By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Judge Pamela Goodwine is no stranger to firsts — she was the first Black woman in Lexington to be district judge and, later, the first to be circuit judge. She became the first Black woman to serve on the Kentucky Court of Appeals after being elected in 2018.

LEX 18 has been following the race, and now the results are in. Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Pamela Goodwine is heading to Frankfort to claim a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Court of Appeals Judge Pamela Goodwine is projected to win a seat onto the seven-member Kentucky Supreme Court, making history as the first Black woman elected to the state’s high court. The jurist was winning in every county in the eight-county Kentucky Supreme Court District 5 as of mid-Tuesday evening,

Court of Appeals Judge Pamela Goodwine made history by winning a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court, becoming the first Black female justice in the state’s history on November 5, 2024, in Lexington, KY.

Court of Appeals Judge Pamela Goodwine has won a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court where she will become the first Black female justice in the state’s history. Goodwine defeated Frankfort attorney Erin Izzo in the race for the high court’s Fifth District,

The 5th Supreme Court District's seat opened up after Chief Justice Laurance VanMeter announced in 2023 he would not seek reelection.