Who is running for Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, District 2, Office 2, Retention: Judge James R. Huber in 2026?

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, District 2, Office 2

James R. Huber, who also goes by Jim Huber, has been a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals since Governor Kevin Stitt appointed him in April 2023³⁴. He was previously a Tulsa County district judge and chief judge of its Family Division⁴. This is a nonpartisan retention question: voters answer yes or no on keeping the judge, and no party is listed on the ballot⁶.

• Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, District 2, Office 2, since 2023³
• District Judge, Tulsa County, from October 2020, serving as chief judge of the Family Division and handling the youthful offender criminal docket; reelected in 2022³⁴
• Special Judge, Tulsa County, selected by the county's district judges in 2019³⁴
• Private practice from 1994, including managing partner of Collier and Huber from 2005 to 2019, handling commercial and employment litigation; earlier worked in the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office³⁴
• JD, University of Tulsa, 1993; BA, University of Oklahoma, 1990⁴
• Appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt on April 6, 2023⁴, replacing Judge Keith Rapp⁵. Appellate judges are appointed by the governor from three names sent by the Judicial Nominating Commission⁶. Voters retained him in November 2024⁵. His current term ends January 11, 2027, so the 2026 vote decides whether he serves a new six-year term².