Joel D. Horton

Joel D. Horton
Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
Assumed office
September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Appointed by Governor Butch Otter
Preceded by Linda Copple Trout
Personal details
Born (1959-10-30) October 30, 1959
Nampa, Idaho
Spouse(s) Carolyn Minder
Alma mater University of Washington (1982)
University of Idaho (J.D. 1985)

Joel David Horton (born October 30, 1959) is a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, a member since 2007.[1][2]

Born in Nampa, Idaho, Horton lived in Lewiston as a youth and later in Boise; he graduated from Borah High School in Boise in 1977.[3] He attended the University of Washington in Seattle and received a B.A. in political science in 1982. Horton then attended the University of Idaho in Moscow and received his J.D. from its College of Law in 1985.[1]

Horton was appointed by Governor Butch Otter in September 2007 to fill the vacancy of the retiring Linda Copple Trout.[2][4] He narrowly retained his seat in the statewide election (50.1%) in May 2008,[5][6][7] but was re-elected by a wide margin (65.8%) six years later in 2014.[8][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Supreme Court Justices". State of Idaho. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Russell, Betsy Z. (September 19, 2007). "Idaho gets new high court justice". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B7.
  3. ↑ "Four senior scholars place in Nat'l Merit". Borah Senator. Boise, Idaho. Borah High School. October 13, 1976. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Horton named to Idaho Supreme Court". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). September 19, 2007. p. 4A.
  5. ↑ Meyer, Greg (March 16, 2010). "Bradbury says the 'good old boy network' needs to change". Lewiston, Idaho: KLEW-TV. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ Russell, Betsy Z. (July 22, 2009). "Idaho justices grill lawyer for former justice candidate". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Primary election results". State of Idaho. May 27, 2008. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Joel Horton". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ Stovall, Scott (May 20, 2014). "Election Results for May 20, 2014 Idaho Primary". Lewiston, Idaho: KLEW-TV. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Primary election results". State of Idaho. May 22, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
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Preceded by
Linda Copple Trout		 Associate Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
2007–present 		Incumbent
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