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Endorses Meyer
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 Cynthia Meyer ran unopposed in her first election and won a term ending in 2032. There is no opponent to profile and we do not manufacture one.
Cynthia Meyer — Incumbent justice. Meyer's career is three decades of North Idaho practice and two Republican governors' appointments. She practiced law for over thirty years in Salt Lake City and Coeur d'Alene — partner at James, Vernon & Weeks, P.A. — and taught as an adjunct at North Idaho College (2005–2009). Governor Butch Otter appointed her to the First Judicial District Court in 2015, where she served eight years, rising to administrative judge, and handled the region's publicly charged North Idaho College trustees litigation, a technical and contested matter she has cited with professional pride. Governor Brad Little appointed her to the Supreme Court on November 6, 2023, succeeding Justice John Stegner; she was sworn in December 2023, the court's 60th justice. Education: College of Idaho (B.A., 1982), University of Utah law (J.D., 1987).
Credits: Two Republican governors independently chose her for two benches eight years apart — the strongest vetting signal in an uncontested file; eight years as a trial judge and district administrative judge; a governor's on-record assessment ("widely respected by her peers and community as an intelligent, fair, and competent jurist"); the Idaho State Bar's "Distinguished Jurist" profile. Debits: Her supreme court tenure began in late 2023, so the appellate record is short, and no sourced signature opinion was retrieved in this pass; the endorsement rests on appointment path and trial-court service, disclosed.
OUR CALL
Our call: endorse Cynthia Meyer. In an uncontested race we endorse only on an affirmatively aligned verified record, and this is one: thirty years of practice, eight years of trial judging, and appointments from Republican Governors Otter and Little in sequence, with no activism or controversy in the sources searched. Voters ratified the record, unopposed, on May 19, 2026.
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Sources
- Office of the Governor (Idaho) — "Gov. Little appoints District Judge Cynthia Meyer to the Idaho Supreme Court" (November 6, 2023) — appointment succeeding Justice Stegner; First Judicial District service since a 2015 Otter appointment; administrative judge; thirty years of practice and partnership at James, Vernon & Weeks; the governor's quoted assessment — https://gov.idaho.gov/pressrelease/gov-little-appoints-district-judge-cynthia-meyer-to-the-idaho-supreme-court/
- Cynthia Meyer — biographical record: appointed by Governor Brad Little, sworn in December 2023; First Judicial District judge 2015–2023; thirty-plus years of practice; College of Idaho and University of Utah law — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Meyer_(judge)
- Idaho State Bar — "Distinguished Jurist, Hon. Cynthia K.C. Meyer" profile — career history, adjunct teaching, and the North Idaho College trustees case handled as a district judge — https://isb.idaho.gov/blog/distinguished-jurist-hon-cynthia-k-c-meyer-a-career-full-of-next-chapters-by-lindsey-m-welfley/
- 2026 United States judicial elections — Idaho: Meyer ran unopposed in the 2026 election held during the spring primary — 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.
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