STATE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
IDAHO SUPREME COURT
Five justices are selected on a nonpartisan ballot in the primary election for overlapping 6-year terms. Salary: $119,506 except for the Chief Justice who receives: $121,006 per year.
Daniel Eisman, Chief Justice Term Expires: 2013
Joel Horton Term Expires: 2013
Roger Burdick Term Expires: 2011
Jim Jones Term Expires: 2011
Warren Jones Term Expires: 2011
COURT OF APPEALS
Voters elect three Court of Appeals judges in the primary election for overlapping 6-year terms. Salary: $118,506 per year.
Karen Lansing, Chief Judge Term expires: 2011
Serigio Gutierrez Term expires: 2016
Darrel R. Perry Term expires: 2013
David W. Gratton Term expires: 2013
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
The Fifth Judicial District is composed of Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls counties. At the primary election, seven district judges are elected at large on a nonpartisan ballot for 4-year terms.
Salary: $112,043 - Administrative Judge: $113,543.
District Judges Term Exp:
R. Barry Wood, Administrative Judge
(Chambers: Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln)………………..2010
G. Richard Bevan (Chambers in Twin Falls) ..............2010
John K. Butler (Chambers in Jerome) ..........................2010
Michael Crabtree (Chambers in Burley) .......................2010
Robert Elgee (Chambers in Hailey) ...............................2010
Randy Stoker (Chambers in Twin Falls)………….….....2010
John M. Melanson (Chambers in Rupert),
Presiding Judge for Snake River Basin Adjudication…2010
MAGISTRATE JUDGES
Magistrate Judges are appointed by the District Magistrates’ Commission. They appear on the ballot for retention election on the first general election following 18 months in office for
4-year terms. Salary: $107,043
Howard Smyser……………………………………………..2010
Roger Harris………..………………………………………..2012
Thomas Kershaw………………………………………… 2010
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