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Note: Many states do not use the same method of judicial selection for all of their courts.
A state that selects its Supreme Court judges by partisan election, for example, might select
its appellate or general jusrisdiction judges by appointment or merit selection.
To learn more about the specific election rules in your state, use the State Court Locator.)

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