Lidia Stiglich
2016 - Present
2025
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Lidia Stiglich is a judge for Seat G of the Nevada Supreme Court. She assumed office on December 5, 2016. Her current term ends on January 7, 2025.
Stiglich is running for re-election for the Seat G judge of the Nevada Supreme Court. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. The primary for this office on June 11, 2024, was canceled.
Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) appointed Stiglich to the court on November 10, 2016, to serve the remainder of Nancy Saitta's term.[1]
In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country. As part of this study, we assigned each justice a Confidence Score describing our confidence in the degree of partisanship exhibited by the justices' past partisan behavior, before they joined the court.[2] Stiglich received a confidence score of Indeterminate.[3] Click here to read more about this study.
Biography
Stiglich was born in Walnut Creek, California.[4] She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. From 1997 to 2002, Stiglich worked as a trial attorney in the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. After that, she founded Stiglich & Hinckley, LLP, where she was managing partner, and served as special counsel to Lt. Gov. Brian K. Krolicki (R). Stiglich has taught at the National Judicial College, the University of Nevada, Reno, the John F. Kennedy School of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, and New College of the Law.[5][6]
Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) appointed Stiglich to the Nevada Second Judicial District Court to succeed retiring Judge Steven Kosach in November 2012.[6] In November 2016, Sandoval appointed Stiglich to the Nevada Supreme Court to fill the remainder of Justice Nancy Saitta's term.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Nevada Supreme Court Seat G
Incumbent Lidia Stiglich is running in the general election for Nevada Supreme Court Seat G on November 5, 2024.
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lidia Stiglich advanced from the primary for Nevada Supreme Court Seat G.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2018
- See also: Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2018
General election
General election for Nevada Supreme Court Seat G
Incumbent Lidia Stiglich defeated Mathew Harter in the general election for Nevada Supreme Court Seat G on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lidia Stiglich (Nonpartisan) | 46.6 | 413,471 |
 | Mathew Harter (Nonpartisan) | 30.7 | 272,652 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 22.7 | 201,148 | ||
| Total votes: 887,271 | |||
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2016
On November 10, 2016, Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) appointed Stiglich to the Nevada Supreme Court to fill the remainder of Justice Nancy Saitta's term expiring in January 2019.[1] Stiglich assumed office on December 5, 2016.[7]
2014
- See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Stiglich ran for election to the Nevada Second Judicial District Court (Department 8). She defeated Keith J. Tierney in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 68.0% of the vote.[8]
2012
On November 21, 2012, Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) appointed Stiglich to the Nevada Second Judicial District Court to succeed retiring Judge Steven Kosach in Department 8.[6]
Campaign themes
2024
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Analysis
Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship (2020)
Last updated: June 15, 2020
In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country as of June 15, 2020.
The study presented Confidence Scores that represented our confidence in each justice's degree of partisan affiliation. This was not a measure of where a justice fell on an ideological spectrum, but rather a measure of how much confidence we had that a justice was or had been affiliated with a political party. The scores were based on seven factors, including but not limited to party registration.[9]
The five resulting categories of Confidence Scores were:
- Strong Democrat
- Mild Democrat
- Indeterminate[10]
- Mild Republican
- Strong Republican
This justice's Confidence Score, as well as the factors contributing to that score, is presented below. The information below was current as of June 2020.
Lidia
Stiglich
Nevada
- Partisan Confidence Score:
Indeterminate - Judicial Selection Method:
Elected - Key Factors:
- Was a registered Democrat
- Received donations from Democrat-affiliated individuals or organizations
- Appointed by a Republican governor
Partisan Profile
Details:
Stiglich was a registered Democrat as of 2020. In 2018, she received $2,000 from the Nevada State Education Association, which donates to Democratic candidates more frequently than Republicans. She was endorsed by Republicans, including Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison. She was appointed by Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) to fill a vacancy in 2016.
State supreme court judicial selection in Nevada
- See also: Judicial selection in Nevada
The seven justices of the Nevada Supreme Court are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. When their terms expire, justices must run for re-election if they wish to remain on the court.[11]
Qualifications
To serve on the Nevada Supreme Court, a person must:
- be at least 25 years old;
- be licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada, and have been licensed and admitted to practice law in the United States for at least 15 years, including at least two years in Nevada;
- be a qualified elector; and
- have been a state resident for at least two years preceding the election[12]
Chief justice
The chief justice of the supreme court is chosen according to seniority. According to state law, if there are two or more eligible justices, the chief justice is determined by lot.[13] Alternatively, the internal operating procedures of the supreme court allow the possibility of an agreement between eligible justices.[14] According to the Administrative Office of the Courts in Nevada, often the eligible members of the court will agree to a lesser term as chief justice if there are multiple eligible justices in the last two years of their terms who want to serve in that capacity. Such agreements have been memorialized by a court order or other official document filed with the clerk.[15]
Vacancies
In the event of a midterm vacancy, the Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection solicits and screens applicants. The commission presents a list of three nominees to the governor, who appoints one to fill the vacancy until the next general election. If the predecessor's term is not expiring that election cycle, the appointed justice must win the election to the court to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.[16]
The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Gov. Sandoval appoints Washoe County judge to fill vacant Supreme Court seat," November 10, 2016
- ↑ We calculated confidence scores by collecting several data points such as party registration, donations, and previous political campaigns.
- ↑ The five possible confidence scores were: Strong Democrat, Mild Democrat, Indeterminate, Mild Republican, and Strong Republican.
- ↑ East Bay Times, "Pittsburg graduate appointed to Nevada Supreme Court," January 23, 2017
- ↑ Supreme Court of Nevada, "Justice Lidia S. Stiglich," accessed July 6, 2021
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Administrative Office of the Courts, "Lidia Stiglich appointed to succeed Washoe District Judge Steven Kosach," November 28, 2012
- ↑ Supreme Court of Nevada, "Supreme Court Justice Lidia S. Stiglich Takes Oath of Office," December 1, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Silver State Election Night Results 2014," December 15, 2014
- ↑ The seven factors were party registration, donations made to partisan candidates, donations made to political parties, donations received from political parties or bodies with clear political affiliation, participation in political campaigns, the partisanship of the body responsible for appointing the justice, and state trifecta status when the justice joined the court.
- ↑ An Indeterminate score indicates that there is either not enough information about the justice’s partisan affiliations or that our research found conflicting partisan affiliations.
- ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nevada | Selection of Judges," accessed August 20, 2021
- ↑ Nevada Legislature, " NRS 2.020 Qualifications," accessed August 20, 2021
- ↑ Nevada Legislature, "NRS 2.030 Election; Chief Justice," accessed August 20, 2021
- ↑ Nevada Judiciary, "Nevada Supreme Court: Internal Operating Procedures," May 20, 2021
- ↑ This information was provided to Ballotpedia in an email from the Administrative Office of the Courts in Nevada.
- ↑ Administrative Office of the Courts, "FACTS and FAQs," accessed August 20, 2021
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