Beth Jordan
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2018
Beth Jordan is a judge on the Superior Court of Marin County in California. She was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on November 2, 2017.[1]
Jordan ran for election to the Marin County Superior Court in 2016. She was defeated in the primary election on June 7, 2016
Biography
Jordan received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Jordan worked in private practice from 1985 until her judicial appointment in 2017. She was a partner at Greene Jordan Taubman and Dias LLP from 2010 to 2017, a partner at Greene and Jordan from 2003 to 2010, and a sole practitioner from 2000 to 2003.[1]
Elections
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. The following candidates ran in the election for Office 2 of the Marin County Superior Court.[2]
| Marin County Superior Court Judge, Office #2, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sheila Lichtblau |
21.38% | 16,674 |
| Michael Coffino |
20.55% | 16,028 |
| Nicole Pantaleo | 16.62% | 12,962 |
| Thomas McCallister | 15.88% | 12,387 |
| Beth Jordan | 6.76% | 5,273 |
| Nancy McCarthy | 6.50% | 5,069 |
| Otis Bruce | 6.34% | 4,948 |
| David Shane | 3.26% | 2,542 |
| Renee Marguerite Marcelle | 2.47% | 1,923 |
| Write-in votes | 0.26% | 200 |
| Total Votes | 78,006 | |
| Source: Marin County Registrar of Voters, "Official election results," accessed October 21, 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.[3][4][5][6]
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.[3]
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.[3]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[3]
See also
- Courts in California
- California Superior Courts
- Marin County, California
- Local trial court judicial elections, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Imperial Valley News, "Governor Brown Appoints 34 Superior Court Judges," November 2, 2017
- ↑ Marin County, CA, "Candidates on Ballot," accessed April 8, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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