Three candidates so far for the Appellate Court; contests in every countywide race

Judge Debra B. Walker (campaign website), former Judge Russell "Russ" Hartigan, and Judge Dominique C. Ross (campaign website) all filed for the Appellate Court's Hall vacancy this morning. All are in the lottery for the top spot on the June primary ballot.

At this very early stage there are also more than one hopeful for each of the nine countywide Circuit Court vacancies. Each of these candidates qualified for the ballot lottery:

Brennan Vacancy

Ubi O'Neal
Howard Brookins, Jr.

Cannon Vacancy

Monica G. Somerville
Mable Taylor
Diana López

Hyman Vacancy

Elizabeth Anne Karkula
Thomas E. Nowinski

Ingram Vacancy

Elizabeth "Beth" Ryan
Yolanda Harris Sayre

Leeming Vacancy

Wende Williams
Rena Marie Van Tine

Lynch Vacancy

Paul Joyce
Deidre Baumann
Michael Weaver

McGury Vacancy

Chelsey Renece Robinson
Ruth Isabel Gudino

O'Brien Vacancy

Jacqueline Marie Griffin
Araceli R. De La Cruz

Sullivan Vacancy

Claudia Silva-Hernandez
Thomas More Donnelly

Links above are to prior FWIW articles.

There may be more candidates for any of these vacancies -- filing remains open until next Monday -- and there are a number of prersons who have announced candidacies but did not file this morning -- but these are the ones who have filed so far.

And, as I mentioned earlier today, filing (even filing when the doors open) carries with it no guarantee that one will actually make the ballot. Some of these candidates may have to deal with challenges to their petitions going forward.