Bobbi Overfield
Nonpartisan
Biography
Bobbi Overfield has served as a district court judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Big Horn County since her appointment in October 2018, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
Hot Springs County, Wyoming
Retention: Judge Bobbi Overfield, District Court, Fifth Judicial District (Judge A)
Hot Springs County, Wyoming
Retention: Judge Bobbi Overfield, District Court, Fifth Judicial District (Judge A)
One candidate is tracked for Retention: Judge Bobbi Overfield, District Court, Fifth Judicial District (Judge A) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Bobbi Overfield. Candidate information follows official Hot Springs County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
About this race
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Bobbi Overfield as a judge of the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on ballots in Big Horn County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Washakie County.
What this office does
Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.
This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. One name is on the ballot for this seat.