Judges of the Superior Court

These retention elections don’t work. Far from being eliminated, bad judges are returned to office with Soviet margins and hundreds of thousands of ‘yes’ votes. Who votes for them? I think the counting machines do, which is why I never leave ovals blank. See my note on the 2022 general.

Nevertheless, the rule when the governor is bad is: vote ‘yes’ on all because their replacements could be worse.

There are three exceptions, three judges so bad than even Governor Hobbs would struggle to find worse:

  • Pam Gates (wife of Bill Gates, county supervisor for District 3)
  • John R Hannah, Jr
  • Timothy Joseph Ryan

My source is Bryan Blehm, Kari Lake’s Arizona attorney, who has appeared before all three. Please recall that Judge Hannah forced Doug Logan (who ran the Arizona audit) into bankruptcy.