Jorge Labarga is a judge of the Florida Supreme Court. He assumed office on January 6, 2009. His current term ends on January 2, 2029. Labarga ran for re-election for judge of the Florida Supreme Court. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022. Labarga was appointed to the court by Gov. Charlie Crist on January 2, 2009, to replace retiring Justice Harry Lee Anstead. He was retained by voters in 2010 and 2016. Labarga served two two-year terms as chief justice of the court from 2014 to 2018, the first time a justice had served consecutive terms as chief justice since the Civil War. He was also the first Cuban American to hold the chief justice post. Labarga served on the Circuit Court of Florida's 15th Judicial Circuit and spent one day on the state's Fourth District Court of Appeal before joining the state supreme court.
