After an Oklahoma justice was voted out in a retention election for the first time in state history on Tuesday, it's now up to the governor to appoint a new justice to fill the seat.

Despite a push from the conservative think tank People For Opportunity to recall three judges, labeling them as “liberal activists” in ads, Oklahomans voted to retain Supreme Court District 3 Justice Noma Gurich and Supreme Court District 7 Justice James Edmondson.

For the first time in history, Oklahoma voters on Tuesday removed one Oklahoma Supreme Court justice from the bench at the end of her term. In a nonpartisan election, Oklahoma voters narrowly decided to retain James Edmondson and Noma Gurich but not Yvonne Kauger for another six year term.