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Kathleen Blanchard

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Kathleen Blanchard

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Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Tenure

2008 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

17

Elections and appointments
Last elected

March 3, 2020

Appointed

2008

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University, 1990

Law

University of California, Los Angeles, 1993

Kathleen Blanchard is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She assumed office in 2008. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Blanchard won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on March 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Biography

Education

Blanchard received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1990 and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1993.[1]

Career

  • 2008-2027: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
  • 1998-2008: Deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
  • 1994-1997: Deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice[2]

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2020)

Incumbent Kathleen Blanchard was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.

2014

See also: California judicial elections, 2014
Blanchard ran for re-election to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
As an unopposed incumbent, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot. [3] 

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Kathleen Blanchard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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