California local trial court judicial elections, 2022

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in America's 100 largest cities by population. This coverage extends to every office on the ballot for residents of these cities, including local trial court judges. In 2022, Ballotpedia covered the following local elections in this state:

* Anaheim, California \- Mayor and city council
* Bakersfield, California \- City council
* Chula Vista, California \- Mayor, city attorney, and city council
* Fremont, California \- City council
* Fresno, California \- City council
* Irvine, California \- Mayor and city council
* Long Beach, California \- Mayor, city attorney, city auditor, city prosecutor, and city council
* Los Angeles, California \- Mayor, city attorney, city controller, and city council
* Oakland, California \- Mayor, city auditor, and city council
* Sacramento, California \- City council
* San Bernardino, California \- Mayor and city council
* San Diego, California \- City council
* San Francisco, California \- Assessor-recorder (regular & special), city attorney (special), district attorney (special), public defender, board of supervisors, community college board, BART director, and superior court judges
* San Jose, California \- Mayor and city council
* Santa Ana, California \- Mayor and city council
* Santa Clarita, California \- City council
* Stockton, California \- City council
* Alameda County, California \- Assessor, auditor/controller, district attorney, sheriff/coroner, treasurer/tax collector, superintendent of schools, board of supervisors, county board of education, Union Sanitary District, flood control board, AC Transit District board of directors, water district board, BART board, park district board, municipal utility district, healthcare district board, community college district boards, and superior court judges
* Fresno County, California \- Assessor-recorder, auditor, controller/treasurer-tax collector, clerk/registrar of voters, district attorney, sheriff coroner public administrator, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, irrigation district board, recreation district board, memorial district board, water district board, utility district board, and superior court judges
* Kern County, California \- Assessor-recorder, auditor-controller-county clerk, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, county water agency board, community services district board, and superior court judges
* Los Angeles County, California \- Assessor, sheriff, county supervisor, water district board, water replenishment district board, water agency board, community college districts, and superior court judges
* Orange County, California \- Assessor, auditor-controller, clerk-recorder, district attorney-public administrator, sheriff-coroner, treasurer-tax collector, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college boards, water district boards, hazard abatement board, and superior court judges
* Riverside County, California \- Assessor-county clerk-recorder, auditor-controller, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, community services district board, sanitary district board, water district board (regular & special), and superior court judges
* Sacramento County, California \- Assessor, district attorney, sheriff, county board of supervisors, county board of education, water district boards, flood control district board, community college district board, municipal utility district board, fire district board, and superior court judges
* San Bernardino County, California \- Assessor-recorder, auditor-controller/treasurer/tax collector, district attorney, sheriff/coroner/public administrator, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district boards, water district board, and superior court judges
* San Diego County, California \- Assessor/recorder/county clerk, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer/tax collector, county board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, municipal water district board, healthcare district boards, and superior court judges
* San Joaquin County, California \- Assessor-recorder-clerk, auditor-controller, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, county supervisors, community college board, irrigation district, water district board, fire district board, and superior court judges
* Santa Clara County, California \- Assessor, district attorney, sheriff, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district boards, water district board, geologic hazard abatement district board, open space authority board, and superior court judges

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## Contents

* 1 Election rules
* 1.1 Primary election
* 1.2 General election
* 2 Additional elections
* 3 See also
* 4 Footnotes

## 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.[1][2]

* 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.[2]

* In contested races, the candidate who receives a majority of all the votes in the primary wins the election. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the primary, the top two compete in the November general election.[3]

#### General election[edit]

* Superior court candidates who advance from the primary election compete in the general election.

* Superior court incumbents facing competition from write-in candidates appear on the ballot.[2][3]

## Additional elections[edit]

See also: California elections, 2022

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## See also[edit]

Local courts | California | Other local coverage

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* Local trial court judicial elections, 2022
* Courts and judges by county
* Judicial selection by state
* Judicial elections

* California elections, 2022
* Judicial selection in California
* Public policy in California
* Endorsers in California

* Municipal elections, 2022
* School board elections, 2022
* Local ballot measure elections, 2022
* Recall elections, 2022

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed April 22, 2014
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed April 22, 2014

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