William Cassel

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William Cassel
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Nonpartisan

Nebraska Supreme Court District 3
Tenure

2012 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

12

Prior offices
Nebraska 8th District Court
Nebraska Court of Appeals District 3

Compensation

Base salary

$225,055

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

April 26, 2012

Education

Bachelor's

University of Nebraska, 1977

Law

University of Nebraska, 1979

Personal
Birthplace
Ainsworth, Neb.
Contact

Official website 

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William Cassel is a judge for District 3 of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He assumed office on May 9, 2012. His current term ends on January 4, 2029.

Cassel ran for re-election for the District 3 judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Gov. Dave Heineman (R) appointed Cassel on April 26, 2012, to succeed Justice John Gerrard.[1] He was retained by voters in 2016 and 2022. To read more about judicial selection in Nebraska, 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.[2] Cassel received a confidence score of Mild Republican.[3] Click here to read more about this study.

Cassel served as a judge on Nebraska's Eighth District Court from 1992 to 2004 and on the Nebraska Court of Appeals from 2004 to 2012.

Biography

Cassel was born on September 20, 1955, in Ainsworth, Neb..[1] He received a bachelor's and a law degree from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1977 and 1979, respectively.[1] Cassel owned and operated a private practice from 1979 to 1992. During that time, he was also the city attorney in Ainsworth, Long Pine, and Johnstown.[1]

In 1992, Cassel was appointed as a judge on Nebraska's Eighth District Court. He held that position until 2004 when he was appointed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals. In 2012, Gov. Dave Heineman (R) appointed Cassel to the Nebraska Supreme Court.[1]

Elections

Nebraska Supreme Court (2012-present)

Cassel was appointed to the Nebraska Supreme Court by Gov. Dave Heineman (R) on April 26, 2012, to succeed Justice John Gerrard. He assumed office on May 9, 2012.[1]

2022

See also:  Nebraska Supreme Court elections, 2022

Nebraska Supreme Court District 3, William Cassel's seat

William Cassel was retained to District 3 of the Nebraska Supreme Court on November 8, 2022 with 72.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
72.4
 
 67,276
No
 
27.6
 
 25,648
Total Votes
 92,924

It has been certified. Source

2016

See also: Nebraska Supreme Court elections, 2016

Cassel was retained by voters on November 8, 2016, receiving 72.6% of the vote.[4]

Nebraska Supreme Court, District 3
2016 general election results
Candidates Votes Percent
William Cassel Green check mark transparent.png 80,854 72.6%
Against retention 30,442 27.4%

Nebraska Court of Appeals (2004-2012)

Cassel was appointed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals in 2004.[1]

2008

Cassel was retained by voters on November 4, 2008, receiving 68.9% of the vote.[5]

Nebraska Court of Appeals, District 3
2008 general election results
Candidates Votes Percent
William Cassel Green check mark transparent.png 62,583 68.9%
Against retention 25,569 28.1%

Nebraska Eighth District Court (1992-2004)

Cassel was appointed to the Nebraska Eighth District Court in 1992.[1]

2002

Cassel was retained by voters on November 7, 2002, receiving 70.1% of the vote.[6]

Nebraska Eighth District Court
2002 general election results
Candidates Votes Percent
William Cassel Green check mark transparent.png 12,527 70.1%
Against retention 5,346 29.9%

1996

Cassel was retained by voters on November 5, 1996, receiving 70.4% of the vote.[7]

Nebraska Eighth District Court
1996 general election results
Candidates Votes Percent
William Cassel Green check mark transparent.png 14,765 70.4%
Against retention 6,218 29.6%

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

William Cassel did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Analysis

Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship (2020)

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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William
Cassel

Nebraska

  • Partisan Confidence Score:
    Mild Republican
  • Judicial Selection Method:
    Assisted appointment through hybrid judicial nominating commission
  • Key Factors:
    • Was a registered Republican before 2020
    • Donated less than $2,000 to Republican candidates
    • Appointed by a Republican governor


Partisan Profile

Details:

Cassel was a registered Republican prior to 2020. He donated $500 to Republican candidates. He was appointed by a Gov. Dave Heineman (R) in 2012 while Nebraska was a Republican trifecta.


State supreme court judicial selection in Nebraska

See also: Judicial selection in Nebraska

The seven justices on the Nebraska Supreme Court are selected through the assisted appointment method. The governor appoints each new justice from a list of at least two qualified nominees assembled by a judicial nominating commission.[10][11] There are separate judicial nominating commissions for each supreme court district, as well as the chief justiceship. Each commission is made up of nine members. Members of the Nebraska State Bar Association select four lawyers and the governor appoints four nonlawyers. The ninth member is a supreme court justice who serves as chairman but does not vote.[11][12]

Justices must run in a yes-no retention election during the first general election occurring after they have been on the court for three years. Subsequent terms last six years.[13]

Qualifications

To serve on the Nebraska Supreme Court, a person must:

  • be at least 30 years old;
  • be a U.S. citizen;
  • have practiced law in Nebraska for at least five years;
  • be a member of the state bar; and
  • be a resident of the judicial district for which they are being appointed.[14]

Chief justice

The chief justice of the supreme court is selected through the same assisted appointment method as other justices on the court and serves in that role for the duration of his or her time on the court.[15]

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state supreme courts

When a vacancy occurs on the Nebraska Supreme Court, a judicial nominating commission submits the names of at least two qualified nominees to the governor, who appoints one to fill the vacancy. If the governor does not appoint one of the nominees within 60 days, the chief justice of the supreme court is authorized to select a new judge.[13]

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


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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Nebraska State Government, "State Judicial Branch," accessed July 20, 2021
    2. ↑ We calculated confidence scores by collecting several data points such as party registration, donations, and previous political campaigns.
    3. ↑ The five possible confidence scores were: Strong Democrat, Mild Democrat, Indeterminate, Mild Republican, and Strong Republican.
    4. ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Revised Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers," accessed July 21, 2021
    5. ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Official Results of the Nebraska General Election - November 4, 2008," accessed July 21, 2021
    6. ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Official Results of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska," accessed July 21, 2021
    7. ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Official Results of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska," accessed July 21, 2021 - requires downloading archived canvass books
    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.
    10. ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Judicial Selection in the States: Nebraska⁠ | Overview," accessed August 16, 2021
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 National Center for State Courts, "Judicial Selection in the States: Nebraska⁠ | Judicial Nominating Commissions," accessed August 16, 2021
    12. ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "Nebraska State Constitution Article V-21," accessed August 16, 2021
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 State of Nebraska Judicial Branch, "Branch Overview," accessed August 16, 2021
    14. ↑ Nebraska Legislature, "Nebraska Revised Statute 24-202," accessed August 16, 2021
    15. ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nebraska," accessed August 16, 2021
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