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Welcome to the DJCC

The Democratic Judicial Campaign Committee is the only organization whose primary mission is to elect Democratic and progressive judges to state appellate courts. In the early 1990s, large corporate interests began buying control of many of our state Supreme Courts and many of our lower courts. Orchestrated by a political consultant named Karl Rove, these campaigns began in Texas and Alabama, spending millions of dollars. Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce pours millions of dollars in judicial races every year. Our aim is to bring Democratic and progressive groups together to combat the corporate takeover of our state appellate courts. Over the past few years, we have had great success in every state where we've competed.

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The Democratic Judicial Campaign Committee is dedicated to electing Democratic and progressive judges to state appellate courts.

MS: Suit Seeks Insurance Denials

A Gulf Coast resident is appealing to the State Supreme Court to have access to records showing the total dollar amount denied by insurance companies to post-Katrina policy holders.

“We just think people have the right to know this information,” said Bay St. Louis attorney Edward Gibson, who has agreed to handle the appeal. “Mr. Buckel [...]

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MS: Court rules for policy holders in Katrina case

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Electronic courts system gets revision

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Who are we?
Judicial Landscape
DJCC Philosophy
Our Success

The Democratic Campaign Committee is supported by successful governors, judges and political operatives from across the United States. Together, our goal is to ensure fairness exists in our judicial system, and that large corporate interests are not allowed to hijack our courts.

We invite you to take a look at our Board of Directors and largest financial supporters by visiting this page.

Our Board of Directors and larges financial supporters come from all across the country and include attorneys, elected officials and politicos.

The Democratic Judicial Campaign Committee keeps a close eye on the judicial landscape in 22 states that elect their appellate judges.

The good news is that in states where we have elected judges, Democratic or progressive candidates have a good track record.

Of the eight states that hold partisan elections, five of those states have Democratic-majorities on their Supreme Court.

Of the 14 states where judicial races are non-partisan, eight of those states have progressive majorities.

To learn more about these 22 states, visit our Landscape page.

Of the 22 states where judges are elected, Democrats or progressive judges hold a majority of the seats.

The Democratic Judicial Campaign Committee does not try to be all things to all campaigns. Our approach to assisting campaigns is different than organizations like the DCCC and the DSCC. We work not only with campaigns but with special interest groups in the state to provide needed resources leading up to and throughout an election.

Our focus is on providing opposition research, polling and focus group information. We help campaigns find political operatives who have had success in winning judicial races. And we offer networking opportunities with candidates who have faced similar races before.

To learn more about us, visit our About page and our Political Philosophy page.

Our goal is to provide information and resources to help Democratic and progressive candidates win.

The best way to judge our work is by our success.

The Democratic Judicial Campaign Committee has been involved in some of the most difficult races in the past two years. More importantly, we’ve been on the winning side.

In conservative states like Mississippi and Alabama, we have helped unseat powerful incumbents backed by Republican governors. In more progressive states like Michigan, we have helped raise the profile of judicial races to ensure fair-minded judges are elected.

For more examples of our success, please visit our Success Stories page.

The DJCC has enjoyed success in conservative Southern states and progressive Northern states.