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Endorses Moeller
The race
This Idaho Supreme Court seat was decided on May 19, 2026 — Idaho elects its justices on a nonpartisan ballot during the spring primary — and it was uncontested: Justice Gregory W. Moeller ran unopposed and was re-elected to a term ending in 2032. There is no opponent to profile and we do not manufacture one.
Gregory W. Moeller — Incumbent justice. Moeller's path ran through two Republican governors' appointments and three levels of judging. After 19 years in Rexburg private practice (civil litigation, water law, criminal defense; partner from 1994), Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter appointed him a Seventh Judicial District judge in 2009, where he heard cases across ten counties and presided over the Upper Valley Drug Court and Mental Health Court. Otter appointed him to the Supreme Court on November 30, 2018; he was sworn in January 3, 2019, as the court's 58th justice, after twice being named a Judicial Council finalist for earlier vacancies. He graduated magna cum laude from BYU (1987) and BYU's law school (1990), and taught media law and ethics as an adjunct at BYU-Idaho.
Credits: A complete judicial ladder — trial practice including criminal defense, a decade of district judging including two treatment courts, supreme court service since 2019, twice a finalist before his elevation, and no opponent drew a challenge against his re-election. Debits: No sourced signature opinion or ideological ruling was retrieved in this pass — his file is institutional (appointments by a Republican governor; service record) rather than a graded set of opinions, and the call below says so.
OUR CALL
Our call: endorse Gregory W. Moeller. The verified record affirmatively aligns in the ways a nonpartisan judicial file can: appointed to both of his judgeships by a Republican governor, twice vetted as a Judicial Council finalist, a decade running treatment courts inside the criminal system he once defended clients in, and unopposed for re-election. Nothing retrieved shows judicial activism or a break with restraint. Voters ratified the record on May 19, 2026.
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Sources
- Idaho Courts — Justice Gregory W. Moeller, official biography — BYU magna cum laude 1987, J.D. 1990; 19 years of private practice (civil litigation, water law, criminal defense); district judge appointed by Governor Otter April 2, 2009; Upper Valley Drug Court and Mental Health Court; Supreme Court appointment November 30, 2018, sworn in January 3, 2019 as the 58th justice; twice a Judicial Council finalist — https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/sc-justices/gregory-w-moeller
- Idaho Supreme Court — composition table: Moeller took office January 3, 2019, appointed by Butch Otter (R), term ends 2032 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_Supreme_Court
- 2026 United States judicial elections — Idaho: Moeller re-elected unopposed, decided May 19, 2026 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_judicial_elections
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.