New Hampshire judicial elections

• Courts in New Hampshire
  • New Hampshire Supreme Court
  • New Hampshire Superior Courts
  • New Hampshire Circuit Courts
  • United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
• Judicial selection in New Hampshire

Justices and judges in New Hampshire do not participate in judicial elections. Instead, they are recommended by a selection commission, chosen via gubernatorial appointment and confirmed by the executive council. Judges are not subject to terms, but instead serve until the age of 70.

Similar systems, with some variations, are utilized in Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New Hampshire is one of seven states without judicial elections. There are also six states with judicial retention elections, 23 states that have nonpartisan or partisan judicial elections, and 14 states with partisan or nonpartisan judicial elections and retention elections.

See also

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New Hampshire courts

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Federal courts:

First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Hampshire • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Hampshire

State courts:

New Hampshire Supreme Court • New Hampshire Superior Courts • New Hampshire Circuit Courts • New Hampshire Probate Courts • New Hampshire District Court • New Hampshire Family Division

State resources:

Courts in New Hampshire • New Hampshire judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Hampshire