North Dakota
North Dakota Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
- 5 Total seats
- 0 Current vacancies
- 4 Prosecutors
- 0 Public Defenders (or other indigent defense experience)
- 0 Civil Rights Lawyers
How Members of the North Dakota Supreme Court are Selected:
Nonpartisan Election
Justices are selected and re-selected to 10-year terms in nonpartisan elections. In the case of an unexpected vacancy, the governor can call for a special election or appoint a justice to fill the term who must then run in the next nonpartisan judicial election.
Selection method sources:
Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map