Judge Susan Kelsey on the First District Court of Appeals

I'm not entirely familiar with her jurisprudence. However, I did follow the abortion ban case in the state courts closely. Of the three appellate judges that heard the case over the DeSantis abortion law, she is the only one of the panel that is facing a retention election this year.

On that particular case, Judge Kelsey was the dissenter and I posted an excerpt of her dissent here on the Florida group at the time. Of the three judges on the panel, she would have lifted the stay on the lower court's decision to strike down the law, effectively not allowing the 15-week ban to go into effect. She would stuck with existing precedent by the state supreme court that abortion is protected under the state constitution while the other two judges were like "FUCK IT! YOLO!"

She was appointed by Rick Scott but in the event that DeSantis does win, she may be in the category of Republican-appointed judges that "is as good as you're going to get."