2 candidates are on the ballot. One ballot can carry several appellate seats, and the note below sets out which contest is which. For each judge: the record, any official performance evaluation, and the arguments published for and against them.
Wyoming does not hold contested elections for judges. A nominating commission sends names to the governor, the governor appoints, and the judge then faces voters only in yes-or-no retention questions with no party label — which is why no party is listed below. Wyoming has no intermediate appellate court, so the only appellate questions on the November 3, 2026 ballot are for the Wyoming Supreme Court, and every voter in the state votes on both: Justice Robert Jarosh, appointed by Governor Mark Gordon and sworn in on March 27, 2024, and Justice Bridget Hill, appointed by Governor Gordon in spring 2025. Both are standing for retention for the first time since their appointments. One piece of context a Wyoming voter is likely to want: the court recently decided a case on the state’s abortion ban. Jarosh was in the majority that struck it down as inconsistent with the Wyoming Constitution. Hill did not take part in that decision; before her appointment she was Wyoming’s attorney general and in that role her office defended the ban in court. Those are the facts of who did what; no organised campaign for or against either retention was found when this was researched, and the entries below say what was searched.
2 candidates · ballot order · Robert Jarosh currently holds this seat
Medium confidenceMedium confidenceThe candidate's stated positions and basic record are documented, but coverage is thin — often little independent reporting, or criticism from only one side.What would raise it: More independent reporting, a documented voting record, or published criticism from a named opponent would raise this.
What they say they stand for
Their own words. Claims, not verified facts.
Nothing documented in the sources reviewed.
What they’ve actually done
Documented record from official sources.
Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Mark Gordon, sworn in March 27, 2024; this is his first retention vote.
Was in the majority in the Wyoming Supreme Court’s recent decision holding the state’s abortion ban inconsistent with the Wyoming Constitution.
Wyoming judges are nominated by a judicial nominating commission, appointed by the governor, and then stand for retention at the first general election after a year in office and every eight years after that.
Wyoming has no intermediate appellate court; the Supreme Court hears appeals directly from the district courts.
Arguments in favor
We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.
Arguments against
We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.
What we couldn’t verify
No organised campaign either for or against Jarosh’s retention was found, though State Court Report noted that his vote in the abortion case makes such a campaign possible. Searched: WyoFile, the Casper Star-Tribune, Cowboy State Daily, the Wyoming State Bar and the Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics.
Wyoming has no official judicial performance evaluation commission and no published bar rating of retention candidates was found, so there is no professional assessment to report.
No analysis of his published opinions beyond the abortion decision was found.
Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Mark Gordon in spring 2025; this is her first retention vote.
Attorney General of Wyoming before her appointment; in that role her office defended the state’s abortion ban in the litigation that reached this court.
Did not take part in the Wyoming Supreme Court’s recent decision on the abortion ban.
Wyoming judges are nominated by a judicial nominating commission, appointed by the governor, and then stand for retention at the first general election after a year in office and every eight years after that.
Arguments in favor
We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.
Arguments against
We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.
What we couldn’t verify
No organised campaign either for or against Hill’s retention was found. Searched: WyoFile, the Casper Star-Tribune, Cowboy State Daily, the Wyoming State Bar and the Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics.
Wyoming has no official judicial performance evaluation commission and no published bar rating of retention candidates was found.
She joined the court in 2025 and no analysis of her opinions was found.
Positions and criticism are quoted from the named sources, not our assessments. This is built to help you start getting informed — confirm the official candidate list with your election authority before you vote.
This is one contest on a longer ballot
A Wyoming ballot also carries state legislative districts, county offices, judicial seats and often local questions — and which of them you vote on is decided by your street address, not your city or ZIP code.