Barbara Dickinson
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2018 - Present
2027
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Barbara Dickinson is a judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Dickinson won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California outright in the primary on March 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Dickinson received a bachelor's degree from George Washington University and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings. From 2013 until her judicial appointment in 2017, she worked as an assistant public defender in Alameda County. She was a deputy public defender from 1989 to 2013.[1]
Elections
2020
Incumbent Barbara Dickinson was the only candidate to file and won the position by default when the election was canceled.
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Barbara Dickinson (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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.[2][3][4][5]
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.[2]
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.[2]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Barbara Dickinson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedappoint - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
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