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Lisa Holder White
2022 - Present
2034
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Lisa Holder White (Republican Party) is a judge for the 4th Division of the Illinois Supreme Court. She assumed office on July 8, 2022. Her current term ends on December 4, 2034.
White (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the 4th Division judge of the Illinois Supreme Court. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Holder White was the first African American person to sit on the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court.[1][2] To learn more about her appointment, click here.
Biography
White earned her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1993.[1]
Career
- 2013 - 2022: Appellate judge, Fourth District Appellate Court
- 2008-2013: Resident circuit judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court
- 2001-2008: Associate judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Illinois Supreme Court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Illinois Supreme Court 4th District
Incumbent Lisa Holder White won election in the general election for Illinois Supreme Court 4th District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Holder White (R) | 100.0 | 732,695 |
| Total votes: 732,695 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois Supreme Court 4th District
Incumbent Lisa Holder White advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois Supreme Court 4th District on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Holder White | 100.0 | 120,489 |
| Total votes: 120,489 | |||
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Campaign finance
2014
See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2014
White ran for election to the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 18, 2014.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.[3]
2010
- See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2010
White ran unopposed for election to the Illinois Sixth Judicial Circuit Court and was elected as a resident circuit judge with 100% of the vote.[4]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lisa Holder White did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association rated White as Highly Qualified for election in 2014.[5]
Campaign finance summary
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Appointments
The Illinois Supreme Court selected Lisa Holder White to the supreme court on May 10, 2022. She assumed office on July 7, 2022.[6] Holder White succeeded Justice Rita Garman, who retired on July 7, 2022.[7]
As of Garman's retirement, the Illinois Supreme Court was responsible for appointing an interim judge in the event of a midterm vacancy under Illinois law. The law stated that the interim judge was to serve until the next primary election occurring at least 60 days after their appointment, at which point the judge must run in a partisan election to remain on the court. Because Garman's vacancy was set to occur after the 2022 primary election, Holder White will serve until the 2024 election.
State supreme court judicial selection in llinois
- See also: Judicial selection in Illinois
The seven justices of the Illinois Supreme Court are chosen by popular vote in partisan elections and serve 10-year terms, after which they must compete in uncontested, nonpartisan retention elections to remain on the court.[8]
Supreme court justices in Illinois are elected to represent specific districts. The seven justices are divided among five districts (three allocated to Cook County and the others divided evenly among the other four districts) and are voted into office by the residents of their respective regions.[8]
Qualifications
To serve on the supreme court, a judge must be:
Chief justice
The chief justice of the supreme court is chosen by peer vote to serve a three-year term.[8]
Vacancies
In the event of a midterm vacancy, the Illinois Supreme Court is responsible for appointing an interim justice. If a justice is appointed more than 60 days before the next primary election, the justice must run in a partisan election in the next general or judicial election to remain on the court. The appointed justice's term will end on the first Monday in December after their election. If a justice is appointed less than 60 days before the next primary election, the justice will have to run in a partisan election to remain on the court in the second general election. The appointed justice's term will end on the first Monday in December after their election[8]
The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Illinois Supreme Court 4th District |
Officeholder Illinois Supreme Court 4th District |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The News Gazette, "White, Harris named to appellate vacancies," December 19, 2012
- ↑ Illinois Courts Press Release, "Judge Lisa Holder White to become newest member and first African American to sit on the Forth District Illinois Appellate Court," January 10, 2013
- ↑ IllinoisJudges.net, "2014 Illinois Judicial Elections," accessed April 14, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "General Election Results," 2010
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Judicial Evaluations," October 2014
- ↑ Chicago Sun Times, "Lisa Holder White sworn in as first Black woman on state Supreme Court: ‘We need not limit our dreams or settle for less’," July 7, 2022
- ↑ Commercial-News, "Garman to retire from state Supreme Court," May 9, 2022
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection," accessed September 8, 2021
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois
State courts:
Illinois Supreme Court • Illinois Appellate Court • Illinois Circuit Court
State resources:
Courts in Illinois • Illinois judicial elections • Judicial selection in Illinois
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