South Carolina legislators have re-elected Jean Toal as chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.

State lawmakers held a joint session Wednesday to decide if Toal or Associate Justice Costa Pleicones would lead the South Carolina Supreme Court.

In a 95 to 74 vote, lawmakers selected Toal, 70, to serve only two years of a 10-year term since she’ll be reaching the mandatory retirement age of 72 shortly.

South Carolina uses a rare judicial selection system in which the legislature elects the state’s chief justice.