dakota

• Judges appointed by Dennis Daugaard
• Judges appointed by Kristi Noem
• Judges appointed by Larry Rhoden

Tennessee

• Judges appointed by Bill Haslam
• Judges appointed by Bill Lee

Texas

• Judges appointed by Rick Perry
• Judges appointed by Greg Abbott

Utah

• Judges appointed by Gary Herbert
• Judges appointed by Spencer Cox

Vermont

• Judges appointed by Peter Shumlin
• Judges appointed by Phil Scott

Virginia

Governor does not appoint judges.

Washington

• Judges appointed by Chris Gregoire
• Judges appointed by Jay Inslee
• Judges appointed by Bob Ferguson

West Virginia

• Judges appointed by Earl Ray Tomblin
• Judges appointed by Jim Justice
• Judges appointed by Patrick Morrisey

Wisconsin

• Judges appointed by Scott Walker
• Judges appointed by Tony Evers

Wyoming

• Judges appointed by Matt Mead
• Judges appointed by Mark Gordon

See also

• Gubernatorial appointment of judges
• Judicial selection
• Length of terms of state supreme court justices
• List of current governors in the United States