Jude Pate of Sitka is the first Alaska Supreme Court justice to come directly from someplace other than Juneau, Anchorage or Fairbanks since 1960. (via AlaskaBeacon)
Jude Pate, appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Jan. 20, 2023, is seen in an undated photo provided by Pate to the Alaska Judicial Council.
Before Pate, the last justice who met those standards was Walter Hodge, who came from Nome and served on the court in 1959 and 1960. The governor’s office did not answer questions asking whether Pate’s residency was a factor. In 2021, the governor Pate was appointed to fill a vacancy created this month by the retirement of Justice Daniel Winfree, who is reaching the constitutionally mandated retirement age of 70. as options for the vacancy. Under the state constitution, the council examines the qualifications of applicants for a vacancy and selects a list of nominees based on merit, not political affiliation.
If Dunleavy had picked any of those three, it would have put three women on the five-person high court, creating the first majority-female Alaska Supreme Court in state history.
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