J. Miles Hanisee
2011 - Present
2026
13
float:right; border:1px solid #FFB81F; background-color: white; width: 250px; font-size: .9em; margin-bottom:0px;
} .infobox p { margin-bottom: 0; } .widget-row { display: inline-block; width: 100%; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; } .widget-row.heading { font-size: 1.2em; } .widget-row.value-only { text-align: center; background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.value-only.white { background-color: #f9f9f9; } .widget-row.value-only.black { background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; } .widget-row.Democratic { background-color: #003388; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Republican { background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Libertarian { background-color: #f9d334; color: black; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Green { background-color: green; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-key { width: 43%; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; } .widget-value { width: 57%; float: right; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; word-wrap: break-word; } .widget-img { width: 150px; display: block; margin: auto; } .clearfix { clear: both; }
J. Miles Hanisee (Republican Party) is a judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. He assumed office in 2011. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Hanisee (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. He won in the retention election on November 6, 2018.
He was initially appointed in July 2011 by Governor Susana Martinez to a term that expired post-election in 2012.[1] Hanisee was defeated in the election, but Martinez re-appointed him in December 2012 after the retirement of Celia Castillo from the court. He was elected to the court of appeals in 2014 for the unexpired remainder of Castillo's term.[2][3] Hanisee was elected to a full-term in 2018.
Hanisee is the chief judge of the court.[4]
Education
Hanisee received his J.D. from Pepperdine University.[1]
Career
Hanisee was in private practice for four years immediately preceding his appointment. He spent the majority of his legal career as an assistant U.S. attorney in New Mexico.[1]
Elections
2018
New Mexico Court of Appeals
J. Miles Hanisee was retained to the New Mexico Court of Appeals on November 6, 2018 with 69.4% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
69.4
|
382,151 | ||
No |
30.6
|
168,167 | |||
Total Votes |
550,318 | ||||
|
|
2014
See also: New Mexico judicial elections, 2014
Hanisee ran for re-election to the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 3, 2014.
General: He defeated Kerry Kiernan in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 50.9 percent of the vote.Following this election, Hanisee became the first Republican elected to the New Mexico Court of Appeals in 12 years, as well as the first publicly financed candidate to win election to the appellate court. In New Mexico, public financing became available to statewide judicial candidates in 2008. Kerry Kiernan's campaign was also publicly financed, making this race the state's first contested appellate court race in which both candidates were publicly financed.[2][5]
2012
Hanisee ran unsuccessfully for election to the court of appeals, receiving 44.49% of the vote.[6] He was defeated by the winner of the Democratic primary, M. Monica Zamora.[7]
- See also: New Mexico judicial elections, 2012
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms New Mexico Court of Appeals. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
External links
.contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
.contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
.external_links_table { width: auto !important; }
@media (max-width:600px) {
.contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;}
.contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
}
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Office of the New Mexico Governor, "Press Release: Governor Susana Martinez Appoints Former Federal Prosecutor J. Miles Hanisee to New Mexico Court of Appeals," July 29, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New Mexico Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed January 8, 2015
- ↑ Albuquerque Journal, "First judge elected with public financing," November 17, 2014
- ↑ New Mexico Courts, "Judges," accessed May 29, 2020
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "UNOFFICIAL RESULTS Primary Election 2014," June 4, 2014
- ↑ Alamogordo Daily News, "Appeals judge wants to retain seat," February 1, 2012
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2012 Official General Election Results"
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Mexico • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Mexico
State courts:
New Mexico Supreme Court • New Mexico Court of Appeals • New Mexico District Courts • New Mexico Magistrate Court • New Mexico Municipal Courts • New Mexico Probate Courts • New Mexico Problem-Solving Courts • New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration Court • Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court
State resources:
Courts in New Mexico • New Mexico judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Mexico
