Partisan election of supreme court candidates

HB 751 proposed to change the election process for Supreme Court Justices and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It would have required these judicial candidates to be nominated and elected on a partisan ballot, aligning their elections with other partisan offices. The bill also would have allowed candidates for these positions to accept political endorsements and contributions from political parties. Candidates who chose not to affiliate with a political party would appear on the ballot as "undisclosed," with a limit of one such candidate advancing to the general election. Additionally, for incumbent justices running for retention, their political party designation would be included on the ballot.