Florida Judicial Candidate Voluntary Self-Disclosure Statements are now online
The Bar's merit retention poll for the 2022 election cycle will go out in August
Information about judicial candidates’ backgrounds and personal statements may now be found on The Florida Bar website.
The information is posted as part of The Florida Bar Judicial Candidate Voluntary Self-Disclosure Statement program.
Thirty-two county court races will go to voters on the August 23 primary ballot as well as 20 circuit court contests. Any runoffs will be decided in the November 8 general election.
In total, 71 trial court candidates responded to the Bar’s voluntary questionnaire.
Five Supreme Court justices and 28 Florida district court of appeal judges will also be up for merit retention in the November general election.
Every two years, the Florida Bar’s Constitutional Judiciary Committee oversees a statewide merit retention poll that asks in-state Florida Bar members to rate judges and justices who are up for retention votes and of whom they have direct knowledge. The poll results may be useful to Florida voters.
The merit retention poll for the 2022 election cycle will go out in August. The results will be distributed to the news media via a Bar news release and will be published in the News.
More information about judicial elections may be found through the Bar’s The Vote’s In Your Court webpage.
