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California held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. There was a primary on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 31, 2016. A total of 497 seats were up for election.

Contested races appeared on the primary ballot on June 7, 2016. Any candidate winning a majority of the vote in the primary automatically won the general election. If no candidate won a majority, the top two candidates advanced to the general election. Unopposed candidates did not appear on the ballot and were automatically reelected following the November 8 election.

Local judicial races in California in 2016 overwhelmingly were uncontested and overwhelmingly featured an incumbent candidate. Only 22 out of 497 seats held a race with more than one candidate and only 58 out of 497 candidates were challengers.

For information on 2016 state appellate court and supreme court elections in California, click here.

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 Contested general elections
* 2.1 Alameda County Superior Court
* 2.1.1 Office 1
* 2.2 Kern County Superior Court
* 2.2.1 Office 34
* 2.3 Los Angeles County Superior Court
* 2.3.1 Office 11
* 2.3.2 Office 42
* 2.3.3 Office 84
* 2.3.4 Office 158
* 2.4 Marin County Superior Court
* 2.4.1 Office 2
* 2.5 San Bernardino County Superior Court
* 2.5.1 Office 24
* 2.6 San Francisco County Superior Court
* 2.6.1 Office 7
* 3 Contested primaries
* 3.1 Alameda County Superior Court
* 3.1.1 Office 1
* 3.1.2 Office 2
* 3.2 El Dorado County Superior Court
* 3.2.1 Office 2
* 3.3 Kern County Superior Court
* 3.3.1 Office 20
* 3.3.2 Office 34
* 3.4 Los Angeles County Superior Court
* 3.4.1 Office 11
* 3.4.2 Office 42
* 3.4.3 Office 60
* 3.4.4 Office 84
* 3.4.5 Office 120
* 3.4.6 Office 158
* 3.4.7 Office 165
* 3.5 Marin County Superior Court
* 3.5.1 Office 2
* 3.6 Mendocino County Superior Court
* 3.6.1 Office 5
* 3.7 Orange County Superior Court
* 3.7.1 Office 3
* 3.7.2 Office 40
* 3.7.3 Office 48
* 3.7.4 Office 49
* 3.8 San Bernardino County Superior Court
* 3.8.1 Office 24
* 3.9 San Diego County Superior Court
* 3.10 Office 25
* 3.11 Office 38
* 3.12 San Francisco County Superior Court
* 3.12.1 Office 7
* 3.13 Trinity County Superior Court
* 4 Uncontested elections
* 4.1 Alameda County Superior Court
* 4.2 Alpine County Superior Court
* 4.3 Butte County Superior Court
* 4.4 Colusa County Superior Court
* 4.5 El Dorado County Superior Court
* 4.6 Fresno County Superior Court
* 4.7 Glenn County Superior Court
* 4.8 Humboldt County Superior Court
* 4.9 Inyo County Superior Court
* 4.10 Kern County Superior Court
* 4.11 Los Angeles County Superior Court
* 4.12 Madera County Superior Court
* 4.13 Marin County Superior Court
* 4.14 Mendocino County Superior Court
* 4.15 Merced County Superior Court
* 4.16 Modoc County Superior Court
* 4.17 Mono County Superior Court
* 4.18 Monterey County Superior Court
* 4.19 Napa County Superior Court
* 4.20 Nevada County Superior Court
* 4.21 Placer County Superior Court
* 4.22 Riverside County Superior Court
* 4.23 Sacramento County Superior Court
* 4.24 San Diego County Superior Court
* 4.25 San Francisco County Superior Court
* 4.26 San Luis Obispo County Superior Court
* 4.27 San Mateo County Superior Court
* 4.28 Santa Barbara County Superior Court
* 4.29 Santa Clara County Superior Court
* 4.30 Santa Cruz County Superior Court
* 4.31 Shasta County Superior Court
* 4.32 Sierra County Superior Court
* 4.33 Solano County Superior Court
* 4.34 Sonoma County Superior Court
* 4.35 Stanislaus County Superior Court
* 4.36 Tehama County Superior Court
* 4.37 Tulare County Superior Court
* 4.38 Ventura County Superior Court
* 4.39 Yolo County Superior Court
* 4.40 Yuba County Superior Court
* 5 Analysis
* 5.1 Election rules
* 5.1.1 Primary election
* 5.1.2 General election
* 5.2 Selection method
* 5.3 Recent news
* 5.4 See also
* 5.5 External links
* 5.6 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

# Contested general elections[edit]

### Alameda County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 1[edit]

☑ Scott Jackson
☐ Barbara Thomas

### Kern County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 34[edit]

Judge Woodward resigned from office in mid-October 2016 in order to apply for a position with the Office of Inspector General in Bakersfield. His name still appeared on the ballot, but his challenger Tiffany Organ-Bowles defeated him in the general election.[1]

☐ Cory Woodward (i)
☑ Tiffany Organ-Bowles

### Los Angeles County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 11[edit]

☑ Debra Archuleta
☐ Steven P. Schreiner

#### Office 42[edit]

☑ Efrain Matthew Aceves
☐ Alicia Molina

#### Office 84[edit]

☐ Javier Perez
☑ Susan Jung Townsend

#### Office 158[edit]

☐ David Berger
☑ Kim Nguyen

### Marin County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 2[edit]

☐ Michael Coffino
☑ Sheila Lichtblau

### San Bernardino County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 24[edit]

☐ Susan Slater
☑ Denise Trager Dvorak

### San Francisco County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 7[edit]

☐ Paul Henderson
☑ Victor Hwang

# Contested primaries[edit]

### Alameda County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 1[edit]

Scott Jackson
☐ David Lim
Barbara Thomas

#### Office 2[edit]

☑ Jennifer Madden
☐ Jonathan Van Ee

### El Dorado County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 2[edit]

☑ Nelson Keith Brooks (i)
☐ Roland Tiemann

### Kern County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 20[edit]

☐ W. Steven Shayer
☑ David Wolf

#### Office 34[edit]

Tiffany Organ-Bowles
Cory Woodward (i)
☐ J. Arturo Revelo

### Los Angeles County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 11[edit]

Debra Archuleta
Steven P. Schreiner
☐ Jonathan Alexan Malek
☐ Paul Kim

#### Office 42[edit]

Efrain Matthew Aceves
☐ Cyndy Zuzga
☐ Michael Ribons
Alicia Molina

#### Office 60[edit]

☑ James A. Kaddo (i)
☐ Stepan Baghdassarian

#### Office 84[edit]

Javier Perez
Susan Jung Townsend
☐ Hubert Yun
☐ Aaron Weissman

#### Office 120[edit]

☑ Ray A. Santana (i)
☐ Eric Ibisi

#### Office 158[edit]

David Berger
Kim Nguyen
☐ Naser Khoury
☐ Onica Valle Cole
☐ Fred Mesropi

#### Office 165[edit]

☑ Kathryn A. Solorzano (i)
☐ Tami Warren

### Marin County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 2[edit]

☐ Otis Bruce
Michael Coffino
☐ Beth Jordan
Sheila Lichtblau
☐ Renee Marguerite Marcelle
☐ Thomas McCallister
☐ Nancy McCarthy
☐ Nicole Pantaleo
☐ David Shane

### Mendocino County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 5[edit]

☑ Keith Faulder

☐ Patrick Pekin

### Orange County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 3[edit]

☐ Andrew M. Stein
☑ Megan Wagner
☐ Wayne Philips

#### Office 40[edit]

☑ Larry Yellin
☐ Thuy Pham

#### Office 48[edit]

☑ Scott A. Steiner (i)
☐ Karen Lee Schatzle

#### Office 49[edit]

☑ Mike Murray
☐ Thomas E. Martin

### San Bernardino County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 24[edit]

Susan Slater
☐ Soheila Azizi
Denise Trager Dvorak
☐ Dieter Carlos Dammeier

### San Diego County Superior Court[edit]

### Office 25[edit]

☑ James Mangione (i)
☐ Paul Ware

### Office 38[edit]

☑ Keri G. Katz (i)
☐ Carla Keehn

### San Francisco County Superior Court[edit]

#### Office 7[edit]

Paul Henderson
Victor Hwang
☐ Sigrid Irias

### Trinity County Superior Court[edit]

☑ Michael B. Harper (i)
☐ James Underwood

# Uncontested elections[edit]

Unopposed candidates are automatically elected without appearing on the ballot.

### Alameda County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 3: ☑ Gail Brewster Bereola (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Jacob Blea III (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Jeffrey Brand (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Rhonda Burgess (i)
* Office 7: ☑ James Cramer (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Delbert C. Gee (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Roy Hashimoto (i)
* Office 10: ☑ George C. Hernandez, Jr. (i)
* Office 11: ☑ Stuart L. Hing (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Jeffrey W. Horner (i)
* Office 13: ☑ Ursula Jones Dickson (i)
* Office 14: ☑ Margaret Fujioka
* Office 15: ☑ Victoria Kolakowski (i)
* Office 16: ☑ Jo-Lynne Q. Lee (i)
* Office 17: ☑ Willie Lott, Jr. (i)
* Office 18: ☑ Michael M. Markman (i)
* Office 19: ☑ Christine K. Moruza (i)
* Office 20: ☑ Thomas Nixon (i)
* Office 21: ☑ Yolanda N. Northridge (i)
* Office 22: ☑ Gloria F. Rhynes (i)
* Office 23: ☑ Julia Spain (i)
* Office 24: ☑ Andrew Steckler (i)
* Office 25: ☑ Thomas E. Stevens (i)
* Office 26: ☑ Alison M. Tucher (i)
* Office 27: ☑ Noël Wise (i)

### Alpine County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Thomas Kolpacoff (i)

### Butte County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Tamara L. Mosbarger (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Kimberly Merrifield (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Robert A. Glusman (i)
* Office 11: ☑ Clare Keithley (i)

### Colusa County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Jeffrey A. Thompson (i)

### El Dorado County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 7: ☑ Kenneth J. Melikian (i)

### Fresno County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Brian M. Arax (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Hilary A. Chittick (i)
* Office 3: ☑ W. Kent Hamlin (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Gary R. Orozco (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Timothy A. Kams (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Kathleen Meehan (i)
* Office 7: ☑ James Petrucelli (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Alvin M. Harrell, III (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Kristi Culver Kapetan (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Denise Lee Whitehead (i)
* Office 11: ☑ Adolfo M. Corona (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Glenda S. Allen-Hill (i)
* Office 13: ☑ Kimberly A. Gaab (i)
* Office 14: ☑ F. Brian Alvarez (i)
* Office 15: ☑ Mark E. Cullers (i)

### Glenn County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Donald Cole Byrd (i)

### Humboldt County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 5: ☑ Christopher G. Wilson (i)

### Inyo County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Dean Stout (i)

### Kern County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 2: ☑ Eric Bradshaw (i)
* Office 4: ☑ John R. Brownlee (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Raymonda B. Marquez (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Marcos R. Camacho (i)
* Office 11: ☑ Michael E. Dellostritto (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Judith K. Dulcich (i)
* Office 18: ☑ Steven M. Katz (i)
* Office 19: ☑ David R. Lampe (i)
* Office 28: ☑ John S. Somers (i)
* Office 29: ☑ Bryan K. Stainfield (i)
* Office 30: ☑ Robert S. Tafoya (i)
* Office 32: ☑ Louie L. Vega (i)
* Office 33: ☑ Kenneth Green
* Office 35: ☑ Ralph W. Wyatt (i)
* Office 36: ☑ David R. Zulfa (i)

### Los Angeles County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ John Shepard Wiley, Jr. (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Craig Elliott Veals (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Charlaine F. Olmedo (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Songhai D. Miguda-Armstead (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Shirley K. Watkins (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Keith H. Borjon (i)
* Office 7: ☑ David J. Cowan (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Stephen M. Moloney (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Gregory A. Dohi (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Geanene M. Yriarte (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Charles F. Palmer (i)
* Office 13: ☑ R. Carlton Seaver (i)
* Office 14: ☑ Amy M. Pellman (i)
* Office 15: ☑ Lisa Mangay Chung (i)
* Office 16: ☑ Spurgeon E. Smith (i)
* Office 17: ☑ Tammy Chung Ryu (i)
* Office 18: ☑ Robert J. Perry (i)
* Office 19: ☑ Alan K. Schneider (i)
* Office 20: ☑ Yvonne T. Sanchez (i)
* Office 21: ☑ Michael C. Small (i)
* Office 22: ☑ Zaven V. Sinanian (i)
* Office 23: ☑ Edward B. Moreton, Jr. (i)
* Office 24: ☑ Carol Williams Elswick (i)
* Office 25: ☑ Graciela L. Freixes (i)
* Office 26: ☑ Julian Recana (i)
* Office 27: ☑ Lisa B. Lench (i)
* Office 28: ☑ Gloria L. White-Brown (i)
* Office 29: ☑ B. Scott Silverman (i)
* Office 30: ☑ James R. Brandlin (i)
* Office 31: ☑ H. Chester Horn, Jr. (i)
* Office 32: ☑ David C. Brougham (i)
* Office 33: ☑ Marvin M. Lager (i)
* Office 34: ☑ Marsha N. Revel (i)
* Office 35: ☑ Anthony A. Trendacosta (i)
* Office 36: ☑ Kevin P. Stennis (i)
* Office 37: ☑ Michael K. Kellogg (i)
* Office 38: ☑ Stephen Goorvitch (i)
* Office 39: ☑ Peter Paul Espinoza (i)
* Office 40: ☑ Robert C. Vanderet (i)
* Office 41: ☑ Lillian Vega Jacobs (i)
* Office 43: ☑ Maurice Leiter (i)
* Office 44: ☑ Mark E. Windham (i)
* Office 45: ☑ Frank J. Johnson (i)
* Office 46: ☑ Anthony J. Mohr (i)
* Office 47: ☑ Kevin Clement Brazile (i)
* Office 48: ☑ Elizabeth R. Feffer (i)
* Office 49: ☑ Timothy Dillon (i)
* Office 50: ☑ Samantha P. Jessner (i)
* Office 51: ☑ Ralph C. Hofer (i)
* Office 52: ☑ Amy D. Hogue (i)
* Office 53: ☑ Terry A. Bork (i)
* Office 54: ☑ Lesley C. Green (i)
* Office 55: ☑ Olivia Rosales (i)
* Office 56: ☑ Keith L. Schwartz (i)
* Office 57: ☑ Shelley L. Kaufman (i)
* Office 58: ☑ Nancy L. Newman (i)
* Office 59: ☑ Catherine Pratt (i)
* Office 61: ☑ Ronald F. Frank (i)
* Office 62: ☑ Rafael A. Ongkeko (i)
* Office 63: ☑ Valerie Salkin (i)
* Office 64: ☑ Kelvin D. Filer (i)
* Office 65: ☑ Mark A. Young (i)
* Office 66: ☑ Hector E. Gutierrez (i)
* Office 67: ☑ Laura A. Matz (i)
* Office 68: ☑ Sergio C. Tapia (i)
* Office 69: ☑ Rob B. Villeza (i)
* Office 70: ☑ Colin P. Leis (i)
* Office 71: ☑ Steven P. Sanora (i)
* Office 72: ☑ Benny C. Osorio (i)
* Office 73: ☑ Sherilyn P. Garnett (i)
* Office 74: ☑ Daniel Juarez (i)
* Office 75: ☑ Henry J. Hall (i)
* Office 76: ☑ Robin Miller Sloan (i)
* Office 77: ☑ Mark A. Borenstein (i)
* Office 78: ☑ Armen Tamzarian (i)
* Office 79: ☑ Melissa N. Widdifield (i)
* Office 80: ☑ Marguerite D. Downing (i)
* Office 81: ☑ Mildred Escobedo (i)
* Office 82: ☑ Morton Rochman (i)
* Office 83: ☑ Donna Groman (i)
* Office 85: ☑ C. Edward Simpson (i)
* Office 86: ☑ Natalie Stone (i)
* Office 87: ☑ Gregory Keosian (i)
* Office 88: ☑ Larry P. Fidler (i)
* Office 89: ☑ J. Stephen Czuleger (i)
* Office 90: ☑ David Sotelo (i)
* Office 91: ☑ Gus Gomez (i)
* Office 92: ☑ George F. Bird (i)
* Office 93: ☑ Christian R. Gullon (i)
* Office 94: ☑ Rupert A. Byrdsong (i)
* Office 95: ☑ Gilbert M. Lopez (i)
* Office 96: ☑ Bernie C. LaForteza (i)
* Office 97: ☑ Mary H. Strobel (i)
* Office 98: ☑ Dan Thomas Oki (i)
* Office 99: ☑ Steven J. Kleifield (i)
* Office 100: ☑ Elaine Lu (i)
* Office 101: ☑ Mitchell L. Beckloff (i)
* Office 102: ☑ Michael Terrell (i)
* Office 103: ☑ Renee F. Korn (i)
* Office 104: ☑ Kathleen Kennedy (i)
* Office 105: ☑ Teresa A. Beaudet (i)
* Office 106: ☑ Georgina T. Rizk (i)
* Office 107: ☑ Huey P. Cotton, Jr. (i)
* Office 108: ☑ Michael M. Johnson (i)
* Office 109: ☑ Gustavo N. Sztraicher (i)
* Office 110: ☑ Laura Seigle (i)
* Office 111: ☑ Carl H. Moor (i)
* Office 112: ☑ Enrique Monguia (i)
* Office 113: ☑ William A. MacLaughlin (i)
* Office 114: ☑ Randall F. Pacheco (i)
* Office 115: ☑ Karla D. Kerlin (i)
* Office 116: ☑ Gregory Wilson Alarcon (i)
* Office 117: ☑ Michael L. Stern (i)
* Office 118: ☑ Laura F. Priver (i)
* Office 119: ☑ Victor H. Greenberg (i)
* Office 121: ☑ Craig D. Karlan (i)
* Office 122: ☑ Brian S. Currey (i)
* Office 123: ☑ Richard J. Burdge, Jr. (i)
* Office 124: ☑ Ricardo R. Ocampo (i)
* Office 125: ☑ Connie R. Quinones (i)
* Office 126: ☑ Christopher K. Lui (i)
* Office 127: ☑ Theresa Traber (i)
* Office 128: ☑ Soussan G. Bruguera (i)
* Office 129: ☑ Elihu M. Berle (i)
* Office 130: ☑ Raul Anthony Sahagun (i)
* Office 131: ☑ Tomson T. Ong (i)
* Office 132: ☑ Michael P. Vicencia (i)
* Office 133: ☑ Lee W. Tsao (i)
* Office 134: ☑ Bruce F. Marrs (i)
* Office 135: ☑ Howard L. Halm (i)
* Office 136: ☑ Maren E. Nelson (i)
* Office 137: ☑ James K. Hahn (i)
* Office 138: ☑ Anne Harwood Egerton (i)
* Office 139: ☑ James R. Dabney (i)
* Office 140: ☑ Frank J. Menetrez (i)
* Office 141: ☑ Mark K. Hanasono (i)
* Office 142: ☑ Michael E. Whitaker (i)
* Office 143: ☑ David S. Cunningham, III (i)
* Office 144: ☑ Daniel Zeke Zeidler (i)
* Office 145: ☑ Robert M. Martinez (i)
* Office 146: ☑ William C. Ryan (i)
* Office 147: ☑ Gary Y. Tanaka (i)
* Office 148: ☑ Dennis J. Landin (i)
* Office 149: ☑ Roy G. Delgado (i)
* Office 150: ☑ Daniel J. Buckley (i)
* Office 151: ☑ Randy Hammock (i)
* Office 152: ☑ John P. Doyle (i)
* Office 153: ☑ Charles Q. Clay III (i)
* Office 154: ☑ Joshua Wayser (i)
* Office 155: ☑ Mark A. Juhas (i)
* Office 156: ☑ Jon R. Takasugi (i)
* Office 157: ☑ Lisa Sepe-Wiesenfeld (i)
* Office 159: ☑ Lawrence Riff (i)
* Office 160: ☑ John H. Ing (i)
* Office 161: ☑ David S. Wesley (i)
* Office 162: ☑ Edmund Willcox Clarke, Jr. (i)
* Office 163: ☑ Debra Cole-Hall (i)
* Office 164: ☑ Michael E. Pastor (i)
* Office 166: ☑ Helen Bendix (i)
* Office 167: ☑ Michael D. Abzug (i)
* Office 168: ☑ Irma J. Brown (i)
* Office 169: ☑ Deborah L. Christian (i)
* Office 170: ☑ Dorothy C. Kim (i)
* Office 171: ☑ John A. Slawson (i)
* Office 172: ☑ Vincent H. Okamoto (i)
* Office 173: ☑ Monica Bachner (i)
* Office 174: ☑ David B. Gelfound (i)

### Madera County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Mitchell C. Rigby (i)
* Office 2: ☑ D. Lynn Jones (i)

### Marin County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Roy O. Chernus (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Stephen Freccero (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Paul M. Haakenson (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Geoffrey Howard (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Andrew E. Sweet (i)

### Mendocino County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Ann Moorman (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Cindee F. Mayfield (i)

### Merced County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 3: ☑ David Moranda (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Paul C. Lo (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Ronald Hansen (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Donald Proietti (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Carol K. Ash (i)

### Modoc County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Francis W. Barclay (i)
* Office 2: ☑ David A. Mason (i)

### Mono County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Mark Magit (i)

### Monterey County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 11: ☑ Vanessa W. Vallarta (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Efren N. Iglesia (i)
* Office 13: ☑ Pamela L. Butler (i)
* Office 14: ☑ Robert A. Burlison (i)
* Office 15: ☑ Thomas W. Wills (i)

### Napa County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Mark Boessenecker (i)

### Nevada County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Candace S. Heidelberger (i)

### Placer County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Eugene S. Gini, Jr. (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Jeffrey Penney (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Colleen M. Nichols (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Mark S. Curry (i)

### Riverside County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Irma Poole Asberry (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Dean Benjamini (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Angel M. Bermudez (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Thomas H. Cahraman (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Susanne S. Cho (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Steve Counelis (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Samuel Diaz, Jr. (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Michael B. Donner (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Becky Lynn Dugan (i)
* Office 11: ☑ Richard A. Erwood (i)
* Office 12: ☑ John G. Evans (i)
* Office 13: ☑ Chad Firetag (i)
* Office 14: ☑ Mac R. Fisher (i)
* Office 15: ☑ Timothy F. Freer (i)
* Office 16: ☑ Stephen J. Gallon (i)
* Office 17: ☑ David A. Gunn (i)
* Office 18: ☑ Kelly L. Hansen (i)
* Office 19: ☑ Christopher B. Harmon (i)
* Office 20: ☑ Jorge C. Hernandez (i)
* Office 21: ☑ Mark E. Johnson (i)
* Office 22: ☑ Charles J. Koosed (i)
* Office 23: ☑ James T. Latting (i)
* Office 24: ☑ Michele D. Levine (i)
* Office 25: ☑ L. Jackson Lucky IV (i)
* Office 26: ☑ John M. Monterosso (i)
* Office 27: ☑ Bambi Moyer (i)
* Office 28: ☑ Mark E. Petersen (i)
* Office 29: ☑ Gloria Connor Trask (i)
* Office 30: ☑ Anthony R. Villalobos (i)
* Office 31: ☑ Dale R. Wells (i)

### Sacramento County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ David W. Abbott (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Stephen P. Acquisto (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Thadd A. Blizzard (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Jerilyn L. Borack (i)
* Office 5: ☑ David I. Brown (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Raymond M. Cadei (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Shelleyanne W. L. Chang (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Benjamin G. Davidian (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Stacy Boulware Eurie (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Timothy M. Frawley (i)
* Office 11: ☑ Matthew J. Gary (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Geoffrey A. Goodman (i)
* Office 13: ☑ Russell L. Hom (i)
* Office 14: ☑ Michael P. Kenny (i)
* Office 15: ☑ Sharon A. Lueras (i)
* Office 16: ☑ Kevin J. McCormick (i)
* Office 17: ☑ Kenneth Mennemeier (i)
* Office 18: ☑ Delbert W. Oros (i)
* Office 19: ☑ Jennifer K. Rockwell (i)
* Office 20: ☑ Jaime R. Roman (i)
* Office 21: ☑ Ernest W. Sawtelle (i)
* Office 22: ☑ Pamela L. Smith-Steward (i)
* Office 23: ☑ Robert M. Twiss (i)
* Office 24: ☑ Emily E. Vasquez (i)
* Office 25: ☑ John P. Winn (i)
* Office 26: ☑ Gerrit W. Wood (i)

### San Diego County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Lisa R. Rodriguez (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Enrique E. Camarena (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Ana L. Espana (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Kevin A. Enright (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Pamela M. Parker (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Robert C. Longstreth (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Robert J. Kearney (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Daniel G. Lamborn (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Tamila E. Ipema (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Lantz Lewis (i)
* Office 11: ☑ Harry L. Powazek (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Carlos O. Armour (i)
* Office 14: ☑ Joel M. Pressman (i)
* Office 15: ☑ Dwayne K. Moring (i)
* Office 16: ☑ Melinda J. Lasater (i)
* Office 17: ☑ Marian Gaston (i)
* Office 18: ☑ Gregory W. Pollack (i)
* Office 19: ☑ Sim von Kalinowski (i)
* Office 20: ☑ Joel R. Wohlfeil (i)
* Office 21: ☑ Cindy D. Davis (i)
* Office 22: ☑ Ronald F. Frazier (i)
* Office 23: ☑ Selena D. Epley (i)
* Office 24: ☑ Gary M. Bubis (i)
* Office 26: ☑ Gerald C. Jessop (i)
* Office 27: ☑ Stephanie Sontag (i)
* Office 28: ☑ Maureen F. Hallahan (i)
* Office 29: ☑ Matthew C. Braner (i)
* Office 30: ☑ John M. Thompson (i)
* Office 31: ☑ David B. Oberholtzer (i)
* Office 32: ☑ Leo Valentine, Jr. (i)
* Office 33: ☑ Daniel F. Link (i)
* Office 34: ☑ Kerry Wells (i)
* Office 35: ☑ Tilisha Martin (i)
* Office 36: ☑ Richard Monroy (i)
* Office 37: ☑ Robert F. O'Neill (i)
* Office 39: ☑ K. Michael Kirkman (i)
* Office 40: ☑ Katherine A. Bacal (i)
* Office 41: ☑ Joseph P. Brannigan (i)
* Office 42: ☑ Sharon L. Kalemkiarian (i)
* Office 43: ☑ Polly H. Shamoon (i)
* Office 44: ☑ Amalia L. Meza (i)

### San Francisco County Superior Court[edit]

* ☑ Ronald E. Albers (i)
* ☑ Suzanne Ramos Bolanos (i)
* ☑ Susan M. Breall (i)
* ☑ Bruce E. Chan (i)
* ☑ Linda Colfax (i)
* ☑ Charles Crompton (i)
* ☑ Ernest H. Goldsmith (i)
* ☑ Teri L. Jackson (i)
* ☑ Newton J. Lam (i)
* ☑ Ross Moody (i)
* ☑ Ronald Evans Quidachay (i)
* ☑ Joseph Quinn (i)
* ☑ Sharon Reardon (i)
* ☑ Edward A. Torpoco (i)
* ☑ Richard B. Ulmer, Jr. (i)
* ☑ Carol Yaggy (i)

### San Luis Obispo County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Gayle Peron (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Dodie A. Harman (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Linda D. Hurst (i)

### San Mateo County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Mark R. Forcum (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Marta S. Diaz (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Marie S. Weiner (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Joseph C. Scott (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Barbara J. Mallach (i)
* Office 6: ☑ George A. Miram (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Sean Dabel
* Office 8: ☑ Jeffrey Finigan (i)

### Santa Barbara County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ James K. Voysey (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Thomas P. Anderle (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Kay S. Kuns (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Michael Carrozzo (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Pauline Maxwell (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Jean M. Dandona (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Gustavo E. Lavayen (i)
* Office 8: ☑ James F. Rigali (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Rogelio R. Flores (i)

### Santa Clara County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Julia Alloggiamento (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Jacqueline M. Arroyo (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Thang Nguyen Barrett (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Griffin M. J. Bonini (i)
* Office 5: ☑ L. Michael Clark (i)
* Office 6: ☑ William J. Elfving (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Jose Franco (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Eric S. Geffon (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Teresa Guerrero-Daley (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Roberta S. Hayashi (i)
* Office 11: ☑ Nona Klippen (i)
* Office 12: ☑ Sunil R. Kulkarni (i)
* Office 13: ☑ Cynthia C. Lie (i)
* Office 14: ☑ Patricia M. Lucas (i)
* Office 15: ☑ JoAnne McCracken (i)
* Office 16: ☑ Beth A. R. McGowen (i)
* Office 17: ☑ Lori E. Pegg (i)
* Office 18: ☑ Aaron Persky (i)
* Office 19: ☑ Rise Jones Pichon (i)
* Office 20: ☑ Christopher G. Rudy (i)
* Office 21: ☑ Patrick E. Tondreau (i)
* Office 22: ☑ Joshua Weinstein (i)
* Office 23: ☑ Charles E. Wilson II (i)
* Office 24: ☑ Vanessa A. Zecher (i)
* Office 25: ☑ Carrie A. Zepeda (i)

### Santa Cruz County Superior Court[edit]

* ☑ Rebecca Connolly (i)
* ☑ John Gallagher (i)
* ☑ Timothy R. Volkmann (i)

### Shasta County Superior Court[edit]

* ☑ Molly A. Bigelow (i)
* ☑ Monique D. McKee (i)

### Sierra County Superior Court[edit]

* ☑ Charles H. Ervin (i)

### Solano County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 2: ☑ Dan Healy (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Earl Bradley Nelson (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Timmy P. Kam (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Michael Mattice (i)
* Office 16: ☑ Scott L. Kays (i)
* Office 17: ☑ Peter B. Foor (i)
* Office 18: ☑ Donna L. Stashyn (i)
* Office 22: ☑ Alesia F. Jones (i)
* Office 23: ☑ John B. Ellis (i)
* Office 25: ☑ Robert C. Fracchia (i)

### Sonoma County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Nancy Case Shaffer (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Pat Broderick (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Jamie Thistlethwaite (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Robert S. Boyd (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Raima H. Ballinger (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Gary Nadler (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Allan D. Hardcastle (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Gary A. Medvigy (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Virginia G. Marcoida (i)

### Stanislaus County Superior Court[edit]

* ☑ Shawn D. Bessey (i)
* ☑ Alan K. Cassidy (i)
* ☑ Ricardo Cordova (i)
* ☑ John D. Freeland (i)
* ☑ Dawna Reeves (i)
* ☑ Ruben A. Villalobos (i)

### Tehama County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Jonathan Skillman (i)
* Office 2: ☑ C. Todd Bottke (i)

### Tulare County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Gary M. Johnson (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Hugo Loza (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Brett R. Alldredge (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Antonio A. Reyes (i)
* Office 5: ☑ Kathryn T. Montejano (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Jennifer Conn Shirk (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Nathan D. Ide (i)
* Office 13: ☑ Michael B. Sheltzer (i)
* Office 16: ☑ Robert Fultz (i)

### Ventura County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Nancy L. Ayers (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Bruce A. Young (i)
* Office 4: ☑ David R. Worley (i)
* Office 6: ☑ Kevin G. DeNoce (i)
* Office 7: ☑ Ryan Wright (i)
* Office 8: ☑ Roger L. Lund (i)
* Office 9: ☑ Kevin J. McGee (i)
* Office 10: ☑ Manuel J. Covarrubias (i)
* Office 11: ☑ William Q. Liebmann (i)

### Yolo County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Paul K. Richardson (i)
* Office 2: ☑ Kathleen M. White (i)
* Office 3: ☑ Janet Gaard (i)
* Office 4: ☑ Samuel T. McAdam (i)

### Yuba County Superior Court[edit]

* Office 1: ☑ Debra L. Givens (i)

# Analysis[edit]

Of the 497 seats up for election, only 22 held races that featured more than one candidate. Since uncontested races do not appear on the ballot in California and unopposed candidates are elected automatically, only 4.4 percent of judicial races occurring in 2016 made it to the ballot.

Of 541 candidates running for judicial seats in California, 475 were incumbents and only 57 were challengers. 97 percent of races featured an incumbent candidate.

## Election rules[edit]

### Primary election[edit]

Only candidates for the superior courts compete in primary elections.

* If a superior court judge runs unopposed for re-election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot and he or she is automatically re-elected following the general election.[2][3]

* If a candidate receives a majority of the vote in the primary, that candidate automatically wins the general election as well. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the primary, the top two compete in the November general election.[4]

* Write-in candidates may file to run against an incumbent within 10 days after the filing deadline passes, if they are able to secure enough signatures (between 100 and 600, depending on the number of registered voters in the county). In that case, the incumbent would appear on the general election ballot along with an option to vote for a write-in candidate.[3]

### General election[edit]

* Superior court candidates that advanced from the primary election compete in the general election.

* Superior court incumbents facing competition from write-in candidates appear on the ballot.[3][4]

## Selection method[edit]

See also: Nonpartisan election

The 1,535 judges of the California Superior Courts compete in nonpartisan races in even-numbered years. If a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the June primary election, he or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates is held during the November general election.[5][6][7][8]

If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.[5]

The chief judge of any given superior court is selected by peer vote of the court's members. He or she serves in that capacity for one or two years, depending on the county.[5]

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[5]

## Recent news[edit]

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California local trial court judicial elections, 2016 - Google News

## See also[edit]

* Judicial elections, 2016
* California judicial elections
* Judicial selection in California

## External links[edit]

* California Secretary of State

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Kern Golden Empire.com, "Race for county judge gets a bit complicated," October 11, 2016
2. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed April 22, 2014
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed April 22, 2014
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
6. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
7. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
8. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014

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