Nebraska judicial elections, 2014

Nebraska judicial elections, 2014
Overview
Total candidates:	48
General election candidates:	48
Incumbency
Incumbents:	48
Incumbent success rate:	100%
Competition - general election
Percent retention:	100%

2015 → ← 2013
Judicial Elections
Judicial elections, 2014
Judicial election dates
Candidates by state
Supreme court elections

The Nebraska judicial elections consisted of retention elections for all levels of the court system on November 4, 2014. All judges were retained to new terms.

Election dates

• February 18: Filing deadline
• November 4: Election

In addition to candidate lists, this page includes information about how the state's judicial elections work, as well as articles about noteworthy news in races across the state.

Retentions

The following judges competed in retention elections to continue serving. In such elections, the incumbent judge is not being evaluated against an opponent. Rather, he or she simply receives votes of "yes" to retain or "no", do not retain.

Appellate courts

Court	Judge	Votes
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Nebraska Court of Appeals	John Irwin	68.5%A
Nebraska Supreme Court	Lindsey Miller-Lerman	68.4%A
Nebraska Court of Appeals	Michael Pirtle	67.6%A

Trial courts

Court	Judge	Votes
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Nebraska District 3	Andrew Jacobsen	76.7%A
9th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Arthur S. Wetzel	81.3%A
4th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Craig McDermott	68.9%A
1st County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Curtis Maschman	75.2%A
Nebraska District 1	Daniel Bryan	74.3%A
4th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Darryl Lowe	63.7%A
Nebraska District 2	David Arterburn	70.0%A
Nebraska District 11	Donald Rowlands	74.0%A
Nebraska District 4	Duane Dougherty	68.2%A
11th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Edward Steenburg	74.8%A
Nebraska District 4	Gary Randall	66.3%A
Nebraska District 6	Geoffrey Hall	73.3%A
12th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	James Worden	77.3%A
4th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	John Huber	65.3%A
4th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Joseph Caniglia	70.5%A
6th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Kenneth Vampola	73.4%A
11th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Kent Turnbull	74%A
12th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Kristen Mickey	76.4%A
Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court	Laureen K. Van Norman	71.9%A
Sarpy County Separate Juvenile Court, Nebraska	Lawrence D. Gendler	71.7%A
5th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Linda Caster Senff	72.7%A
Lancaster County Separate Juvenile Court, Nebraska	Linda S. Porter	78.1%A
4th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Marcela Keim	68.5%A
4th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Marcena Hendrix	66.5%A
Nebraska District 8	Mark Kozisek	71.4%A
Nebraska District 4	Marlon Polk	64.9%A
Nebraska District 5	Mary Gilbride	70.7%A
6th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Matthew Samuelson	74.3%A
Nebraska District 4	Michael Coffey	67.8%A
Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court	Michael K. High	71.0%A
10th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Michael P. Burns	80.2%A
11th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Michael Piccolo	73.1%A
5th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Patrick McDermott	73.4%A
Nebraska District 6	Paul J. Vaughan	73.7%A
Nebraska District 1	Paul Korslund	75.7%A
Nebraska District 12	Randall Lippstreu	77.7%A
Nebraska District 11	Richard Birch	73.7%A
4th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Sheryl Lohaus	67.2%A
Nebraska District 3	Stephanie Stacy	77.8%A
1st County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Steven Timm	75.0%A
Nebraska District 10	Terri Harder	80.9%A
Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court	Thomas E. Stine	71.5%A
Nebraska District 4	Timothy Burns (Nebraska)
2nd County Court Judicial District, Nebraska	Todd Hutton	70.2%A
Nebraska District 12	Travis O'Gorman	76.6%A

Process

Judges in Nebraska face retention elections in November. In these elections, voters are asked whether they think a judge should be retained, and they indicate this with either a "yes" or "no" vote. If the judge has more "yes" than "no" votes, the judge is retained for a new term. Judges do not face opponents in retention elections. Judges face retention elections every six years, except for newly appointed judges, who must face retention in the first general election occurring more than three years after their appointment.

See also

• Nebraska judicial elections
• Judicial selection in Nebraska

External links

• Nebraska Secretary of State, "Election Results"

Footnotes

Nebraska courts

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Federal courts:

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nebraska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nebraska

State courts:

Nebraska Supreme Court • Nebraska Court of Appeals • Nebraska District Courts • Nebraska County Courts • Nebraska Separate Juvenile Courts • Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court • Nebraska Problem-Solving Courts

State resources:

Courts in Nebraska • Nebraska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nebraska