Who is running for Missouri Supreme Court, Retention: Judge Paul C. Wilson in 2026?
Here are the candidates for Missouri Supreme Court, Retention: Judge Paul C. Wilson on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for all voters in Missouri.
This is a retention vote: voters decide yes or no on keeping this judge for another term. Judges may not promise how they would rule, so we show experience and record instead of issue positions.
Paul C. Wilson
· IncumbentJudge, Supreme Court of Missouri
Paul C. Wilson has served on the Supreme Court of Missouri since his appointment in December 2012 and was Chief Justice from July 2021 to June 20232. Voters decide whether to retain him in a yes or no retention vote on the November 3, 2026 ballot1.
- Judge, Supreme Court of Missouri, since December 2012; Chief Justice July 2021 to June 20232
- Circuit Judge, 19th Judicial Circuit; Assistant Missouri Attorney General; attorney at Van Matre, Harrison, Hollis, Taylor & Bacon and at Sullivan & Cromwell2
- Bachelor's degree from Drury College; J.D. cum laude from the University of Missouri School of Law; law clerk to Missouri Supreme Court Judge Edward D. Robertson Jr. and to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Judge Richard F. Suhrheinrich2
- Appointed to the Supreme Court of Missouri in December 2012 under the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan, in which a judicial commission nominates and the governor selects; he stands for a yes or no retention vote at the end of each term23.
- Bar poll: The Judicial Performance Review committee recommends that the judge should be retained.
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