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Shannon Bacon
Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court
Background: After graduating from law school, Bacon worked as a law clerk for A. Joseph Alarid of the New Mexico Court of Appeals for two years. She worked at Eaves, Bardacke, Baugh, Kierst & Larson, where she became a partner, from 1999 to 2005.
At a glance
- Court
- New Mexico Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) (January 25, 2019); retained by voters in a retention election in 2014
- Appointed by
- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
- Appointment date
- January 25, 2019
- Took office
- February 4, 2019
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2026
- Next election or retention vote
- November 3, 2026 (retention election)
- Last election
- November 3, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Democratic
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Creighton University, 1993
- Law: Creighton University School of Law, 1997
- Prior offices
- New Mexico 2nd Judicial District Court (2010 - 2019)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Partisan electionVoters elect the justices; candidates' party labels appear on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Shannon Bacon’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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