The Office of the Governor of the State of California
02/27/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/27/2026 19:52
Governor Newsom releases 2025 judicial appointment data
SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today released judicial applicant and appointee data for the administration's judicial appointments. Since taking office in 2019 through 2025, Governor Newsom made 695 judicial appointments - including 118 in 2025 - from a pool of 2,303 Applicants.
More than half of the Governor's judicial appointments have been women judges and justices, and more than half also identified as Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic, or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.
A copy of the judicial applicant and appointee data chart can be found here and is below:
Judge and Justice demographic data is collected by the Judicial Council of California and State Bar membership data is collected by the California State Bar, based on voluntary survey results. A more detailed breakdown of the demographic data collected by the Judicial Council and the State Bar can be found here and here.
A copy of the judicial applicant and appointee data chart can be found here and is below:
The Office of the Governor of the State of California published this content on February 27, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed via Public Technologies (PUBT), unedited and unaltered, on February 28, 2026 at 01:52 UTC. If you believe the information included in the content is inaccurate or outdated and requires editing or removal, please contact us at [email protected]