Faith and Reason PAC

Judges decide what the law means…

Know who sits on the bench.

Mission: Public records on the judges on your ballot — cited, never invented.

WAKE.the.BENCH

Vet the judges on your ballot — supreme, appellate, and trial courts, scored from public records.

Judicial records for every voter.

Public record + Your vote = An informed bench

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Days until the General Election · Tue Nov 3, 2026

1821 judges scored · Grades A=6 · C=1782 · F=33 · Methodology

About Wake the Bench

Judges are often the least-known names on the ballot.

Wake the Bench gathers what the public record shows about each judge — court, seat, retention questions, published opinions, and any public discipline — and links every claim to its source. Coverage grows state by state as records are verified.

How it works

Pick your state, look up your judges, read the cited record, then vote informed.

A and F grades require cites. Thin records stay C until sources land.

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Research status

Honest coverage note from FairPAC / Wake the Bench — what is scored, what stays thin, and what we never invent.

What we can determine from public records: CJP public discipline; SOS candidate/retention lists; court rosters and directories; published Court of Appeal / Supreme opinions; bar/JNE ratings and election statements when loaded in this pack.
What stays C / insufficient lean: No verified published vote pattern yet, no CJP public discipline attached, or only appointing-era context. Thin public dockets remain C until cites land — that is researchable-but-not-yet-sourced, not “unknowable.”
We do not invent case holdings, CJP findings, ideology, bar ratings, or stats. Ideology lean is a FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment only.
Coverage honesty: This pack scores ballot/retention justices plus seeded Superior samples (and CJP-discipline additions). California has far more Superior Court judges still to mine — grades improve as verified cites are attached.

A and F require cites; thin → C. Full research status.

How grades work

Common-sense grade for judges (FairPAC / Wake the Bench). Not an official court label. Full methodology.

Grade	Meaning	When we use it
A	Common-sense record	Sourced public-safety / parental-rights / anti-bureaucracy case-vote patterns (published opinions)
C	Mixed / thin record	Insufficient public evidence for A or F; explicit note required
F	Out of touch on the basics	Public CJP discipline/censure OR sourced progressive-bench signals with cites

A and F require cites; thin → C.

We never invent CJP findings or court holdings.

Composite labels

FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment only — not an official court label. A / C / F are legacy aliases.

Aligned — Common-sense record. Cited public-safety / parental-rights / anti-bureaucracy patterns match FairPAC common-sense outcomes. Alias of legacy A.
Contested — Mixed record. Cited signals pull both ways. Alias of legacy C when mixed.
Misaligned — Out of touch on the basics. Public CJP discipline/censure OR sourced progressive-bench / restrictive-liberty + defendant-forward + agency-expansion patterns with cites. Alias of legacy F.
Thin — Not enough public cites yet. Researchable but unsourced — default until cites land. Alias of legacy C when thin.