Michigan Supreme Court Justices Noah Hood and Megan Cavanagh, both incumbents, are coming to Bay College in Escanaba on Tuesday.

ESCANABA — Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Megan K. Cavanagh and Justice Noah P. Hood are holding a meet-and-greet at Bay de Noc Community College from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both justices are up for reelection.

Michigan’s Supreme Court is made up of seven individual justices and serves as the court of last resort within the state. Cavanagh is chief, and the other six justices are Brian Zahra, Richard Bernstein, Kimberly Thomas, Elizabeth Welch, Kyra Bolden and Hood.

Eight-year terms have been the standard for Michigan Supreme Court justices since 1903.

Both Cavanagh’s and Hood’s terms are expiring.

Four are vying to fill the two available seats. Incumbents Cavanagh and Hood, along with Casandra Morse-Bills and Michael D. Warren Jr., are running in the general election for Michigan Supreme Court on Nov. 3.

As judges are nonpartisan, none are technically affiliated with a party; however,it was the Democratic convention in April that that advanced Cavanagh and Hood, while the Republican convention in March selected Morse-Bills and Warren.

In 2020, Ballotpedia published a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country. Cavanagh earned a score “mild Democrat.”

The event at Bay de Noc Community College will be held in the cafeteria tomorrow afternoon and is part of a joint campaign by Cavanagh and Hood.

“The Justices are doing a tour of the U.P. to talk about the importance of the Michigan Supreme Court, the importance of voting on the nonpartisan side of the ballot, and to pitch themselves as candidates for reelection/retention,” wrote campaign Field Organizer Avonleigh Blenkhorn.

Cavanagh, who was unanimously elected by her colleagues as Chief Justice in 2025, joined the Michigan Supreme Court in 2019. Prior, she was an attorney in Detroit for 15 years and was named “Lawyer of the Year” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in 2006.Chief Justice Cavanagh serves as the Supreme Court Liaison to Tribal Courts, the Michigan Judicial Council, the Michigan State Bar Foundation, and Judicial Security.

Hood was first appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court in 2025 for a partial term that ends on Dec. 31, 2026. When he previously worked as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA), he specialized in prosecuting fraud, money laundering, public corruption, white-collar crime and opioid-related offenses involving medical professionals

“In May 2018, he received the U.S. Treasury Department FinCEN Director’s ‘Law Enforcement Award’ for effective use of Bank Secrecy Act data in safeguarding the nation’s financial system,” states Hood’s bio on michigan.gov. “In December 2018, he received a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Secret Service Director for his superior efforts and contributions to the Secret Service’s law enforcement responsibilities. He has also been recognized by the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.”

The local bar association, the Delta County Democratic Party and the Hannahville Tribe were reportedly invited to the event at Bay.

Attendees may park in lot D in front of the Student Center at Bay College in Escanaba.