No. The ruling party gets to appoint a new judge when one retires.
Afaik the problem is that the Democrats play nice and the Republicans take advantage of this, because why wouldn't they? Ofc each party is going to appoint a judge with alligned world views, but sitting judges don't need to show loyalty or do party politics whatsoever.
Electing judges will get them involved with party politics. They'll have to spend time campaigning, and there will be less experienced judges.