Robin D. Pittman
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2026
Robin D. Pittman is a judge for Section F of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Pittman (Democratic Party) won re-election for the Section F judge of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Pittman was a Democratic candidate for the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in 2018. She ran in the special election on March 24, 2018, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Madeleine M. Landrieu.
Biography
Pittman received her B.A. from Loyola University - New Orleans in 1991, going on to earn her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1996. Pittman began her career in 1997 as an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish. There she served as a screener of narcotics, homicide, and sex offenses cases. In 2000, she joined the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (a division of the state Supreme Court) as a deputy. She held that position through 2005 before joining the law firm of Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, LLC as a litigation associate in 2006. In November 2008, she was elected to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Robin D. Pittman (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2018
Dale Atkins defeated Robin D. Pittman in the special election for District 1, Division F of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.[3]
| Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Special Election, 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dale Atkins |
58.34% | 19,720 |
| Robin D. Pittman | 41.66% | 14,081 |
| Total Votes | 33,801 | |
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," March 24, 2018 | ||
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Pittman ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robin D. Pittman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NOLA.com: The Times-Picayune, "Robin Pittman defeats Yolanda King for seat on Orleans Criminal Court bench," November 4, 2008
- ↑ New Orleans Bar Association, "Biographical Sketch of Candidate Robin Pittman," 2008
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed January 8, 2018
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
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