Keri G. Katz
Keri G. Katz is a judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Katz won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Katz was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown on January 28, 2014, effective January 31, to replace Alvin E. Green, Jr.[1]
Education
Katz received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and her J.D. from California Western School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2014-Present: Judge, San Diego County Superior Court
- 2013-2014: Adjunct professor, California Western School of Law
- 2007-2014: Commissioner, San Diego County Superior Court
- 2006-2007: Chief operating officer, City of San Diego Water Department
- 1987-2006: San Diego City Attorney’s Office
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Keri G. Katz (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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. Incumbent Keri G. Katz defeated Carla Keehn in the election for Office 38 of the San Diego County Superior Court.[3]
| San Diego County Superior Court Judge, Office #38, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Keri G. Katz Incumbent |
64.33% | 368,249 |
| Carla Keehn | 35.67% | 204,198 |
| Total Votes | 572,447 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Official election results," accessed June 8, 2016 | ||
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.[4][5][6][7]
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.[4]
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.[4]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[4]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Keri G. Katz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Office of the Governor, "Governor Brown Appoints Keri G. Katz to San Diego County Superior Court," January 28, 2014
- ↑ [Ballotpedia staf, "Email Correspondence with Keri Katz," April 11, 2016]
- ↑ San Diego County, CA, "Candidate List," accessed April 9, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
