Gov. Nathan Deal’s Judicial Nominating Commission has released a list of nearly two dozen potential successors to Presiding Judge J.D. Smith of the Georgia Court of Appeals, who is retiring at the end of the year.

The 23 nominees-which include trial judges, prosecutors and those in private practice-still need to complete an extensive questionnaire in order to be considered for the job, per the JNC’s usual practice. The JNC accepts self-nominations, but it’s possible there are some on the list who were nominated by others and don’t plan to apply.

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