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## Contents

* 1 Oregon Circuit Courts
* 1.1 Oregon 10th Judicial District
* 1.2 Oregon 11th Judicial District
* 1.3 Oregon 12th Judicial District
* 1.4 Oregon 14th Judicial District
* 1.5 Oregon 15th Judicial District
* 1.6 Oregon 16th Judicial District
* 1.7 Oregon 17th Judicial District
* 1.8 Oregon 18th Judicial District
* 1.9 Oregon 1st Judicial District
* 1.10 Oregon 20th Judicial District
* 1.11 Oregon 22nd Judicial District
* 1.12 Oregon 23rd Judicial District
* 1.13 Oregon 25th Judicial District
* 1.14 Oregon 2nd Judicial District
* 1.15 Delay in results
* 1.16 Oregon 3rd Judicial District
* 1.17 Oregon 4th Judicial District
* 1.18 Oregon 5th Judicial District
* 1.19 Oregon 6th Judicial District
* 1.20 Oregon 7th Judicial District
* 1.21 Oregon 8th Judicial District
* 1.22 Oregon 9th Judicial District
* 2 In the News
* 2.1 Oregon election recap, 2012
* 2.2 Oregon primary results highlights
* 2.3 Campaign donations an issue in Oregon circuit court race
* 3 See also
* 4 Footnotes

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

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DretkeBrian C. Dretke A| Yes| Position 1| n/a| 98.47% A

### Oregon 11th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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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

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TiptonGerald Tipton | No| Position 3| n/a| 23.99% DefeatedD
HillNorman R. Hill ApprovedA| No| Position 3| n/a| 75.55% ApprovedA
AveraSally Avera ApprovedA| No| Position 1| 51.87%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
ButterfieldStan Butterfield | No| Position 1| 47.93%|

### Oregon 14th Judicial District

Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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WolkePat Wolke ApprovedA| Yes| Position 2| 75.30%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
HullThomas M. Hull ApprovedA| Yes| Position 1| 98.54%A|  ApprovedA
WalkerVictory Walker | No| Position 2| 24.22%|

### Oregon 15th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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MargolisJesse C. Margolis ApprovedA| Yes| Position 3| 98.92%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
BechtoldPaula M. Bechtold ApprovedA| Yes| Position 5| 98.88%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

### Oregon 16th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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AmbrosiniGeorge Ambrosini ApprovedA| Yes| Position 5| 98.88%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

### Oregon 17th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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SandersPaulette Sanders A| Yes| Position 2| 99.04%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
BranfordThomas O. Branford ApprovedA| Yes| | 99.17%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

### Oregon 18th Judicial District

Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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MatyasCindee S. Matyas ApprovedA| Yes| Position 3| 98.55%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

### Oregon 1st Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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BloomBenjamin Bloom ApprovedA| Yes| Position 7| n/a| 52.12% ApprovedA
OrrDavid Orr | No| Position 7| n/a| 47.60% DefeatedD
GrenskyRonald D. Grensky A| Yes| Position 9| 99.24%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
GerkingTimothy Gerking ApprovedA| Yes| Position 5| 99.53%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

### Oregon 20th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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

### Oregon 22nd Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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HillmanAnnette Hillman ApprovedA| 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

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MurphyDaniel R. Murphy ApprovedA| Yes| Position 3| 99.13%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
NovotnyDeAnn L. Novotny ApprovedA| Yes| Position 4| 99.24%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

### Oregon 25th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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StoneRonald W. Stone ApprovedA| Yes| Position 2| 100%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

### Oregon 2nd Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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

### 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

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

### Oregon 4th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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

### Oregon 5th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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ShepleyBruce Shepley | No| | 45.10%|
JonesJeffrey S. Jones A| Yes| Position 1| 99.38%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
WetzelMike Wetzel ApprovedA| No| Position 3| 54.59%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
MaurerSteven L. Maurer ApprovedA| Yes| Position 8| 99.24%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
NorbySusie L. Norby ApprovedA| Yes| Position 11| 99.20%ApprovedA|  A

### Oregon 6th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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BrauerChristopher R. Brauer ApprovedA| Yes| Position 5| 98.97%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA
Eva J. Temple ApprovedA| Yes| Position 4| n/a| 98.98% ApprovedA
LieuallenJon Lieuallen | No| Position 1| n/a| 44.78% DefeatedD
Lynn W. Hampton ApprovedA| Yes| Position 1| n/a| 55.08% ApprovedA

### Oregon 7th Judicial District

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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OlsonJohn A. Olson ApprovedA| Yes| Position 1| n/a| 98.55% ApprovedA

### Oregon 8th Judicial District

Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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BaxterGregory L. Baxter A| Yes| Position 1| 99.15%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

### Oregon 9th Judicial District

Candidate| Incumbency| Position| Primary Vote| Election Vote

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HungLung S. Hung ApprovedA| Yes| Position 2| n/a| 77.41% ApprovedA
SullivanPatricia Sullivan (Oregon) ApprovedA| Yes| | 98.54%ApprovedA|  ApprovedA

## 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

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, Offices Open
2. ↑ The Register-Guard, "Local judge succeeds in write-in campaign to remain on the bench," November 21, 2012
3. ↑ KGW.com, "Write-in race for Ore. judgeship still not tallied," November 16, 2012
4. ↑ KVAL, "Write-in ballot count: 'Fictitious characters will be tallied'," November 13, 2012
5. ↑ The Register-Guard, "Write-in counting delays judge results Lane County election officials won’t begin to tally the votes until Nov. 13," November 7, 2012
6. ↑ The Register-Guard, "Laborious hand counting will reveal the winner of a Lane County judgeship," November 15, 2012
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 OPB News, "Debate Breaks Out Between Candidate, 2 Sitting Judges," Feb. 29, 2012
8. ↑ Oregon Office of the Governor, Press Release: "Governor Kulongoski announces appointments to Jackson County Circuit Court," December 27, 2010

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