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SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE · RECEIVED SEP 14, 2026
JUDGEHEARING HELD

Lee Philip Rudofsky

Lee Philip Rudofsky of Arkansas, nominated to be Circuit judge, Eighth Circuit.

HEARING HELD25 days waiting so far
25DAYS WAITINGPendingFINAL VOTE
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE · RECEIVED SEP 14, 2026
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THE PATH TO CONFIRMATION

25 days and counting

WHERE THE TIME WENT25 days waiting so far
  • IN COMMITTEE25 DAYS SO FAR
  1. ReceivedSEP 14, 2026
  2. Referred to JudiciarySAME DAYSEP 14, 2026
  3. Hearing+16 DAYSSEP 30, 2026
  4. ReportedNOT YET
  5. On the calendarNOT YET
  6. ClotureNOT YET
  7. ConfirmedNOT YET
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Waiting for the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote. If it reports the nomination, it goes to the Executive Calendar.

LATEST OFFICIAL ACTION · SEP 30, 2026

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

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THE VOTES

Why there’s no vote count

No votes yet

Judges and cabinet secretaries get individual votes: a cloture vote to end debate, then the confirmation vote.

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THE POST

Circuit judge, Eighth Circuit

WHAT IT DOES
Hears appeals from federal district courts in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Its rulings bind every federal court in those states.
TERM
Life. Article III judges serve “during good behavior.”
SEAT
Fills the vacancy left by Judge Bobby E. Shepherd.
OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION · PN1272-15

Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Bobby E. Shepherd, retiring.

THE NOMINEE

Rudofsky has been a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas since 2019. Rudofsky served as Solicitor General of Arkansas from 2015 to 2018 and earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2005.

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