get

government-members

/governments/us/states/{state}/judicial/current

Get current state judicial officeholders

Returns sitting justices of the state’s highest court, and appellate judges where they are tracked.

Parameters

nametyperequireddescription
statepathstringrequiredTwo-letter state code (lowercase)
pagequeryintegerdefault 1Page number for pagination
limitqueryintegerdefault 50Number of items per page

Example

curl
curl "https://civiclens.io/api/v1/governments/us/states/ca/judicial/current"
200 response
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "j57eva5svza78qzasqhfw08np58at3mr",
      "ocdPersonId": "ballotpedia:judicial:state:ca:carol-corrigan",
      "name": "Carol Corrigan",
      "title": "Justice",
      "profileImage": "https://svnkcjvhjsabii6v.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/photos/j57eva5svza78qzasqhfw08np58at3mr-x3TwaUOoIcCJlNXHmtHTkzC8aAyHg6.png",
      "party": "Nonpartisan",
      "bio": "Carol Corrigan is a judge of the California Supreme Court. She assumed office in 2006. Her current term ends on January 5, 2031. Corrigan was appointed to the court in December 2005 by former Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Corrigan was retained by voters to a full 12-year term in November 2006.",
      "education": [
        "Holy Names College, 1970",
        "University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1975",
        "St. Louis University"
      ],
      "government": {
        "country": "us",
        "level": "state",
        "branch": "judicial",
        "stateCode": "ca"
      },
      "personalWebsite": "https://supreme.courts.ca.gov/about-court/justices-court/associate-justice-carol-corrigan",
      "sourceUrl": "<redacted in documentation>",
      "appointedBy": "Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)",
      "addedToRole": 1784440223823.4749,
      "updatedAt": 1784528370261
    },
    {
      "id": "j570dkeppgcs322e7r4wrt0n158atmpb",
      "ocdPersonId": "ballotpedia:judicial:state:ca:kelli-m-evans",
      "name": "Kelli M. Evans",
      "title": "Justice",
      "profileImage": "https://svnkcjvhjsabii6v.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/photos/j570dkeppgcs322e7r4wrt0n158atmpb-wRW7U9RZ0p6G1c8HEQ7m5T4FoeTPJa.jpg",
      "party": "Nonpartisan",
      "bio": "Kelli M. Evans is a judge of the California Supreme Court. She assumed office on January 2, 2023. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appointed Evans to the Supreme Court after Patricia Guerrero was elevated to Chief Justice. She was appointed to Superior Court of Alameda County, California on July 9, 2021 by Gavin Newsom (D) to replace Thomas C. Rogers.",
      "government": {
        "country": "us",
        "level": "state",
        "branch": "judicial",
        "stateCode": "ca"
      },
      "personalWebsite": "https://supreme.courts.ca.gov/about-court/justices-court/justice-kelli-m-evans",
      "sourceUrl": "<redacted in documentation>",
      "appointedBy": "Gavin Newsom (D)",
      "addedToRole": 1784440223823.4905,
      "updatedAt": 1784563925210
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 1000,
    "total": 6,
    "hasMore": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2026-09-15T21:33:47.458Z",
    "government": {
      "country": "us",
      "level": "state",
      "branch": "judicial",
      "stateCode": "ca"
    }
  }
}

A live response, trimmed to the first records. sourceUrl values are shown redacted in documentation; the API returns the full value.

Responses

200List of government members
400Bad request - invalid parameters
404Resource not found
500Internal server error

Try it

PlaygroundLive responses from the real API
curl
curl "https://civiclens.io/api/v1/governments/us/states/ca/judicial/current"