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November 2026

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Judges on the Florida ballot in November 2026

Florida voters see 23 retention questions, 16 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

Florida uses merit selection and retention for the Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal: the Governor appoints justices/judges from a list submitted by a Judicial Nominating Commission, and each then faces a statewide (Supreme Court) or district-wide (DCA) yes/no retention vote at the first general election more than one year after appointment, and again near the end of each six-year term. A majority yes vote retains the justice/judge for a new six-year term; if not retained, the seat is filled again through the same nominating-commission process.

Florida Supreme Court

Carlos G. Muñiz

Retention: yes or no

Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

Joseph Lewis Jr.

Retention: yes or no1st DCA

Rachel E. Nordby

Retention: yes or no1st DCA

Timothy D. Osterhaus

Retention: yes or no1st DCA

L. Clayton Roberts

Retention: yes or no1st DCA

Raymond F. Treadwell

Retention: yes or no1st DCA

Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

J. Andrew Atkinson

Retention: yes or no2nd DCA

Morris Silberman

Retention: yes or no2nd DCA

Daniel H. Sleet

Retention: yes or no2nd DCA

Andrea Teves Smith

Retention: yes or no2nd DCA

Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

Kansas R. Gooden

Retention: yes or no3rd DCA

Monica Gordo

Retention: yes or no3rd DCA

Fleur J. Lobree

Retention: yes or no3rd DCA

Thomas Logue

Retention: yes or no3rd DCA

Bronwyn C. Miller

Retention: yes or no3rd DCA

Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Alan O. Forst

Retention: yes or no4th DCA

Mark W. Klingensmith

Retention: yes or no4th DCA

Johnathan D. Lott

Retention: yes or no4th DCA

Shannon K. Shaw

Retention: yes or no4th DCA

Caroline Shepherd

Retention: yes or no4th DCA

Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

John M. Harris

Retention: yes or no5th DCA

Scott D. Makar

Retention: yes or no5th DCA

F. Rand Wallis

Retention: yes or no5th DCA

Source: floridabar.org, as of 2026-09-04.

County and trial-court judicial races we track

Trial judges, county courts and other judicial offices from the county pages we have built (11 counties so far). Each link opens that race's page.

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