Superior Court of Sacramento County, California

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The Superior Court of Sacramento County is one of 58 Superior Courts in California.

2012 election

Race on ballot

The following is a list of candidates for the 2012 Sacramento County Superior Court - on ballot election:
CandidateIncumbencyOfficePrimary VoteElection Vote
BogertTami R. Bogert   YesOffice 3   
StarKeven Star   NoOffice 3   

Races not on ballot

The following is a list of candidates for the 2012 Sacramento County Superior Court election:
CandidateIncumbencyOfficePrimary VoteElection Vote
ArguellesJames P. Arguelles   YesOffice 1   
BalononEugene L. Balonon   YesOffice 2   
BrownLawrence G. Brown   YesOffice 4   
Burger-PlavanTrena H. Burger-Plavan   YesOffice 5   
CandeeRoland L. Candee   YesOffice 6   
CurrierDonald J. Currier   YesOffice 7   
EarlLaurie M. Earl   YesOffice 8   
FioriniCurtis M. Fiorini   YesOffice 9   
GilliardMaryanne G. Gilliard   YesOffice 10   
HightRobert C. Hight   YesOffice 11   
KruegerChristopher E. Krueger   YesOffice 12   
MarlettePatrick Marlette   YesOffice 13   
PerkinsAlan G. Perkins   YesOffice 14   
SeavePaul L. Seave   YesOffice 15   
SueyoshiRichard K. Sueyoshi   YesOffice 16   
SumnerAllen H. Sumner   YesOffice 17   
VirgaMichael G. Virga   YesOffice 18   
WhiteSteve White   YesOffice 19   

Judges

Judicial selection

The method of judicial selection for the California Superior Courts is officially non-partisan election of judges, though many judges join the court via gubernatorial appointment. Once judges are appointed, they compete in the next general election following appointment.

If an incumbent Superior Court judge files for reelection and draws no opponent, that race does not appear on the ballot. If the race is contested, the candidate who wins more than 50% of the vote is elected. If no candidate receives more than 50%, the top two compete in a runoff in the general election in November. [1]

Court locations

  • The Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse, 720 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
  • William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse, 3341 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95826
  • Carol Miller Justice Center, 301 Bicentennial Circle, Sacramento, CA 95826
  • Juvenile Courthouse, 9605 Kiefer Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95827
  • Lorenzo Patiño Hall of Justice (Sacramento County Main Jail), 651 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

2009 petition

A strong majority of the court's judges signed petitions in July 2009 in opposition to a pending budget deal that will result in closing the court one day a month. The judges believe that these trial court closures should not take place unless the California Administrative Office of the Courts cuts its spending or releases money from a database management project on which it has spent a little over $1 billion.[2]

See also

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References

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