Karen Lee Schatzle
Karen Lee Schatzle (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 39th Congressional District. She lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Schatzle is a former candidate for the Orange County Superior Court in California. She ran in the primary election on June 7, 2016.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 39
Gil Cisneros defeated Young Kim in the general election for U.S. House California District 39 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gil Cisneros (D) | 51.6 | 126,002 | |
| Young Kim (R) | 48.4 | 118,391 | ||
| Total votes: 244,393 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 39
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 39 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Young Kim (R) | 21.2 | 30,019 | |
| ✔ | Gil Cisneros (D) | 19.4 | 27,469 | |
| Phil Liberatore (R) | 14.3 | 20,257 | ||
| Andy Thorburn (D) | 9.2 | 12,990 | ||
| Shawn Nelson (R) | 6.9 | 9,750 | ||
| Bob Huff (R) | 6.2 | 8,699 | ||
| Sam Jammal (D) | 5.4 | 7,613 | ||
| Mai Khanh Tran (D) | 5.3 | 7,430 | ||
| Herbert Lee (D) | 4.2 | 5,988 | ||
| Steve Vargas (R) | 2.9 | 4,144 | ||
| Suzi Park Leggett (D) | 1.5 | 2,058 | ||
| John Cullum (R) | 1.2 | 1,747 | ||
| Karen Lee Schatzle (Independent) | 0.6 | 903 | ||
| Steve Cox (Independent) | 0.6 | 856 | ||
| Andrew Sarega (R) | 0.6 | 823 | ||
| Sophia Alexander (Independent) | 0.4 | 523 | ||
| Ted Alemayhu (Independent American Party) | 0.1 | 176 | ||
| Total votes: 141,445 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Julio Castañeda (Independent)
- Phil Janowicz (D)
- Ted Rusk (D)
- Cybil Steed (D)
- Jay Chen (D)
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.[1][2][3][4]
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.[1]
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.[1]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[1]
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- California's 39th Congressional District election, 2018
- California's 39th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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