Megan Kathleen Cavanagh
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Judges on the Michigan ballot in November 2026
Michigan voters see 1 statewide court race, 60 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
Michigan Supreme Court justices are elected statewide to 8-year terms on a nonpartisan general-election ballot; candidates are nominated by political party conventions (or by petition/affidavit for some candidates) but appear on the ballot without party labels. Michigan Court of Appeals judges are elected by district (1st-4th) to 6-year terms on the same nonpartisan basis. For both, the candidates receiving the most votes, up to the number of open seats, are elected (Michigan Constitution Art. VI, Sec. 2 and Sec. 8; see also the Secretary of State's Judicial Elective Office Manual, https://www.michigan.gov/sos/-/media/Project/Websites/sos/Elections/Ballot-Access/FDC-FC-MAN-2-Judicial-Elective-Office-Manual.pdf).
Michigan Supreme Court
Noah P. Hood
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Michael Warren
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Casandra Morse-Bills
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Thomas W. Howe
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Jody White
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Michigan Court of Appeals
Mariam Saad Bazzi
Election1st District
Anica Letica
Election1st District
Christopher M. Murray
Election1st District
Andrew J. Lievense
Election1st District
Sima G. Patel
Election2nd District
Christopher M. Trebilcock
Election2nd District
Mark T. Boonstra
Election3rd District
Daniel S. Korobkin
Election3rd District
Michael J. Kelly
Election4th District
Allie Greenleaf Maldonado
Election4th District
Michelle M. Rick
Election4th District
Source: mi-boe.entellitrak.com, as of 2026-09-04.
Statewide court races
These seats are elected by every voter in Michigan. Open a race for the full page.
Supreme Court Justice (Vote For Two)
Voted statewide: on every Michigan ballot. 4 candidates.
- Megan K. Cavanagh (D) Incumbent
Megan K. Cavanagh is the incumbent Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and an appellate attorney with more than 15 years of appellate practice, per Michigan Public reporting. She was nominated for reelection by the Michigan Democratic Party. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
- Noah Hood (D) Incumbent
Noah Hood is the incumbent on the Michigan Supreme Court, appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in April 2025, per Michigan Public reporting. He previously served on the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Third Judicial Circuit Court in Detroit. He was nominated for reelection by the Michigan Democratic Party. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
- Michael Warren (R)
Michael Warren has served as an Oakland County Circuit Court judge since 2002, per Michigan Public reporting. He was nominated by both the Michigan Republican Party and the Libertarian Party of Michigan. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
Priorities: Interpreting the law as written, per the campaign site
- Casandra Morse-Bills (R)
Casandra Morse-Bills is the presiding judge of the 23rd Judicial Circuit, elected in 2018 and reelected in 2024, per her campaign site. She previously served as the elected Prosecuting Attorney for Oscoda County. She was nominated by the Michigan Republican Party. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
Priorities: Applying the law as written rather than reshaping it, per the campaign site · Judicial temperament and respectful courtroom conduct, per the campaign site
County and trial-court judicial races we track
Trial judges, county courts and other judicial offices from the county pages we have built (14 counties so far). Each link opens that race's page.
- Judge of Circuit Court, 7th Circuit, Incumbent Position (Christenson seat) Genesee County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Circuit Court, 7th Circuit, Incumbent Position (Latchana seat) Genesee County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Circuit Court, 7th Circuit, Incumbent Position (McDowell seat) Genesee County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 67th District, 1st Division, Incumbent Position Genesee County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 67th District, 2nd Division, Incumbent Position Genesee County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 67th District, 3rd Division, Incumbent Position Genesee County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 67th District, 4th Division, Non-Incumbent Position Genesee County · 2 candidates
- Judge of District Court, 67th District, 5th Division, Incumbent Position (Guinn seat) Genesee County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 67th District, 5th Division, Incumbent Position (Marsh seat) Genesee County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Probate Court, Genesee County, Non-Incumbent Position Genesee County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Probate Court, Ingham County, Incumbent Position Ingham County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Circuit Court, 4th Circuit, Incumbent Position Jackson County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Circuit Court, 4th Circuit, Incumbent Position, Partial Term Ending 1/1/2031 Jackson County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 12th District, Incumbent Position Jackson County · 2 candidates
- Judge of District Court, 12th District, Non-Incumbent Position Jackson County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Probate Court, Kalamazoo County Kalamazoo County · 1 candidate
- Judge of the Circuit Court, 9th Circuit Kalamazoo County · 1 candidate
- Judge of the District Court, 8th District, Incumbent Position Kalamazoo County · 1 candidate
- Judge of the District Court, 8th District, Non-Incumbent Position Kalamazoo County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Circuit Court, 17th Circuit, Incumbent Position Kent County · 3 candidates
- Judge of Court of Appeals, 3rd District, Incumbent Position Kent County · 2 candidates
- Judge of District Court, 61st District, Incumbent Position Kent County · 2 candidates
- Judge of District Court, 62A District, Incumbent Position Kent County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 62B District, Incumbent Position Kent County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 63rd District, Incumbent Position Kent County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 63rd District, Partial Term Ending 1/1/2029 Kent County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Probate Court, Kent County, Incumbent Position Kent County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Circuit Court, 44th Circuit, Non-Incumbent Position Livingston County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Court of Appeals, 4th District Livingston County · 3 candidates
- Judge of District Court, 53rd District, Incumbent Position Livingston County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Circuit Court — 16th Circuit (non-incumbent position) Macomb County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Circuit Court, 38th Circuit, Non-Incumbent Position Monroe County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Court of Appeals, 1st District, Incumbent Position Monroe County · 3 candidates
- Judge of Court of Appeals, 1st District, Incumbent Position, Partial Term Ending 1/1/2031 Monroe County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 1st District, Incumbent Position Monroe County · 1 candidate
- Monroe County Judge of Probate Court, Incumbent Position Monroe County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Circuit Court, 14th Circuit, Incumbent Position Muskegon County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Court of Appeals, 3rd District, Incumbent Position Muskegon County · 2 candidates
- Judge of District Court, 60th District, Incumbent Position Muskegon County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Circuit Court — 6th Circuit (non-incumbent position) Oakland County · 2 candidates
- Judge of District Court — 47th District (non-incumbent position) Oakland County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Probate Court (non-incumbent position) Oakland County · 2 candidates
- Judge of the Circuit Court, 20th Circuit Ottawa County · 1 candidate
- Judge of the Court of Appeals, 3rd District Ottawa County · 2 candidates
- Judge of the District Court, 58th District, Incumbent Position Ottawa County · 1 candidate
- Judge of the District Court, 58th District, Non-Incumbent Position Ottawa County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Circuit Court, 10th Circuit, Incumbent Position Saginaw County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Court of Appeals, 4th District Saginaw County · 3 candidates
- Judge of District Court, 70th District, 2nd Division, Incumbent Position Saginaw County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Probate Court, Incumbent Position Saginaw County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Court of Appeals, 4th District St Clair County · 3 candidates
- St. Clair County Judge of Circuit Court, 31st Circuit, Incumbent Position St Clair County · 1 candidate
- St. Clair County Judge of District Court, 72nd District, Incumbent Position St Clair County · 1 candidate
- St. Clair County Judge of Probate Court, Incumbent Position St Clair County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Circuit Court, 22nd Circuit (Incumbent Position) Washtenaw County · 2 candidates
- Judge of Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Incumbent Position) Washtenaw County · 2 candidates
- Judge of District Court, 14A District (Incumbent Position) Washtenaw County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 14B District (Incumbent Position) Washtenaw County · 1 candidate
- Judge of District Court, 15th District (Incumbent Position) Washtenaw County · 1 candidate
- Judge of Probate Court (Non-Incumbent Position) Washtenaw County · 2 candidates
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