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Originally Posted by Happydaz
County and Circuit court judges are elected. District Court and Supreme Court judges in Florida are appointed by the Governor. If a vacancy were to occur on the county or circuit court the Governor appoints a replacement judge.
An ambitious County or Circuit Court judge who may have been initially elected might want to impress the Governor with their decisions so that when he appoints the higher level judges they might be on the preferred judicial candidates list.
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They are initially appointed and MUST stand for election within 2 years and need to run again, every 6 years. All judges in Florida serve at the whim of the voters.