Sherri Onica Valle Cole
Sherri Onica Valle Cole ran for election for Los Angeles City Attorney in California. She lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2022)
General election
General election for Los Angeles City Attorney
Hydee Feldstein Soto defeated Faisal M. Gill in the general election for Los Angeles City Attorney on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Hydee Feldstein Soto (Nonpartisan) | 55.3 | 442,926 | |
| Faisal M. Gill (Nonpartisan) | 44.7 | 357,519 | ||
| Total votes: 800,445 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Attorney
The following candidates ran in the primary for Los Angeles City Attorney on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Faisal M. Gill (Nonpartisan) | 24.2 | 137,554 | |
| ✔ | Hydee Feldstein Soto (Nonpartisan) | 19.9 | 112,978 | |
| Marina Torres (Nonpartisan) | 19.9 | 112,842 | ||
| Richard Kim (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 93,660 | ||
| Kevin James (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 51,606 | ||
| Sherri Onica Valle Cole (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 30,421 | ||
| Teddy Kapur (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 28,716 | ||
| Total votes: 567,777 | ||||
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2018
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Maria Lucy Armendariz won election outright against Dennis Vincent and Sherri Onica Valle Cole in the primary for Superior Court of Los Angeles County on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Lucy Armendariz (Nonpartisan) | 60.7 | 670,507 | |
| Dennis Vincent (Nonpartisan) | 20.5 | 226,390 | ||
| Sherri Onica Valle Cole (Nonpartisan) | 18.9 | 208,478 | ||
| Total votes: 1,105,375 | ||||
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Selection method
- 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.[1][2][3][4]
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.[1]
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.[1]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[1]
2016
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 351 seats were up for election. Kim Nguyen and David Berger defeated Fred Mesropi, Naser Khoury, and Onica Valle Cole in the election for Office 158 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.[5]
| Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Office #158, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kim Nguyen |
34.22% | 515,020 |
| David Berger |
27.36% | 411,775 |
| Fred Mesropi | 17.94% | 270,074 |
| Naser Khoury | 12.60% | 189,575 |
| Onica Valle Cole | 7.88% | 118,619 |
| Total Votes | 1,505,063 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential Primary Election June 7, 2016," July 1, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sherri Onica Valle Cole did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Onica Valle Cole participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 29, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Onica Valle Cole's responses follow below.[6]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Justice | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Education
Disability Accomodation
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Onica Valle Cole answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Parents, hardworking and committed to their American Dream, family and each other.[8] | ” |
| “ | I am a big fan of Maya Angelou, Pearl Buck and anything that feeds my soul and passion to understand myself and others.[8] | ” |
| “ | Judge candidate, honesty, integrity, intelligence, decisiveness and compassion.[8] | ” |
| “ | Strong, decisive, compassionate, smart, open and fair.[8] | ” |
| “ | Increase diversity on the bench.[8] | ” |
| “ | At seven years old I became my parents bookkeeper. My father taught me how to sign my name in cursive so that I could sign the signature card for the business.[8] | ” |
| “ | Christmas, we were always so poor but I always loved the smell of foods and the smiles on our faces as we gathered to celebrate the season.[8] | ” |
| “ | I know why the Caged Bird Sings
The Good Earth
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” |
| “ | What about Us - Pink
Meet me in the Middle[8] |
” |
| “ | My family has struggled financially most of my life as my father studied to become a physician. We made it, but I feel that I wear a scarlet P on my forehead, poverty never leaves you, no matter how much money I make.[8] | ” |
| “ | Yes, many, William J. Rea, Thurgood Marshall, RBG[8] | ” |
| “ | Absolutely![8] | ” |
| “ | Yes, In February 2016 I was appointed as a Temporary Judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court. I am certified to sit as a judge in the areas of Traffic, Small Claims, Family, Civil Restraining Orders and Unlawful Detainers.[8] | ” |
| “ | Lack of independence of the judiciary.[8] | ” |
| “ | Yes[8] | ” |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles County, CA, "Candidate Filing Report," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Onica Valle Cole's responses," May 29, 2018
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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