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Bench Record

Custer County · 2026 retention ballot

Each judge’s percentile among all 2026 judges at the same court level statewide. Lowest quarter is outlined.

Statewide · Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

Rebecca Rankin Freyre Court of Appeals · Statewide Commission: meets standards (9–0) Rank 1 of 7 · statewide 1 of 108 3.90survey grade27 responses4th most of 7

Pax Moultrie Court of Appeals · Statewide Commission: meets standards (9–0) Rank 2 of 7 · statewide 3 of 108 3.80survey grade36 responses1st most of 7

Katharine E. Lum Court of Appeals · Statewide Commission: meets standards (9–0) Rank 3 of 7 · statewide 5 of 108 3.80survey grade25 responses6th most of 7

Elizabeth L. Harris Court of Appeals · Statewide Commission: meets standards (9–0) Rank 4 of 7 · statewide 8 of 108 3.60survey grade27 responses4th most of 7

Karl L. Schock Court of Appeals · Statewide Commission: meets standards (9–0) Rank 5 of 7 · statewide 17 of 108 3.60survey grade28 responses3rd most of 7

William W. Hood III Supreme Court · Statewide Commission: meets standards (9–0) Rank 7 of 7 · statewide 51 of 108 3.60survey grade31 responses2nd most of 7

Grant Sullivan Court of Appeals · Statewide Commission: meets standards (9–0) Rank 6 of 7 · statewide 52 of 108 3.70survey grade19 responses7th most of 7

11th Judicial District · District Court

Dayna L. Vise District Court · 11th Judicial District Commission: meets standards (7–0) Rank 23 of 65 · statewide 39 of 108 3.20survey grade22 responses34th percentile

Amanda Hunter District Court · 11th Judicial District Commission: meets standards (7–0) Weakest: survey grade 2.60 (9th percentile) Rank 51 of 65 · statewide 85 of 108 2.60survey grade28 responses60th percentile

Custer County Court

Michael Patrick Halpin County Court · Custer County Commission: meets standards (7–0) Too few survey responses to publish

This ballot at a glance

Judges on your ballot: 10
In the bottom quarter of peers: 1
Commission said “does not meet”: 0
Commission vote was split: 0
No survey published: 1

Reading a row

The big number is the judge’s percentile among 2026 judges at the same court level. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges form groups too small for a percentile, so their big number is their percentile among all judges statewide (marked “statewide”). The bars show that group; this judge is the purple mark. Under them: rank in the group and statewide across all courts. The survey grade (0–4) and response count come from the state’s report; the last line ranks the response count.

How the percentile is built