Oregon intermediate appellate court elections, 2020

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The terms of four Oregon Court of Appeals justices expired on January 4, 2021. In addition, a special election was called for Seat 9, after Jacqueline Kamins was appointed to the office on January 17, 2020. These five seats were up for nonpartisan election on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for May 19, 2020. A full term on the court is six years.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Oregon did not modify any procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

Position 1

General election candidates

The general election was canceled.

Primary candidates

• Josephine H. Mooney  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Position 9 special election

General election candidates

• Jacqueline Kamins  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Jacqueline Kamins  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Position 11

General election candidates

The general election was canceled.

Primary candidates

• Joel S. DeVore  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
• Kyle Krohn  (Nonpartisan) 

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Position 12

General election candidates

The general election was canceled.

Primary candidates

• Erin C. Lagesen  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Position 13

General election candidates

The general election was canceled.

Primary candidates

• Douglas L. Tookey  (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Past elections

2018

See also: Oregon intermediate appellate court elections, 2018

General elections

All judicial races require a primary election except those to fill a midterm vacancy for a seat that would otherwise have not appeared on the ballot that year. In the case of such a midterm vacancy, the primary may be skipped if only one or two candidates file for that office.

The following incumbents were appointed to their positions in 2017. Due to their appointment, they were up for election on November 6, 2018. They were not required to participate in the primary election held on May 15, 2018.

Position 2

General election

General election for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 2

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bronson James (Nonpartisan)	98.2	992,125
		Other/Write-in votes	1.8	17,957

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,010,082 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Position 4

General election

General election for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 4

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Robyn Ridler Aoyagi (Nonpartisan)	98.4	1,021,221
		Other/Write-in votes	1.6	16,133

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,037,354 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Position 7

General election

General election for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 7

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Steven Powers (Nonpartisan)	98.5	1,007,114
		Other/Write-in votes	1.5	15,795

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,022,909 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Primary elections

Position 6

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 6

Incumbent James C. Egan won election outright in the primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 6 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James C. Egan (Nonpartisan)	100.0	502,274

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Position 9

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 9

Incumbent Erika L. Hadlock won election outright in the primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 9 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erika L. Hadlock (Nonpartisan)	100.0	481,596

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Position 10

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 10

Incumbent Rex Armstrong won election outright against Kyle Krohn in the primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 10 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rex Armstrong (Nonpartisan)	62.8	405,899
		Kyle Krohn (Nonpartisan)	37.2	240,896

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 646,795
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2016 November 8 election results Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 5, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Scott A. Shorr Incumbent (unopposed) 98.14% 1,113,271 Write-in votes 1.86% 21,131 Total Votes (100% reporting) 1,134,402 Source: Oregon Secretary of State Official Results Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 8, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Roger J. DeHoog Incumbent (unopposed) 98.13% 1,083,621 Write-in votes 1.87% 20,663 Total Votes (100% reporting) 1,104,284 Source: Oregon Secretary of State Official Results May 17 election results Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 2, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Rebecca Duncan Incumbent (unopposed) 98.87% 645,237 Write-in votes 1.13% 7,368 Total Votes (100% reporting) 652,605 Source: Oregon Secretary of State Official Results Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 3, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Darleen Ortega Incumbent (unopposed) 98.89% 657,261 Write-in votes 1.11% 7,375 Total Votes (100% reporting) 664,636 Source: Oregon Secretary of State Official Results Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 7, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Meagan A. Flynn Incumbent (unopposed) 98.96% 653,981 Write-in votes 1.04% 6,842 Total Votes (100% reporting) 660,823 Source: Oregon Secretary of State Official Results

Selection

See also: Judicial selection in Oregon

Judges of the Oregon Court of Appeals, like those of the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Circuit Courts, are chosen in nonpartisan elections to serve six-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.

Qualifications

To serve on the court of appeals, a judge must be:

• a United States citizen;
• a qualified elector of his or her county of residence;
• a member of the Oregon State Bar; and
• under the age of 75.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

Oregon courts

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