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Mississippi Supreme Court
The highest court in Mississippi. Who sits on it, how they got there and how long their terms run.
Nonpartisan electionHow justices are chosenVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
8 yearsTerm length
9Sitting justices
1817Founded
No public decision data available for this court. There is no free, consistently coded source of how each state justice votes in cases, so this site doesn't score state judges.
Justices
Mike Randolph
Chief Justice · District 2 Position 3
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: 2004
Appointed by Haley Barbour (R)
Photo: Ballotpedia
T. Kenneth Griffis
Justice · District 1 Position 1
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: February 1, 2019
Appointed by Phil Bryant (R)
Photo: Ballotpedia
Leslie King
Justice · District 1 Position 2
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: 2011
Appointed by Haley Barbour (R)
Photo: Ballotpedia
Jenifer Branning
Justice · District 1 Position 3
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: January 6, 2025
Appointing official: not listed
Photo: Ballotpedia
David Ishee
Justice · District 2 Position 1
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: September 18, 2017
Appointed by Phil Bryant (R)
Photo: Ballotpedia
David Sullivan
Justice · District 2 Position 2
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: January 6, 2025
Appointing official: not listed
Photo: Ballotpedia
Celeste Wilson
Justice · District 3 Position 1
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: August 1, 2026
Appointed by Tate Reeves (R)
Photo: Ballotpedia
Amanda Jones Tollison
Justice · District 3 Position 2
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: September 1, 2026
Appointed by Tate Reeves (R)
Josiah Coleman
Justice · District 3 Position 3
Party as listed: Nonpartisan
Took office: January 7, 2013
Elected
Photo: Ballotpedia
Source: Ballotpedia, Mississippi Supreme Court (retrieved Oct 26, 2026). “Party as listed” is Ballotpedia’s label; many state justices are officially nonpartisan. Photos from each justice’s Ballotpedia page (or Wikimedia Commons where Ballotpedia has none). Click a name for a short profile.