How the public can comment on Arizona judges facing retention elections in 2024
Download mp3 (1.22 MB)Arizona voters get to decide whether Arizona Supreme Court justices and other judges should remain on the bench.
The next retention elections are in 2024, and this month the public has a chance to weigh in on what the voter pamphlet should say about judges seeking to keep their job.
A hearing to take public comments on Arizona judges up for re-election next year is scheduled for Oct. 27 at the state court building near 15th Avenue and Washington before the Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review.
Comments can also be made via email to [email protected] and the commission’s website.
Two Supreme Court justices, a quartet of appellate judges and dozens more judicial officers who preside in Maricopa County Superior Court are on the list for review.
The commission found in 2022 that Judge Stephen Hopkins did not meet performance standards, and he was later removed from the bench by voters.
Below are the judges that the Commission is seeking comment on:
ARIZONA SUPREME COURT
- Hon. Clint Bolick
- Hon. Kathryn H. King
COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION I
- Hon. Brian Y. Furuya
- Hon. Angela K. Paton
COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION II
- Hon. Peter J. Eckerstrom
- Hon. Christopher P. Staring
MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
- Hon. Jay R. Adleman
- Hon. Sara Agne
- Hon. Glenn A. Allen
- Hon. Stasy D. Avelar
- Hon. Justin Beresky
- Hon. Scott A. Blaney
- Hon. Lori H. Bustamante
- Hon. Rodrick J. Coffey
- Hon. Suzanne E. Cohen
- Hon. Bruce R. Cohen
- Hon. Christopher A. Coury
- Hon. Quintin Cushner
- Hon. Jim Drake
- Hon. Adam D. Driggs
- Hon. Ronda R. Fisk
- Hon. David W. Garbarino
- Hon. Pamela Gates
- Hon. Jo Lynn Gentry
- Hon. Michael D. Gordon
- Hon. John R. Hannah Jr.
- Hon. Michael W. Kemp
- Hon. James Knapp
- Hon. Margaret B. LaBianca
- Hon. Todd Lang
- Hon. Michael S. Mandell
- Hon. Suzanne S. Marwil
- Hon. M. Scott McCoy
- Hon. David E. McDowell
- Hon. Joseph P. Mikitish
- Hon. Keith J. Miller
- Hon. Scott Minder
- Hon. Amanda Moncayo Parker
- Hon. David J. Palmer
- Hon. Adele Ponce
- Hon. Andrew J. Russell
- Hon. Timothy J. Ryan
- Hon. Patricia A. Starr
- Hon. Peter A. Thompson
- Hon. Michael F. Valenzuela
- Hon. Lisa A. Vandenberg
- Hon. Ashley Villaverde Halvorson
- Hon. Lisa S. Wahlin
- Hon. Kevin Wein
- Hon. Christopher T. Whitten
COCONINO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
- Hon. Cathleen Brown-Nichols
- Hon. Stacy L. Krueger
PIMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
- Hon. Lisa I. Abrams
- Hon. Renee T. Bennett
- Hon. Kyle A. Bryson
- Hon. Michael J. Butler
- Hon. Gary J. Cohen
- Hon. Danielle J. K. Constant
- Hon. Richard Gordon
- Hon. Brenden J. Griffin
- Hon. Kimberly A. Harris Ortiz
- Hon. Kellie L. Johnson
- Hon. Kenneth Lee
- Hon. Scott D. McDonald
- Hon. Casey McGinley
- Hon. D. Douglas Metcalf
- Hon. D. Greg Sakall
- Hon. Joan Wagener
- Hon. Wayne E. Yehling
PINAL COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
- Hon. Patrick K. Gard
- Hon. Joseph R. Georgini
- Hon. Jason Holmberg
- Hon. Robert C. Olson
