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Judges on the Arizona ballot in November 2026
Arizona voters see 81 retention questions, 5 county-level judicial races in the counties we track on the November 3, 2026 ballot in the races The Ballot Brief tracks. Retention questions are a yes-or-no vote on keeping a sitting judge; elected seats work like any other race.
Judicial retention votes: yes or no on keeping a judge
Arizona Supreme Court
John R. Lopez IV
Retention: yes or no
Justice Lopez was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in November 2016 and began service in January 2017; he previously served as Arizona's Solicitor General and spent more than 12 years in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix, including as Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Integrity Section, per the court's official biography.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Arizona Court of Appeals
Michael S. Catlett
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Catlett was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division One, by Governor Doug Ducey in 2022, per the governor's office and the court's judge directory.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Anni L. Hill Foster
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Hill Foster was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division One, by Governor Doug Ducey, per the court's judge directory.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Randall M. Howe
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Howe was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division One, on May 29, 2012; before that he served nineteen years with the Arizona Attorney General's Office and three years with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona, and he holds degrees from Arizona State University's College of Business and College of Law, per the court's official biography.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Andrew M. Jacobs
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Jacobs was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division One, by Governor Katie Hobbs on February 21, 2023, joining the court on March 27, 2023; before that he chaired Snell & Wilmer's appellate practice beginning in 2010 and argued more than 50 civil appeals, per the governor's official appointment announcement.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Daniel J. Kiley
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Kiley was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division One, by Governor Doug Ducey and took his seat on January 18, 2023, per the court's judge directory.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
James B. Morse
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Morse was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division One, by Governor Doug Ducey and began service on November 6, 2017; he previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney and Section Chief of the Southwest Border Crimes Section, per the governor's official appointment announcement.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Jennifer M. Perkins
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Perkins was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division One, by Governor Doug Ducey and began service on October 30, 2017, while serving as an Assistant Solicitor General for the State of Arizona, per the governor's official appointment announcement.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Samuel A. Thumma
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Thumma has served on the Court of Appeals, Division One, since 2012, including as Chief Judge and Vice Chief Judge; before that he was a Maricopa County Superior Court judge on criminal and juvenile rotations, and before joining the bench he was a partner at Perkins Coie LLP in Phoenix, per the court's judge directory.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
David D. Weinzweig
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Judge Weinzweig was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division One, by Governor Doug Ducey in December 2017; he holds a law degree from Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and a B.A. in political science from the University of Arizona, per the governor's official appointment announcement.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Sean Brearcliffe
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Judge Brearcliffe was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division Two, by Governor Doug Ducey in 2017; he was previously a Pima County Superior Court judge appointed by Governor Jan Brewer in 2013, and before that practiced civil and commercial litigation in Tucson, per the governor's official appointment announcement.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Karl C. Eppich
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Judge Eppich was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division Two, by Governor Doug Ducey; he had served on the Pinal County Superior Court since 2014, and holds a law degree from Stanford Law School and a B.A. from the University of California at Irvine, per the governor's official appointment announcement.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Lacey Stover Gard
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Judge Stover Gard was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Division Two, by Governor Katie Hobbs; she spent most of her career at the Arizona Attorney General's Office, including as Deputy Solicitor General and Chief Counsel of the Capital Litigation Section, per the court's official records.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Michael F. Kelly
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Judge Kelly was a partner with the Hollingsworth Kelly law firm before his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Division Two, per the court's official records.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Christopher J. O'Neil
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Judge O'Neil was a Pinal County Superior Court judge before his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Division Two, by Governor Katie Hobbs, per the court's official records.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Jeffrey L. Sklar
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Judge Sklar was a Pima County Superior Court judge before his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Division Two, by Governor Katie Hobbs, per the court's official records.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Garye L. Vasquez
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Judge Vasquez of Casa Grande has served on the Court of Appeals, Division Two, and was selected by his colleagues as the division's chief judge as of 2019, per official court records.
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Maricopa County Superior Court
Bradley Astrowsky
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Michael C. Blair
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
John L. Blanchard
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Mark H. Brain
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Robert I. Brooks
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Sunita A. Cairo
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Michelle Carson
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Gregory S. Como
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Katherine M. Cooper
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Max-Henri Covil
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Kristin Culbertson
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Marvin L. Davis
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Pamela H. Dunne
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Monica B. Edelstein
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Dean M. Fink
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Geoffrey Fish
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Dewain Fox
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Jillian B. Francis
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Marischa H. Gilla
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Jennifer Green
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Lauren R. Guyton
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Melody Garland Harmon
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Michael J. Herrod
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Charlene D. Jackson
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Melissa I. Julian
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Amy M. Kalman
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Joseph S. Kiefer
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Ronee Korbin Steiner
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Joseph C. Kreamer
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Kerstin G. LeMaire
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Daniel G. Martin
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Julie A. Mata
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Steven W. McCarthy
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Frank W. Moskowitz
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Samuel J. Myers
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Suzanne M. Nicholls
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Colleen E. O'Donnell-Smith
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Susanna C. Pineda
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Jay Polk
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Michael Z. Rassas
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Joshua D. Rogers
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Jeffrey Rueter
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Jennifer Ryan-Touhill
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Aryeh D. Schwartz
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Joan M. Sinclair
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Danielle J. Viola
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Randall H. Warner
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Joseph C. Welty
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Tracey Westerhausen
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Chuck Whitehead
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Paula A. Williams
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
William R. Wingard
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Cassie B. Woo
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Melissa M. Zabor
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Pima County Superior Court
Sandra M. Bensley
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Jeffrey T. Bergin
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Janet C. Bostwick
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Randi L. Burnett
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
J. Alan Goodwin
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Cynthia Kuhn
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Danelle Liwski
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Kathleen A. Quigley
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Laurie B. San Angelo
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
Catherine M. Woods
Retention: yes or noPima
What a yes vote does: keeps the judge for another term; a no vote removes the judge at the end of the term.
How retention votes work
Arizona uses merit selection for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Superior Court judges in counties with population over 250,000 (Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Coconino); these judges are appointed by the governor from a judicial nominating commission's list and then stand for a statewide (Supreme Court and Court of Appeals) or countywide (Superior Court) yes/no retention vote, with a majority needed to be retained. The Commission on Judicial Performance Review evaluates each judge and publishes its findings before the vote.
Source: azcourts.gov, as of 2025-10-03.
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