The Judicial Nominating Commission sent Gov. Nathan Deal a shortlist Wednesday of recommended candidates to fill openings on the Georgia Supreme Court.

The list of nine posted on the JNC website late Wednesday emerged from an initial list of 101. The commission narrowed the field and interviewed 20 candidates Tuesday at the State Bar of Georgia headquarters. As it turned out, on the same day, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Georgia Supreme Court Justice Britt Grant to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Grant’s departure, along with the retirement of Chief Justice P. Harris Hines, means the governor has two jobs to fill on the Supreme Court.