California judicial elections, 2012 - Superior Courts (A-P)

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The California judicial elections consisted of a primary on June 5 and general election on November 6, 2012.

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Superior Court judge retention

In California, incumbent judges do not appear on the ballot unless a challenger has filed for election. According to the state election code:

In any county in which only the incumbent has filed nomination papers for the office of superior court judge, his/her name shall NOT appear on the ballot unless there is filed with the Elections Official, within 10 days after the final date for filing nomination papers for the office, a petition indicating that a write-in campaign will be conducted for the office and signed by 100 registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office. EC 8203

Alameda County

On ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WienerAndrew R. Wiener	No	Office 20	29.87%
HaleyCatherine Haley	No	Office 20	19.4%
FlanaganTara M. Flanagan   A	No	Office 20	50.75%A	A

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HymerAllan D. Hymer   A	Yes	Office 17		A
Cuellar, Jr.Armando G. Cuellar, Jr.   A	Yes	Office 6		A
Harbin-ForteBrenda Fay Harbin-Forte   A	Yes	Office 15		A
ClayC. Don Clay   A	Yes	Office 5		A
CastellanosCecilia P. Castellanos   A	Yes	Office 4		A
Smiley IIICharles A. Smiley III   A	Yes	Office 9		A
HunterDavid E. Hunter   A	Yes	Office 16		A
KrashnaDavid M. Krashna   A	Yes	Office 18		A
GrilloEvelio M. Grillo   A	Yes	Office 14		A
PicettiGary M. Picetti   A	Yes	Office 22		A
WalkerHugh A. Walker   A	Yes	Office 28		A
PetrouIoana Petrou   A	Yes	Office 21		A
True IIIJohn M. True III   A	Yes	Office 27		A
RolefsonJon R. Rolefson   A	Yes	Office 25		A
FudennaKeith H. Fudenna   A	Yes	Office 11		A
BriggsKimberly M. Briggs   A	Yes	Office 2		A
GoodmanLarry J. Goodman   A	Yes	Office 13		A
WhitleyMarshall Ivan Whitley   A	Yes	Office 29		A
GaffeyMichael J. Gaffey   A	Yes	Office 12		A
ZikaPatrick J. Zika   A	Yes	Office 30		A
DelucchiPaul A. Delucchi   A	Yes	Office 7		A
SaundersReginald P. Saunders   A	Yes	Office 26		A
FreedmanRobert B. Freedman   A	Yes	Office 10		A
MacLarenRonni B. MacLaren   A	Yes	Office 19		A
BeanSandra K. Bean   A	Yes	Office 1		A
DesautelsTara M. Desautels   A	Yes	Office 8		A
RogersThomas C. Rogers   A	Yes	Office 24		A
ReardonThomas Matthew Reardon   A	Yes	Office 23		A
CarvillWynne S. Carvill   A	Yes	Office 3		A

Amador County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SeatonJeffrey D. Seaton	No		37.7%
HermansonSteve Hermanson   A	No		61.8%A	A

Butte County

Not on ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
RobertsBarbara L. Roberts   A	Yes	Department 9		A
ReilleyJames F. Reilley   A	Yes	Department 3		A
LucenaKristen A. Lucena   A	Yes	Department 4		A
CandelaMichael Candela   A	Yes	Department 8		A
BensonStephen E. Benson   A	Yes	Department 6		A

Colusa County

Not on ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
OliveraElizabeth Ufkes Olivera   A	Yes			A

El Dorado County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HoffmanJoseph Hoffman	No	Office 7	36.77%A	46.92%   D
ValentineStephen W. Valentine	No	Office 7	20.4%
StracenerWarren C. Stracener   A	Yes	Office 7	42.3%A	52.59%   A

Fresno County

Not on ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KalemkarianDavid C. Kalemkarian   A	Yes	Office 4		A
KazanjianDebra J. Kazanjian   A	Yes	Office 3		A
PetersonDennis A. Peterson   A	Yes	Office 5		A
BlackDonald S. Black   A	Yes	Office 1		A
Sarkisian, Jr.Edward Sarkisian, Jr.   A	Yes	Office 6		A
HoffGary D. Hoff   A	Yes	Office 2		A
SkilesJonathan M. Skiles   A	Yes	Office 7		A
McGuireRosemary T. McGuire   A	Yes	Office 8		A

Humboldt County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ReinholtsenDale A. Reinholtsen   A	Yes	Department 8		A
CissnaTimothy Paul Cissna   A	Yes	Department 4		A

Imperial County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
AnderholtBrooks Anderholt   A	No	Office 4	52.05%A	A
AltamiranoDiane B. Altamirano   A	Yes	Office 3	51.4%A	A
UlloaJuan Ulloa   A	Yes	Office 1	64.2%A	A
RodriguezMarco Rodriguez	No	Office 1	35.7%
MontenegroRuth Bermudez Montenegro	Yes	Office 4	47.9%
QuanWilliam D. Quan	No	Office 3	48.5%

Not on ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
PlourdChristopher J. Plourd   A	Yes	Office 2		A

Kings County

On ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
OrndoffGeorge Orndoff	Yes	Seat 1	49.8%
GiulianiJennifer Lee Giuliani   A	No	Seat 1	50.1%A	A

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TarterDonna L. Tarter   A	Yes	Seat 4		A
BurnsRobert S. Burns   A	Yes	Seat 3		A
BarnesSteven D. Barnes   A	Yes	Seat 2		A
DeSantosThomas DeSantos   A	Yes	Seat 5		A

Lake County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ConardJudy Conard	No		25.4%A	43.5%   D
LunasMichael Lunas   A	No		31.1%A	56.5%   A

Lassen County

Not on ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
VerderosaMichele Verderosa   A	Yes	Department 2		A

Los Angeles County

On ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ThompsonAndrea C. Thompson   A	No	Office 65	54.69%A	A
BreesBen M. Brees	No	Office 114	18.52%
ParseghianBerj Parseghian	No	Office 114	20.13%
GoldCraig Gold	No	Office 3	19%
WeitzmanDouglas W. Weitzman	No	Office 38	30.2%
HarmonEric Harmon   A	No	Office 114	61.35%A	A
OttoJames D. Otto   A	Yes	Office 78	69.91%A	A
EscalanteJoe Escalante	No	Office 3	18.41%
HugheyKenneth R. Hughey	No	Office 78	30%
SmithKim Smith (California)	No	Office 10	39.4%
KaldorLaurence N. Kaldor	No	Office 3	11.18%
OlsonLynn D. Olson   A	Yes	Office 38	69.75%A	A
SchonbrunMatt Schonbrun	No	Office 65	20.19%
KumarSanjay T. Kumar   A	Yes	Office 10	60.6%A	A
CoenSean D. Coen   A	No	Office 3	51.3%A	A
KnightShannon Knight	No	Office 65	25.11%

Not on ballot

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KhanAbraham Khan   A	Yes	Office 66		A
ArakakiAkemi D. Arakaki   A	Yes	Office 56		A
RicciardulliAlex Ricciardulli   A	Yes	Office 112		A
GoodmanAllan J. Goodman   A	Yes	Office 102		A
LunaAna Maria Luna   A	Yes	Office 14		A
Barreto, Jr.Antonio Barreto, Jr.   A	Yes	Office 148		A
JeanArthur Jean   A	Yes	Office 117		A
MeiersBarbara Ann Meiers   A	Yes	Office 45		A
JohnsonBarbara R. Johnson   A	Yes	Office 113		A
TillmonBobbi Tillmon   A	Yes	Office 126		A
YepBrian C. Yep   A	Yes	Office 104		A
GasdiaBrian F. Gasdia   A	Yes	Office 122		A
HoffstadtBrian M. Hoffstadt   A	Yes	Office 109		A
BeasonCandace J. Beason   A	Yes	Office 116		A
VazquezCarlos E. Vazquez   A	Yes	Office 47		A
GoodsonCarol Boas Goodson   A	Yes	Office 64		A
Rehm, Jr.Carol H. Rehm, Jr.   A	Yes	Office 20		A
NishimotoCary H. Nishimoto   A	Yes	Office 92		A
SarmientoCesar C. Sarmiento   A	Yes	Office 59		A
McCoy, Jr.Charles W. McCoy, Jr.   A	Yes	Office 99		A
TaylorChet L. Taylor   A	Yes	Office 118		A
EwellChristine C. Ewell   A	Yes	Office 110		A
BoydChristine W. Byrd   A	Yes	Office 93		A
EstesChristopher Estes   A	Yes	Office 24		A
MitchellCraig J. Mitchell   A	Yes	Office 18		A
RappeCurtis B. Rappe   A	Yes	Office 52		A
UlfigCynthia L. Ulfig   A	Yes	Office 27		A
LowenthalDaniel J. Lowenthal   A	Yes	Office 107		A
MitchellDaviann L. Mitchell   A	Yes	Office 49		A
BroughamDavid C. Brougham   A	Yes	Office 115		A
FieldsDavid R. Fields   A	Yes	Office 67		A
HerrifordDavid V. Herriford   A	Yes	Office 132		A
StuartDavid W. Stuart   A	Yes	Office 74		A
SanchezDeborah L. Sanchez   A	Yes	Office 73		A
McLaughlin-BennettDenise M. McLaughlin-Bennett   A	Yes	Office 5		A
FalconeDewey Lawes Falcone   A	Yes	Office 33		A
Gould-SaltmanDianna J. Gould-Saltman   A	Yes	Office 131		A
GoldsteinDonna Fields Goldstein   A	Yes	Office 127		A
ReyesDorothy B. Reyes   A	Yes	Office 136		A
EdwardsDrew E. Edwards   A	Yes	Office 97		A
FernsEdward A. Ferns   A	Yes	Office 95		A
MandelElaine W. Mandel   A	Yes	Office 72		A
HunterEleanor J. Hunter   A	Yes	Office 143		A
WhiteElizabeth Allen White   A	Yes	Office 79		A
TaylorEric C. Taylor   A	Yes	Office 111		A
HiroshigeErnest M. Hiroshige   A	Yes	Office 119		A
ShallerFrederick C. Shaller   A	Yes	Office 120		A
FerrariGary J. Ferrari   A	Yes	Office 12		A
GenestaGeorge Genesta   A	Yes	Office 16		A
ZackyHayden A. Zacky   A	Yes	Office 69		A
BarelaHenry T. Barela   A	Yes	Office 44		A
KendigHolly E. Kendig   A	Yes	Office 146		A
ChalfantJames C. Chalfant   A	Yes	Office 42		A
HoranJames E. Horan   A	Yes	Office 50		A
LevineJan Greenberg Levine   A	Yes	Office 137		A
RodriguezJesus I. Rodriguez   A	Yes	Office 39		A
O'DonnellJoanne B. O'Donnell   A	Yes	Office 58		A
Lawson IIJohn C. Lawson II   A	Yes	Office 71		A
LordJohn David Lord   A	Yes	Office 1		A
ReidJohn H. Reid   A	Yes	Office 133		A
KralikJohn J. Kralik   A	Yes	Office 151		A
Lonergan, Jr.John J. Lonergan, Jr.   A	Yes	Office 62		A
CheroskeJohn Joseph Cheroske   A	Yes	Office 61		A
MeigsJohn Vernon Meigs   A	Yes	Office 144		A
BidermanJoseph S. Biderman   A	Yes	Office 63		A
MeyerJudith L. Meyer   A	Yes	Office 128		A
Ackerson-BrazilleKaren M. Ackerson-Brazille   A	Yes	Office 22		A
MaderKatherine Mader   A	Yes	Office 35		A
EllisonLaura C. Ellison   A	Yes	Office 101		A
LaeseckeLaura L. Laesecke   A	Yes	Office 53		A
WaltonLaura R. Walton   A	Yes	Office 55		A
ChoLawrence Cho   A	Yes	Office 84		A
MiraLawrence J. Mira   A	Yes	Office 135		A
HarrisLeland B. Harris   A	Yes	Office 36		A
DunnLeslie A. Dunn   A	Yes	Office 70		A
SwainLeslie A. Swain   A	Yes	Office 124		A
MartinLia R. Martin   A	Yes	Office 125		A
ColeLisa Hart Cole   A	Yes	Office 68		A
NashLloyd M. Nash   A	Yes	Office 15		A
MackeyMalcolm H. Mackey   A	Yes	Office 43		A
MarmaroMarc R. Marmaro   A	Yes	Office 105		A
BernalMargaret Miller Bernal   A	Yes	Office 85		A
KimMark C. Kim   A	Yes	Office 121		A
Nelson, Sr.Mark G. Nelson, Sr.   A	Yes	Office 18		A
ArnoldMark S. Arnold   A	Yes	Office 46		A
MooneyMark V. Mooney   A	Yes	Office 108		A
MurphyMary Ann Murphy   A	Yes	Office 2		A
HouseMary Thornton House   A	Yes	Office 149		A
RecanaMel Red Recana   A	Yes	Office 48		A
SandvigMelvin D. Sandvig   A	Yes	Office 4		A
CowellMichael A. Cowell   A	Yes	Office 90		A
CarterMichael D. Carter   A	Yes	Office 77		A
LevanasMichael I. Levanas   A	Yes	Office 89		A
ConveyMichael J. Convey   A	Yes	Office 26		A
LinfieldMichael P. Linfield   A	Yes	Office 11		A
FlurerMichele E. Flurer   A	Yes	Office 75		A
KwongOwen Lee Kwong   A	Yes	Office 54		A
TitusPatricia Jo Titus   A	Yes	Office 29		A
HegartyPatrick J. Hegarty   A	Yes	Office 21		A
MaddenPatrick T. Madden   A	Yes	Office 91		A
SuzukiPaul T. Suzuki   A	Yes	Office 88		A
MirichPeter J. Mirich   A	Yes	Office 32		A
MautinoPhilip K. Mautino   A	Yes	Office 37		A
SotoPhilip L. Soto   A	Yes	Office 80		A
SeeRamona G. See   A	Yes	Office 94		A
RubinRand Steven Rubin   A	Yes	Office 81		A
RhodesRandy Rhodes   A	Yes	Office 140		A
GoetzReva G. Goetz   A	Yes	Office 17		A
StoneRichard A. Stone   A	Yes	Office 57		A
RicoRichard Edward Rico   A	Yes	Office 7		A
WillettRobert E. Willett   A	Yes	Office 145		A
HigaRobert J. Higa   A	Yes	Office 106		A
SchuitRobert J. Schuit   A	Yes	Office 98		A
ItoRoger T. Ito   A	Yes	Office 100		A
CoenRonald S. Coen   A	Yes	Office 142		A
PaulRoy L. Paul   A	Yes	Office 150		A
DiazRudolph A. Diaz   A	Yes	Office 87		A
KussmanRussell S. Kussman   A	Yes	Office 31		A
KwanRuth Ann Kwan   A	Yes	Office 41		A
MelochSally L. Meloch   A	Yes	Office 6		A
SirnaSalvatore T. Sirna   A	Yes	Office 28		A
OhtaSam Ohta   A	Yes	Office 8		A
ThompsonSandra Ann Thompson   A	Yes	Office 134		A
GordonScott M. Gordon   A	Yes	Office 23		A
MillingtonScott T. Millington   A	Yes	Office 30		A
SamuelsShellie L. Samuels   A	Yes	Office 96		A
TorrealbaShelly Baron Torrealba   A	Yes	Office 25		A
BowickStephanie M. Bowick   A	Yes	Office 86		A
MarcusStephen A. Marcus   A	Yes	Office 139		A
Van SicklenSteven R. Van Sicklen   A	Yes	Office 76		A
Bryant-DeasonSusan Bryant-Deason   A	Yes	Office 141		A
Lopez-GissSusan Lopez-Giss   A	Yes	Office 51		A
HallTamara E. Hall   A	Yes	Office 147		A
SchwartzTeri Schwartz   A	Yes	Office 34		A
SmerlingTerry Lee Smerling   A	Yes	Office 60		A
SaitoTimothy R. Saito   A	Yes	Office 138		A
KalraUpinder S. Kalra   A	Yes	Office 103		A
MartinezVictor D. Martinez   A	Yes	Office 13		A
KohnWendy L. Kohn   A	Yes	Office 123		A
FaheyWilliam F. Fahey   A	Yes	Office 83		A
HighbergerWilliam F. Highberger   A	Yes	Office 9		A
WillettWilliam G. Willett   A	Yes	Office 40		A
OrozcoYolanda Orozco   A	Yes	Office 130		A
VerasteguiYvette Verastegui   A	Yes	Office 82		A

Madera County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
AustinBrian Austin	No	Office 1	38.2%
SoldaniJoseph A. Soldani   A	Yes	Office 1	61.4%A	A

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WielandCharles A. Wieland   A	Yes	Office 2		A
BleaDale J. Blea   A	Yes	Office 5		A
OakleyJames E. Oakley   A	Yes	Office 4		A
BenderThomas L. Bender   A	Yes	Office 3		A

Marin County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ChouJames T. Chou   A	Yes	Office 3	81.64%A	A
MarneRussell K. Marne	No	Office 3	18.02%

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SimmonsKelly V. Simmons   A	Yes	Office 1		A
DuryeeLynn Duryee   A	Yes	Office 2		A

Mariposa County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WaltonF. Dana Walton   A	Yes	Office 1		A

Mendocino County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BrennanClayton L. Brennan   A	Yes	Department 6		A
HendersonRichard James Henderson   A	Yes	Department 4		A

Nevada County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SmyrnosGeorge J. Smyrnos	No	Seat 1	38.52%
AndersonThomas M. Anderson   A	Yes	Seat 1	61.13%A	A

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ThomsenB. Scott Thomsen   A	Yes	Seat 3		A
TamiettiRobert Lynn Tamietti   A	Yes	Seat 2		A

Orange County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ChuangDeborah J. Chuang   A	Yes	Office 1	75.5%A	A
JizhakEugene Jizhak	No	Office 1	24.5%

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GordonBeatriz M. Gordon   A	Yes	Office 8		A
LondonBrett G. London   A	Yes	Office 20		A
LeeCaryl A. Lee   A	Yes	Office 18		A
MarginesCharles Margines   A	Yes	Office 22		A
SmithClay M. Smith   A	Yes	Office 35		A
McNerneyDaniel Barrett McNerney   A	Yes	Office 25		A
ScottDaphne Sykes Scott   A	Yes	Office 33		A
HofferDavid A. Hoffer   A	Yes	Office 11		A
ThompsonDavid A. Thompson   A	Yes	Office 36		A
McEachenDavid T. McEachen   A	Yes	Office 24		A
KeoughDennis J. Keough   A	Yes	Office 16		A
HatchimonjiDouglas Hatchimonji   A	Yes	Office 10		A
LarshErick L. Larsh   A	Yes	Office 17		A
HornFrederick Paul Horn   A	Yes	Office 12		A
PaerGary S. Paer   A	Yes	Office 27		A
GlassGeoffrey T. Glass   A	Yes	Office 7		A
JohnstonGerald G. Johnston   A	Yes	Office 14		A
SalterGlenn R. Salter   A	Yes	Office 30		A
PerezJoe T. Perez   A	Yes	Office 28		A
GastelumJohn C. Gastelum   A	Yes	Office 5		A
ConleyJohn Dorsey Conley   A	Yes	Office 3		A
MarksLinda S. Marks   A	Yes	Office 23		A
RodriguezLuis A. Rodriguez   A	Yes	Office 29		A
KellyM. Marc Kelly   A	Yes	Office 15		A
MillardMark S. Millard   A	Yes	Office 26		A
SchulteMary Fingal Schulte   A	Yes	Office 32		A
LeversenMichael Leversen   A	Yes	Office 21		A
WilsonPeter J. Wilson   A	Yes	Office 37		A
LeeRichard Y. Lee   A	Yes	Office 19		A
SarmientoSalvador Sarmiento   A	Yes	Office 31		A
FellSheila B. Fell   A	Yes	Office 4		A
HansonSheila F. Hanson   A	Yes	Office 9		A
GeorgeStephanie George   A	Yes	Office 6		A
HowardTheodore R. Howard   A	Yes	Office 13		A
SchwarmWalter P. Schwarm   A	Yes	Office 34		A
ClasterWilliam D. Claster   A	Yes	Office 2		A

Placer County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HorstGaren Horst   A	Yes	Office 2	98.79%A	A
GazzanigaSuzanne Gazzaniga   A	Yes	Office 4	98.71%A	A

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
PineschiAlan V. Pineschi   A	Yes	Office 1		A
KearneyFrances A. Kearney   A	Yes	Office 3		A

Plumas County

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Candidate	Incumbency	Office	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KaufmanIra R. Kaufman   A	Yes			A
HildeJanet Hilde   A	Yes			A

See also

• News: 2012 election: California primary results, June 6, 2012
• News: 2012 election: California primary, June 4, 2012
• California judicial elections, 2012 - Superior Courts (R-Y)
• California judicial elections, 2012
• California judicial elections

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