Voters retain all 18 Marion County Superior Court judges

Indianapolis voters had a long list of judges on their ballot Election Day.  All 18 Marion County trial court judges handily won a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ retention vote.

Marion County voters decided to retain the justices with not a single one getting less than two thirds of the vote. The judges will now serve six-year terms on the court before facing another retention election in 2030.

There are also currently two vacancies on the court. The three finalists for each vacancy were announced recently, and Governor Holcomb has 60 days to appoint one of the finalists to fill each vacancy.

All three Indiana Supreme Court judges on the ballot were approved for retention as well, along with the lone judge from the Indiana Court of Appeals Fourth District on the ballot.

Below is a list of all the judges that were up for retention and what the final vote count looked like, according to unofficial Marion County election results:

Marion County Superior Court

Linda E. Brown
Yes: 191,802 (73.7 percent)
No: 68,462 (26.3 percent)

John Chavis
Yes: 178,001 (69.14 percent)
No: 79,434 (30.86 percent)

Stephen R. Creason
Yes: 171,656 (67.4 percent)
No: 83,024 (32.6 percent)

Charnette D. Garner
Yes: 182,774 (71.88 percent)
No: 71,486 (28.12 percent)

Danielle P. Gaughan
Yes: 183,222 (72.33 percent)
No: 70,075 (27.67 percent)

Alicia A. Gooden
Yes: 188,591 (74.33 percent)
No: 65,134 (25.67 percent)

Clayton Graham
Yes: 171,684 (68.33 percent)
No: 79,570 (31.67 percent)

Jennifer Harrison
Yes: 187,908 (74.38 percent)
No: 64,719 (25.62 percent)

Amy M. Jones
Yes: 184,741 (73.38 percent)
No: 67,007 (26.62 percent)

James A. Joven
Yes: 168,978 (67.82 percent)
No: 80,183 (32.18 percent)

Marie L. Kern
Yes: 182,085 (73.01 percent)
No: 67,319 (26.99 percent)

Helen W. Marchal
Yes: 180,542 (72.45 percent)
No: 68,661 (27.55 percent)

Jeffrey L. Marchal
Yes: 167,970 (67.93 percent)
No: 79,296 (32.07 percent)

Charles F. Miller
Yes: 169,003 (68.53 percent)
No: 77,609 (31.47 percent)

William Nelson
Yes: 165,835 (67.26 percent)
No: 80,719 (32.74 percent)

Cynthia L. Oetjen
Yes: 179,381 (72.68 percent)
No: 67,425 (27.32 percent)

Clark Rogers
Yes: 166,628 (67.97 percent)
No: 78,505 (32.03 percent)

Jose Salinas
Yes: 177,156 (71.85 percent)
No: 69,407 (28.15 percent)

Indiana Court of Appeals Fourth District

Rudolph Reginald Pyle III
Yes: 170,088 (65.49 percent)
No: 89,622 (34.51 percent)

Indiana Supreme Court

Loretta H. Rush
Yes: 186,047 (68.3 percent)
No: 86,345 (31.7 percent)

Mark S. Massa
Yes: 165,789 (62.24 percent)
No: 100,582 (37.76 percent)

Derek Read Molter
Yes: 167,051 (63.35 percent)
No: 96,642 (36.65 percent)