In Georgia, Supreme Court Justices and Court of Appeals Judges are supposed to be chosen by voters in non-partisan elections. But in the 100-year history of the Georgia Court of Appeals, only 9 judges have been elected to an open seat. 

More often than not - judges find their way to these seats not through an election, but by an appointment, from the Governor.

Listen to the story of one woman campaigning to be the 10th judge elected to an open seat and the series of events that changed her election and two others.