State intermediate appellate court elections, 2019
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Five states held intermediate appellate court elections in 2019. In Pennsylvania, four seats on the Pennsylvania Superior Court were up for election and two seats on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court were up for election. In Wisconsin, three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election. One seat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals was up for special election, one seat on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal was up for special election, and three seats were up for special election on the Washington Court of Appeals.
Overview
Most states do not hold elections in odd-numbered years. Pennsylvania holds judicial elections exclusively in odd-numbered years and Wisconsin holds judicial elections every year. Louisiana and Washington may also hold judicial elections in both even and odd years. None of the state intermediate appellate court judges in Louisiana were up for election in 2019.
The map below highlights states that held intermediate appellate court elections in 2019.
Elections by state
Kentucky
A special election was on the ballot in November 2019 to replace Debra Hembree Lambert on the Court of Appeals 3rd District, Division 1. Lambert won election to the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2018. Her term was set to expire in January 2023. A full term on the court is eight years.
General election
Special general election for Kentucky Court of Appeals 3rd Division 1
Jacqueline Caldwell defeated Michael Caperton in the special general election for Kentucky Court of Appeals 3rd Division 1 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jacqueline Caldwell (Nonpartisan)  | 53.7 | 62,851 |
 | Michael Caperton (Nonpartisan) | 46.3 | 54,098 | |
| Total votes: 116,949 | |||
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Louisiana
A special primary election for the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District was held on March 30, 2019, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Chief Judge Henry Brown. Jeff Thompson (R) won the position outright by receiving more than 50% of the votes cast in the primary election. A general election would have been held on May 4, 2019, if no candidate had received a majority of votes in the primary. The filing deadline was February 1, 2019.[1][2]
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Pennsylvania
The following judges of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and the Pennsylvania Superior Court had terms ending in January 2020. These seats were up for election in November 2019.
Commonwealth Court
The following judges ran for retention in 2019.[3]
Superior Court
The following judges ran for retention in 2019. Paula Ott did not run for retention.[3]
The following candidates ran for two open seats:[4]
General election candidates
- Amanda Green-Hawkins (Democratic Party)
- Daniel D. McCaffery (Democratic Party) ✔
- Megan McCarthy King (Republican Party) ✔
- Christylee Peck (Republican Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
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Washington
Three special elections were on the ballot on November 5, 2019, to fill unexpired terms on the Washington Court of Appeals. The following appointed judges had to run in the special elections in order to remain on the court. Each ran unopposed and won election.
Wisconsin
Three judges of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals had terms ending in July 2019. Their seats were up for election in April 2019.
Judges Mark Gundrum and Lisa Stark ran for a new term and won re-election unopposed. Judge Paul Lundsten did not run for re-election. Jennifer Nashold ran for Lundsten's seat and was unopposed.
Analysis of state elections
In 2019, eight states held elections for executive, legislative, or judicial seats, including elections for seven of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers and for three gubernatorial seats.
See also
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- ↑ myarklamiss.com, "2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Henry Brown retires," October 1, 2018
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Election Sat Mar 30 2019 Official Results," accessed June 25, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedretention - ↑ We incorrectly reported the results in this race and showed Amanda Green-Hawkins and Beth Tarasi as the candidates advancing out of the Democratic primary rather than Amanda Green-Hawkins and Daniel D. McCaffery. We apologize for the error and fixed it on May 23, 2019.
