Two of the three top contenders for the open U.S.Supreme Court seat appeared to be fans of credit unions.

They were members of credit unions in 2013, according to theirmost recent financial disclosure reports.

The three top contenders are all federal judges, according toword circulating around the nation’s capital. One of them is likelyto be nominated by President Obama to replace JusticeAntonin Scalia, although the Senate confirmation process maycause delays.

They are Merrick Garland and Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and Paul Watford ofthe 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Watford’s financial disclosure statement filed in 2013 — thelatest available statement — showed he held an account totalingless than $2,500 at SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, a Santa Ana,Calif.-based credit union with $11.8 billion in assets.

And Garland’s financial disclosure report showed an accounttotaling less than $5,000 with the Justice Federal Credit Union, anationwide credit union that serves employees of the Departments ofJustice and Homeland Security, and other law enforcement agencies.The Chantilly, Va.-based credit union has about $668 million inassets.

Among sitting justices, support for credit unions is bipartisan;the two who had accounts are at different ends of the politicalspectrum.

In 2014, conservative Justice Samuel Alito held an accounttotaling less than $15,000 at the $1.1 billion Andrews FederalCredit Union, which is located in Suitland, Md. and serves membersof the military and others around the world.

And if account size mattered most, the biggest credit union fanis liberal Justice Elena Kagan, who held an account of between$250,001 and $500,000 at Justice FCU.

The records for the sitting justices and possible nominees werecompiled by the Center for Responsible Politics.