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Ballotpedia provides coverage of local trial court elections for judges whose jurisdictions overlap withAmerica's 100 largest cities by population.

As of 2019, local trial court judges wereelected in 26 states, with eight states using partisan elections and 18 states using nonpartisan elections.^[1] In 11 other states, at least some of the local judges were elected, with others being selected throughassisted appointment,legislative elections, orgubernatorial appointments with advice and consent. Ten states only usedassisted appointment, while three states only usedlegislative elections orgubernatorial appointments.

Use the dropdown menus in the upper-right tool in order to find information about local trial court elections in your state.Click here for information about state supreme court elections in 2019, andclick here for information about state intermediate appellate court elections.

The map below highlights states where there was a local court election that took place in one of America's largest 100 cities.

Elections by jurisdiction

Partisan elections

The following municipalities held partisan elections for local courts in 2019.

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• New York, New York
• Erie County, New York
• Franklin County, Ohio
• Hamilton County, Ohio
• Toledo, Ohio
• King County, Washington
• Dane County, Wisconsin
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Nonpartisan elections

The following municipalities held nonpartisan elections for local courts in 2019.

• Fayette County, Kentucky
• Henderson, Nevada
• Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Memphis, Tennessee

Past elections

See also:2016 elections,2017 elections, and2018 elections

• In2018, Ballotpedia covered local judicial elections acrossAmerica's 100 largest cities by population. In total,825 seats were up for election across general and limited jurisdiction trial courts.

• In2017, Ballotpedia covered local judicial elections across seven states. In total,494 seats were up for election across general and limited jurisdiction trial courts.

• In2016, Ballotpedia covered local judicial elections across 39 states. In total,3,723 seats were up for election across general and limited jurisdiction trial courts.

See also

• Local courts
• Judicial selection in the states
• Judicial elections
• Local courts by county
• State supreme court elections, 2019
• State intermediate appellate court elections, 2019

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