Oregon Judicial Elections, 2012 - Circuit Courts

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Last updated: November 2012

The Oregon judicial elections will consist of a primary on May 15th and general election in November 6th.^[1]

Oregon Circuit Courts[edit]

Oregon 10th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
DretkeBrian C. Dretke   A	Yes	Position 1	n/a	98.47%   A

Oregon 11th Judicial District

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Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BrennemanAaron Brenneman	No	Position 2	13.88%
BradyAlta J. Brady   A	Yes	Position 1	99.21%A	A
BalyeatAndrew C. Balyeat	No	Position 2	28.93%A	45.56%   D
BagleyBeth Bagley   A	No	Position 2	40.42%A	54.14%   A
DeHoogRoger J. DeHoog   A	Yes	Position 3	n/a	98.61%   A
SpearThomas Spear	No		40.42%

Oregon 12th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TiptonGerald Tipton	No	Position 3	n/a	23.99%   D
HillNorman R. Hill   A	No	Position 3	n/a	75.55%   A
AveraSally Avera   A	No	Position 1	51.87%A	A
ButterfieldStan Butterfield	No	Position 1	47.93%

Oregon 14th Judicial District

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WolkePat Wolke   A	Yes	Position 2	75.30%A	A
HullThomas M. Hull   A	Yes	Position 1	98.54%A	A
WalkerVictory Walker	No	Position 2	24.22%

Oregon 15th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MargolisJesse C. Margolis   A	Yes	Position 3	98.92%A	A
BechtoldPaula M. Bechtold   A	Yes	Position 5	98.88%A	A

Oregon 16th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
AmbrosiniGeorge Ambrosini   A	Yes	Position 5	98.88%A	A

Oregon 17th Judicial District

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Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SandersPaulette Sanders   A	Yes	Position 2	99.04%A	A
BranfordThomas O. Branford   A	Yes		99.17%A	A

Oregon 18th Judicial District

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MatyasCindee S. Matyas   A	Yes	Position 3	98.55%A	A

Oregon 1st Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BloomBenjamin Bloom   A	Yes	Position 7	n/a	52.12%   A
OrrDavid Orr	No	Position 7	n/a	47.60%   D
GrenskyRonald D. Grensky   A	Yes	Position 9	99.24%A	A
GerkingTimothy Gerking   A	Yes	Position 5	99.53%A	A

Oregon 20th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BaileyD. Charles Bailey   A	Yes	Position 6	99.38%A	A
LetourneauDonald R. Letourneau   A	Yes	Position 3	99.34%A	A
FunJames L. Fun   A	Yes	Position 13	99.44%A	A
WipperJanelle F. Wipper   A	Yes	Position 11	n/a	98.26%   A
GarciaOscar Garcia   A	Yes	Position 9	n/a	98.27%   A
CobbRita B. Cobb   A	Yes	Position 12	99.44%A	A

Oregon 22nd Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HillmanAnnette Hillman   A	Yes	Position 1	n/a	98.41%   A

Oregon 23rd Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MurphyDaniel R. Murphy   A	Yes	Position 3	99.13%A	A
NovotnyDeAnn L. Novotny   A	Yes	Position 4	99.24%A	A

Oregon 25th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
StoneRonald W. Stone   A	Yes	Position 2	100%A	A

Oregon 2nd Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LeimanAlan Leiman	No		n/a	23.22%   D
BevansChris Bevans	No	Position 7	n/a	less than 10%  D
CarlsonCynthia Carlson   A	Yes	Position 13	99.44%A	A
VogtDebra K. Vogt   A	Yes	Position 14	99.30%A	A
McAlpinJay McAlpin   A	Yes	Position 7	n/a	53.84%   A
MooneyJodie H. Mooney   A	Yes	Position 10	99.47%A	A
RasmussenKarsten H. Rasmussen   A	Yes	Position 1	99.35%A	A
ConoverRobert Conover   A	Yes	Position 12	n/a	98.12%   A
LoveValeri L. Love   A	Yes	Position 8	n/a	98%   A
MulierVincent Mulier	No	Position 7	n/a	less than 10%  D

Delay in results[edit]

The results for the write-in race for the 2nd Judicial District, Position 7 were not released until November 20th.^[2][3][4] The votes were hand-counted and talliers did not begin counting until the 13th.^[5][6]

Oregon 3rd Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
NorbladAlbin Norblad   A	Yes	Position 3	99.78%A	A
BennettJ. Channing Bennett	No	Position 11	48.12%
GeyerCourtland Geyer   A	Yes	Position 12	n/a	98.69%   A
LeithDavid E. Leith   A	Yes	Position 8	n/a	98.51%   A
GravesDennis Graves   A	Yes	Position 7	99.84%A	A
AbarDonald Abar   A	No	Position 11	51.80%A	A
RhoadesJamese Rhoades   A	Yes	Position 1	99.85%A	A
PartridgeLindsay Partridge   A	Yes	Position 10	n/a	98.64%   A
DayVance Day   A	Yes	Position 5	n/a	98.48%   A

Oregon 4th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
NelsonAdrienne Nelson   A	Yes	Position 4	98.92%A	A
AlbrechtCheryl A. Albrecht   A	Yes	Position 31	98.92%A	A
JonesEdward J. Jones   A	Yes	Position 23	98.78%A	A
BergstromEric J. Bergstrom   A	Yes	Position 8	98.81%A	A
WilsonJanice R. Wilson   A	Yes	Position 12	98.86%A	A
LaBarreJerome LaBarre   A	Yes	Position 7	98.62%A	A
HodsonJerry B. Hodson   A	Yes	Position 3	98.74%A	A
MatarazzoJudith H. Matarazzo   A	Yes	Position 28	98.86%A	A
Villa-SmithKathryn Villa-Smith   A	Yes	Position 29	98.89%A	A
RobertsLeslie Roberts   A	Yes	Position 37	98.65%A	A
WyattMerri Souther Wyatt   A	Yes	Position 32	98.76%A	A
KurshnerPaula J. Kurshner   A	Yes	Position 35	98.77%A	A
SvetkeySusan M. Svetkey   A	Yes	Position 16	98.94%A	A

Oregon 5th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ShepleyBruce Shepley	No		45.10%
JonesJeffrey S. Jones   A	Yes	Position 1	99.38%A	A
WetzelMike Wetzel   A	No	Position 3	54.59%A	A
MaurerSteven L. Maurer   A	Yes	Position 8	99.24%A	A
NorbySusie L. Norby   A	Yes	Position 11	99.20%A	A

Oregon 6th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BrauerChristopher R. Brauer   A	Yes	Position 5	98.97%A	A
Eva J. Temple   A	Yes	Position 4	n/a	98.98%   A
LieuallenJon Lieuallen	No	Position 1	n/a	44.78%   D
Lynn W. Hampton   A	Yes	Position 1	n/a	55.08%   A

Oregon 7th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
OlsonJohn A. Olson   A	Yes	Position 1	n/a	98.55%   A

Oregon 8th Judicial District

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BaxterGregory L. Baxter   A	Yes	Position 1	99.15%A	A

Oregon 9th Judicial District

Candidate	Incumbency	Position	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HungLung S. Hung   A	Yes	Position 2	n/a	77.41%   A
SullivanPatricia Sullivan (Oregon)   A	Yes		98.54%A	A

In the News[edit]

Oregon election recap, 2012[edit]

In Oregon's general election earlier this month we saw two new Supreme Court justices, one new Court of Appeals judge, and five new trial court judges elected to the state's court system.

Appeals Court Judge David V. Brewer ran unopposed, successfully winning a seat on Position 2 of the Supreme Court and Richard C. Baldwin bested opponent Nena Cook in the race for Position 3. All incumbents on the Court of Appeals were retained and James C. Egan defeated Tim Volpert, becoming the court's new Position 6 judge.

In circuit court races we saw Beth Bagley elected to the 11th District, Norman R. Hill and Sally Avera to the 12th District, Donald Abar to the 3rd District, and Mike Wetzel to the 5th District.

One race for Position 7 of the Oregon 2nd Judicial District drew publicity as voters awaited delayed results. Four candidates ran as write-ins after incumbent Judge Jay McAlpin failed to file for re-election, causing him to lose the advantage of being on the ballot. Election officials finished tallying on November 20th, declaring Judge Jay McAlpin the winner with 53.84% of the vote.

Oregon primary results highlights[edit]

As featured in JP Election Brief: Focus on the Gulf States and Northwest on May 17, 2012.

Circuit Courts

Oregon 3rd Judicial District, Position 11

• Donald Abar defeated J. Channing Bennett, becoming a new judge for Marion County.

Oregon 5th Judicial District, Position 3

• Mike Wetzel won a seat on the 5th district after defeating Bruce Shepley.

Oregon 11th Judicial District, Position 2

• Thomas Spear and Aaron Brenneman were unsuccessful in the May 15th primary, leaving Andrew C. Balyeat and Beth Bagley to face off in the general election.

Oregon 12th Judicial District, Position 1

• Sally Avera defeated Stan Butterfield, becoming a new judge for the 12th district. She follows in her husband, Fred E. Avera's footsteps as he recently retired from the court.

Oregon 14th Judicial District, Position 2

• Pat Wolke defeated challenger Victory Walker, retaining his position on the court.

For a list of appellate court results, visot the Oregon judicial elections, 2012 page.

Campaign donations an issue in Oregon circuit court race[edit]

As featured in JP Election Brief: Changing the rules in Florida and Nevada (and more!) on April 19, 2012.

Incumbent judge Benjamin Bloom will be challenged by David Orr in the upcoming election for Position 7 on the 1st Judicial District. Orr has criticized Bloom of accepting campaign donations, saying that it would create bias and influence in the courtroom. Orr himself will not be accepting any campaign donations.^[7]

"I will accept no campaign funding from any lawyer, law-firm, corporation or from any other source whatsoever. I believe that it is impossible to be completely fair and unbiased when serving as a judge after having received monetary endorsements during the campaign process."^[7] - David Orr

Bloom responded by stating that he did not know where the money came from, therefore eliminating the possibility of bias.

"I don't ask anyone for money, and I don't know who's giving me money. As a sitting judge, I simply do not want to know."^[7] - Judge Benjamin Bloom

Benjamin Bloom currently serves as judge for Position 7 of the Oregon 1st Judicial District. He was appointed to the position by Governor Ted Kulongoski and sworn in on January 7, 2011. From 2005 to 2010, he served as a judge pro tem, in addition to being a partner at a Medford law firm. Bloom received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College and his J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.^[8]

David Orr currently serves as the Deputy District Attorney for Jackson County. He began his legal career as a deputy public defender in Kansas and later worked as an associate for a civil litigation firm. From 2000 to 2002, Orr served as Linn County deputy district attorney, and in 2003, became a deputy district attorney in Jackson County. Orr earned his bachelor of arts from the University of Kansas and his J.D. from the Law School at Washburn University.^[7]

See also[edit]

• News: Judicial candidates prepare for the final stretch: A summary of Oregon's contested 2012 judicial races, May 10, 2012
• News: Deputy district attorney Orr to challenge incumbent Bloom in upcoming election, April 18, 2012
• Oregon judicial elections, 2012
• Oregon judicial elections

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