John R. Lopez IV
Retention: yes or no
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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 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.
Arizona Supreme Court
Arizona Court of Appeals
Michael S. Catlett
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Anni L. Hill Foster
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Randall M. Howe
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Andrew M. Jacobs
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Daniel J. Kiley
Retention: yes or noDivision One
James B. Morse
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Jennifer M. Perkins
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Samuel A. Thumma
Retention: yes or noDivision One
David D. Weinzweig
Retention: yes or noDivision One
Sean Brearcliffe
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Karl C. Eppich
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Lacey Stover Gard
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Michael F. Kelly
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Christopher J. O'Neil
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Jeffrey L. Sklar
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Garye L. Vasquez
Retention: yes or noDivision Two
Maricopa County Superior Court
Bradley Astrowsky
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Michael C. Blair
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
John L. Blanchard
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Mark H. Brain
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Robert I. Brooks
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Sunita A. Cairo
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Michelle Carson
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Gregory S. Como
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Katherine M. Cooper
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Max-Henri Covil
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Kristin Culbertson
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Marvin L. Davis
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Pamela H. Dunne
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Monica B. Edelstein
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Dean M. Fink
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Geoffrey Fish
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Dewain Fox
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Jillian B. Francis
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Marischa H. Gilla
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Jennifer Green
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Lauren R. Guyton
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Melody Garland Harmon
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Michael J. Herrod
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Charlene D. Jackson
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Melissa I. Julian
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Amy M. Kalman
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Joseph S. Kiefer
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Ronee Korbin Steiner
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Joseph C. Kreamer
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Kerstin G. LeMaire
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Daniel G. Martin
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Julie A. Mata
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Steven W. McCarthy
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Frank W. Moskowitz
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Samuel J. Myers
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Suzanne M. Nicholls
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Colleen E. O'Donnell-Smith
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Susanna C. Pineda
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Jay Polk
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Michael Z. Rassas
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Joshua D. Rogers
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Jeffrey Rueter
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Jennifer Ryan-Touhill
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Aryeh D. Schwartz
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Joan M. Sinclair
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Danielle J. Viola
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Randall H. Warner
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Joseph C. Welty
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Tracey Westerhausen
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Chuck Whitehead
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Paula A. Williams
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
William R. Wingard
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Cassie B. Woo
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Melissa M. Zabor
Retention: yes or noMaricopa
Pima County Superior Court
Sandra M. Bensley
Retention: yes or noPima
Jeffrey T. Bergin
Retention: yes or noPima
Janet C. Bostwick
Retention: yes or noPima
Randi L. Burnett
Retention: yes or noPima
J. Alan Goodwin
Retention: yes or noPima
Cynthia Kuhn
Retention: yes or noPima
Danelle Liwski
Retention: yes or noPima
Kathleen A. Quigley
Retention: yes or noPima
Laurie B. San Angelo
Retention: yes or noPima
Catherine M. Woods
Retention: yes or noPima
Source: azcourts.gov, as of 2025-10-03.
County and trial-court judicial races we track
Trial judges, county courts and other judicial offices from the county pages we have built (1 counties so far). Each link opens that race's page.
- Justice of the Peace, Bagdad/Yarnell Precinct Yavapai County · 1 candidate
- Justice of the Peace, Mayer Precinct Yavapai County · 1 candidate
- Justice of the Peace, Prescott Precinct Yavapai County · 1 candidate
- Justice of the Peace, Seligman Precinct Yavapai County · 1 candidate
- Justice of the Peace, Verde Valley Precinct Yavapai County · 1 candidate
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