Cory Swanson, the Broadwater County Attorney, will be heading one county over to become the Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, while district court Judge Katherine Bidegaray will replace outgoing justice Dirk Sandefur on the state’s highest court.

This year Montanans voted to fill two open seats on the Montana Supreme Court, an associate justice and chief justice.

Dan Wilson currently leads Katherine Bidegaray in the election for Montana State Supreme Court, Seat 3, according to initial voting results from the Secretary of State website. Wilson has 50% of the vote as opposed to 49% for Bidegaray.

Judicial candidates Cory Swanson and Katherine Bidegaray claimed victory Wednesday in their respective races for two open seats on the Montana Supreme Court. Statewide vote counts showed them outstripping their respective competitors Jerry Lynch and Dan Wilson by margins of roughly eight percentage points.

Ohio voters will make decisions on three supreme court races that will determine which political party controls the bench.

In the race for Minnesota's Supreme Court chief justice, Hudson was leading Stephen Emery 55.83% to 43.8%, with more than 116,000 votes counted as of 9:50 p.m. Tuesday. Votes were still being counted late Tuesday night.