Julia Spain

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Julia Spain

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Superior Court of Alameda County
Tenure

1998 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

27

Elections and appointments
Last elected

June 7, 2022

Appointed

1998

Education

Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Julia Spain is a judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California. She assumed office in 1998. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.

Spain won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Spain was elevated to the California Superior Court in 1998 through unification of the courts.[1][2]

Education

Spain is a graduate of the University of California - Hastings College of the Law.[2]

Career

Spain is a former partner of the law firm McCarthy Leonard & Spain and executive director of the Alameda County Bar Association. She was a judge of the Hayward Municipal Court from 1996 until she was appointed to the superior court in 1998.[2]

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Julia Spain (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2016

See also: California local trial court judicial 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. Incumbent Julia Spain ran unopposed in the election for Office 23 of the Alameda County Superior Court.

Alameda County Superior Court Judge, Office #23, 2016
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Julia Spain Incumbent

2010

Spain was re-elected to the superior court without opposition in 2010.[3]

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.[4][5][6][7]

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.[4]

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.[4]

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[4]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Julia Spain did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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