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Lawmakers debate SJR 13 proposal to allow partisan judicial races
Summary
State Representative Robin Lundstrom presented Senate Joint Resolution 13, which would permit judges to run with party labels; law professor Josh Silverstein testified against the change, citing research linking partisan judicial elections to more partisan decisionmaking.
State Representative Robin Lundstrom, a sponsor of SJR 13, told the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee that the resolution would let judicial candidates run with party labels so “the voters [would] know exactly what they were voting for.”
The proposal drew a substantive, policy-focused response from Josh Silverstein, a law professor who testified in his individual capacity. Silverstein summarized the debate as a tradeoff between voter information and judicial behavior: “The signature argument in favor of partisan elections is it will provide more information to the voters,” he said. “The…
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