Wyoming judicial elections, 2014

Wyoming judicial elections, 2014
Overview
Total candidates:	25
General election candidates:	25
Incumbency
Incumbents:	25
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 2014 Wyoming judicial elections consisted solely of retention elections. In these elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the justice in office for another term. Candidates must win a majority of the vote for retention. In 2014, all of the judges up for retention were successful.

Election dates

• May 30: Filing deadline
• November 4: General election

Retentions

The following judges stood for retention in 2014.

Appellate courts

Court	Judge	Votes
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Wyoming Supreme Court	James Burke	77.3%A
Wyoming Supreme Court	Michael K. Davis (Wyoming)	77.5%A

Trial courts

Court	Judge	Votes
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Wyoming Fifth Circuit Court	Bruce B. Waters	78.3%A
Wyoming Third Circuit Court	Craig Jones	76.9%A
Wyoming Seventh District Court	Dan Forgey	80.4%A
Wyoming First Circuit Court	Denise Nau	59.3%A
Wyoming Third Circuit Court	Frank J. Zebre	75.0%A
Wyoming Second Circuit Court	Jane Eakin	77.7%A
Wyoming Eighth District Court	John C. Brooks (Wyoming)	76.6%A
Wyoming Fourth District Court	John G. Fenn	83.2%A
Wyoming Third Circuit Court	John Prokos	76.1%A
Wyoming Sixth District Court	John R. Perry	79.5%A
Wyoming Seventh Circuit Court	Michael N. Patchen	80.9%A
Wyoming Third District Court	Nena R. James	67.7%A
Wyoming Eighth Circuit Court	Randal R. Arp	77.6%A
Wyoming Third District Court	Richard Lavery	77.8%A
Wyoming Second Circuit Court	Robert A. Castor	80.8%A
Wyoming Fourth Circuit Court	Shelley Cundiff	78.7%A
Wyoming Fifth District Court	Steven Cranfill	73.0%A
Wyoming First District Court	Steven K. Sharpe	76.2%A
Wyoming Sixth District Court	Thomas W. Rumpke	74.4%A
Wyoming Fifth Circuit Court	Tom Harrington	81.2%A
Wyoming Seventh District Court	W. Thomas Sullins	81.7%A
Wyoming Ninth Circuit Court	Wesley A. Roberts	76.7%A
Wyoming Fourth District Court	William Edelman	81.5%A

Noteworthy events

The following articles were current as of the dates listed.

Voters say if Wyoming's judges get to stay May 22, 2014

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See also: JP Election Brief: Don't discount the primaries! Many races already concluded All judges in Wyoming are chosen using a assisted appointment method of judicial selection. The state’s system does not require judges to compete against other candidates for re-election, but voters are allowed to vote either "yes" or "no" to say whether a judge may serve another term on the court. Judges do not serve a full term after their initial appointment. They must face a retention election after serving at least one year on the bench. Five judges were appointed from 2012 to 2014 and thus appeared on the ballot for a retention vote for the first time, including: Steven K. Sharpe, Richard Lavery, William Edelman, Thomas W. Rumpke and Dan Forgey. After their first retention election, a judge must run in a retention election during the year their term expires, to continue serving on the court. Judges filing to renew their terms have a longer window to file for candidacy than those running for non-judicial offices. The filing window for most candidates in 2014 was between May 15 and May 30, but the deadline for judges to file was not until August 2. A preliminary list of candidates was made available on the Wyoming Secretary of State’s website. Twenty-one judges filed for retention as of May 2014, including Justice James Burke of the Wyoming Supreme Court, who joined the court in 2005. Nine district court judges and eleven circuit court judges filed for retention as well.

See also

• Wyoming judicial elections
• Judicial selection in Wyoming

External links

• Wyoming Secretary of State, "Statewide Offices on the Ballot for the General Election in 2014"
• Wyoming Secretary of State, "Elections"