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Loretta H. Rush Chief Justice
Chief Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
Background: Rush worked at a law firm for 15 years before serving as a Tippecanoe County Superior Court judge.
At a glance
- Court
- Indiana Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- Yes
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) (2019); retained by voters in a retention election on November 5, 2024
- Appointed by
- Gov. Mitch Daniels (R)
- Appointment date
- 2019
- Took office
- November 7, 2012
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2034
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Purdue University, 1980
- Law: Indiana University, Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, 1983
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (Hybrid)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Loretta H. Rush’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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