Carla W. McMillian

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Carla W. McMillian is a judge of the Georgia Supreme Court. She assumed office on April 10, 2020. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.

McMillian ran for re-election for judge of the Georgia Supreme Court. She won in the general election on May 24, 2022.

McMillian was appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court on March 27, 2020, by Governor Brian Kemp (R). To read more about judicial selection in Georgia, click here.

In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country. As part of this study, we assigned each justice a Confidence Score describing our confidence in the degree of partisanship exhibited by the justices' past partisan behavior, before they joined the court.^[1] McMillian received a confidence score of Mild Republican.^[2] Click here to read more about this study.

Prior to serving on the Georgia Supreme Court, McMillian served on the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2020. McMillian was appointed to the court by Governor Nathan Deal (R) on January 16, 2013, and assumed office on January 24, 2013.^[3]^[4]

Biography

Carla W. McMillian was born in Augusta, Georgia. She received her bachelor's degrees in both history and economics from Duke University in 1995 and her J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1998.^[3]

McMillian's career experience includes clerking for U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Judge William C. O'Kelley and working as an attorney and partner with the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP. Governor Sonny Perdue (R) appointed McMillian to the Fayette County State Court bench in August 2010, where she served until her appointment to the Georgia Court of Appeals in January 2013.^[3]^[5]^[5]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Georgia Supreme Court

Incumbent Carla W. McMillian won election in the general election for Georgia Supreme Court on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carla W. McMillian (Nonpartisan)	100.0	1,626,408

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2020

See also: Georgia intermediate appellate court elections, 2020

McMillian's name appeared on the ballot in 2020 because her appointment to the Georgia Supreme Court occurred after the official candidate withdrawal deadline, but McMillian withdrew from the Georgia Intermediate Appellate Court election. Click here for more information.

2014

See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2014

McMillian ran for re-election to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on May 20, 2014.^[6]^[7]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

Carla W. McMillian did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Analysis

See also: Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship and Ballotpedia Courts: Determiners and Dissenters

Last updated: June 15, 2020

In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country as of June 15, 2020.

The study presented Confidence Scores that represented our confidence in each justice's degree of partisan affiliation. This was not a measure of where a justice fell on an ideological spectrum, but rather a measure of how much confidence we had that a justice was or had been affiliated with a political party. The scores were based on seven factors, including but not limited to party registration.^[8]

The five resulting categories of Confidence Scores were:

Strong Democrat
Mild Democrat
Indeterminate^[9]
Mild Republican
Strong Republican

This justice's Confidence Score, as well as the factors contributing to that score, is presented below. The information below was current as of June 2020.

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Carla
McMillian

Georgia

Partisan Confidence Score:
Mild Republican
Judicial Selection Method:
Elected
Key Factors:
- Donated less than $2,000 to Republican candidates
- Appointed by a Republican governor
- State was a Republican trifecta at time of appointment

Partisan Profile

Details:

McMillian donated $200 to Republican candidates and organizations. McMillian was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in 2016. At the time of her appointment, Georgia was a Republican trifecta.

State supreme court judicial selection in Georgia

See also: Judicial selection in Georgia

The nine justices on the Georgia Supreme Court are chosen by popular vote in nonpartisan elections. They serve six-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to retain their seats.^[10]

Qualifications

To serve on this court, a judge must be:

a resident of Georgia; and
admitted to practice law for at least seven years.^[10]

Chief justice

The chief justice is selected by peer vote and serves in that capacity for four years.^[10]

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state supreme courts

If a vacancy appears on the court, the position is filled by assisted appointment. The governor chooses an appointee from a list of qualified candidates compiled by the judicial nominating commission. As of March 2023, the judicial nominating commission consisted of 35 members, each appointed by the governor. For each court vacancy, the commission recommends candidates, but the governor is not bound to the commission's choices and may choose to appoint a judge not found on the list.^[11] If appointed, an interim judge must run in the next general election held at least six months after the appointment, and, if confirmed by voters, he or she may finish the rest of the predecessor's term.^[10]^[12]^[13]

The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.

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Footnotes

↑ We calculated confidence scores by collecting several data points such as party registration, donations, and previous political campaigns.
↑ The five possible confidence scores were: Strong Democrat, Mild Democrat, Indeterminate, Mild Republican, and Strong Republican.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 State of Georgia Court of Appeals, "Judge Carla McMillian," accessed July 28, 2021
↑ The Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Deal puts first Asian-American on state appellate court," January 16, 2013
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Office of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, "Press Release: Governor Announces Appointments to Griffin Circuit Superior Court, Fayette County State Court," August 11, 2010
↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "2014 Qualifying Candidates List," accessed March 19, 2014
↑ Georgia Secretary of State, “Statewide Election Results,” May 20, 2014
↑ The seven factors were party registration, donations made to partisan candidates, donations made to political parties, donations received from political parties or bodies with clear political affiliation, participation in political campaigns, the partisanship of the body responsible for appointing the justice, and state trifecta status when the justice joined the court.
↑ An Indeterminate score indicates that there is either not enough information about the justice’s partisan affiliations or that our research found conflicting partisan affiliations.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia," archived October 2, 2014
↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia; Judicial Nominating Commissions," archived October 2, 2014
↑ Governor Brian Kemp, "Executive Order," accessed March 29, 2023
↑ Governor Brian Kemp, "Gov. Kemp Names 35 to Judicial Nominating Commission," October 27, 2021

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[1] We calculated confidence scores by collecting several data points such as party registration, donations, and previous political campaigns.

[2] The five possible confidence scores were: Strong Democrat, Mild Democrat, Indeterminate, Mild Republican, and Strong Republican.

[bio-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 State of Georgia Court of Appeals, "Judge Carla McMillian," accessed July 28, 2021

[ajc-4] The Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Deal puts first Asian-American on state appellate court," January 16, 2013

[pr-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Office of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, "Press Release: Governor Announces Appointments to Griffin Circuit Superior Court, Fayette County State Court," August 11, 2010

[sos-6] Georgia Secretary of State, "2014 Qualifying Candidates List," accessed March 19, 2014

[7] Georgia Secretary of State, “Statewide Election Results,” May 20, 2014

[8] The seven factors were party registration, donations made to partisan candidates, donations made to political parties, donations received from political parties or bodies with clear political affiliation, participation in political campaigns, the partisanship of the body responsible for appointing the justice, and state trifecta status when the justice joined the court.

[9] An Indeterminate score indicates that there is either not enough information about the justice’s partisan affiliations or that our research found conflicting partisan affiliations.

[GAgen-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia," archived October 2, 2014

[nom-11] American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia; Judicial Nominating Commissions," archived October 2, 2014

[12] Governor Brian Kemp, "Executive Order," accessed March 29, 2023

[13] Governor Brian Kemp, "Gov. Kemp Names 35 to Judicial Nominating Commission," October 27, 2021

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