Election Information – Primary Races
Judges are rated on a scale of 1-5, 5 being best.
Arkansas
Marion County: Court of Appeals Associate Judge District 06, Position 02, Primary
Stephanie Casady, Non-partisan ★★★★
Wendy Wood, Non-partisan ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Alameda County
Alameda County Superior Court, Seat 1, Primary Election
Tamiza Hockenhull ★
Alameda County Superior Court, Seat 12, Primary Election
Pelayo A. Llamas ★
Alameda County Superior Court, Seat 21, Primary Election
Michael Bishay ★
Fresno County
Humboldt County
Humboldt County Superior Court, Department 5, Primary Election
Ben McLaughlin ★★★ [Endorsed]
Steven M. Steward ★
Kern County
Kern County Superior Court, Office 6, Primary Election
Michael A. Caves
Kern County Superior Court, Office 10, Primary Election
T. Mark Smith
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 3, Primary Election
Tim Reuben ★
Frank Amador ★★ [Endorsed]
Sherilyn Peace Garrett ★
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 60, Primary Election
Sharon Ransom ★★
Anna Sltky Reitano ★
Abby Baron ★
Troy Slaten ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Mark Rosenfeld ★★★
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 67, Primary Election
Elizabeth Lashey-Haynes ★
Ryan Dibble ★★★ [Endorsed]
Fernanda Maria Barreto ★★
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 70, Primary Election
Matthew Vodnoy ★★★★
Holly L. Hancock ★
Eric Alfonso Torices ★★★★
Randy Fudge ★★★
Rene Yolanda Chang ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 90, Primary Election
Naser “Nas” Khoury ★★
Melissa Lyons ★
Leslie Gutierrez ★★★ [Endorsed]
Kevin Thomas McGurk ★★
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 116, Primary Election
Lloyd Handler ★
David B. Gelfound ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 118, Primary Election
Carolyn “Jiyoung” Park ★
Melissa Hammond ★★
Georgia Hyerta ★★
Klint McCay ★★
“Shawn” Thever ★
Keith Kayano ★★★ [Endorsed]
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 151, Primary Election
Patrick Hare ★
Karen Brako ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Thomas D. Allison ★
Richard Quinones ★
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seat 156, Primary Election
Albert Robles ★
Carol Elswick ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Orange County
Orange County Superior Court, Office 5, Primary Election
Claudia C. Alvarez ★
Daniel “Dan” Espinosa ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Kimberly La Salle ★
Orange County Superior Court, Office 9, Primary Election
Joe Dane ★★★
Christopher Duff ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Orange County Superior Court, Office 11, Primary Election
Marc A. Gibbons
Shawn Nelson ★★★ [Endorsed]
Orange County Superior Court, Office 21, Primary Election
Ray Brown ★
Erin Beltran Rowe ★★★ [Endorsed]
Orange County Superior Court, Office 22, Primary Election
Brahim Baytieh ★
Fred Fascenelli ★★★ [Endorsed]
Craig E. Kleffman ★★
Orange County Superior Court, Office 28, Primary Election
Jessica Cha ★
Eric Scarbrough ★★ [Endorsed]
Orange County Superior Court, Office 30, Primary Election
Michele Bell ★★
Ama M. Hernandez ★★★
Peggy Huang ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Andrea Mader ★★★
Benjamin Stauffer ★★★
Orange County Superior Court, Office 33, Primary Election
Thomas E. “Tom” Martin ★★★
Steve McGreevy ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Brett K. Wiseman ★
Orange County Superior Court, Office 45, Primary Election
Israel Claustro ★★
Kevin Brian Jones ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Riverside County
Riverside County Superior Court, Office 4, Primary Election
Amy Zois Barajas ★★★
Natallie Lough ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Richard V. Swanson ★★
Riverside County Superior Court, Office 11, Primary Election
Laura Garcia ★★
Jay K. Kiel ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Riverside County Superior Court, Office 26, Primary Election
Eric Isaac ★★
Jason Stone ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Riverside County Superior Court, Office 28, Primary Election
Kristi Kirk ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Francisco Navarro ★★
Christopher J. Whelton ★★
Sacramento County
Sacramento County Superior Court, Office 4, Primary Election
Myrlys Stockdale Coleman ★★ [Endorsed]
Noel A. Calvillo
Sacramento County Superior Court, Office 22, Primary Election
Ken Brody ★
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County Superior Court, Office 7, Primary Election
David K. Tulcan ★★★ [Endorsed]
Mario A. Martinez Jr. ★★
San Bernardino County Superior Court, Office 17, Primary Election
Melissa Rodriguez ★★★ [Endorsed]
James McGee ★★
San Diego County
San Diego County Superior Court, Office 32, Primary Election
Pennie McLaughlin ★★★ [Endorsed]
San Diego County Superior Court, Office 35, Primary Election
Rebecca Kanter ★
Michael J. Flemming ★★
Mike Murphy ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
San Diego County Superior Court, Office 36, Primary Election
Peter Singer ★
Pete Murray ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Chris Lawson ★★★
San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County Superior Court, Office 4, Primary Election
Jonathan W Fattarsi
Luis “Lou” Tovar ★★★ [Endorsed]
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County Superior Court, Office 12, Primary Election
Mike Frye ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Paul M. Phillips ★★★
Santa Barbara County
Sonoma County
Sonoma County Superior Court, Office 6, Primary Election
John LemMon ★★
Laura Passaglia McCarthy ★
Sonoma County Superior Court, Office 9, Primary Election
Oscar Pardo ★★
Joseph R. Passalacqua ★★★ [Endorsed]
Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court, Special General Election
Verda Colvin (Nonpartisan) ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Veronica Brinson (Nonpartisan) ★★★
Illinois
1st District Appellate Court, Democratic Primary Election
Russell Hartigan ★
Dominique C. Ross ★
Debra B. Walker ★★
1st District Appellate Court, Special Democratic Primary Election
John H. Ehrlich ★
Raymond W. Mitchell ★★★ [Endorsed]
Devlin Schoop
2nd District Appellate Court, Democratic Primary Election
Erin Cartwright Weinstein ★★
Mike Cortina ★ [Endorsed]
Chris Kennedy ★
3rd District Appellate Court, Democratic Primary Election
James Murphy ★★
Sonni Williams ★
5th District Appellate Court, Republican Primary Election
Barry L. Vaughan ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Mike McHaney ★★★★★
Kentucky
Kentucky Court of Appeals, District 4, Division 2, Primary
McKenzie Cantrell (Nonpartisan) ★★★ [Endorsed]
Annette Karem (Nonpartisan) ★★
Stan Whetzel (Nonpartisan) ★★
Nevada
Clark County, Municipal Court Judge, Department 1, Primary Election
Chris Lee ★★★ [Endorsed]
Jonathan MacArthur ★★
Clark County, City of Henderson Municipal Court Judge, Primary Election
Andrew Coates ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Jeremy Cooley ★★★
Benjamin Durham ★★
Clark County, City of Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge, Department 6, Primary Election
Angela Dows ★★★ [Endorsed]
Kelly Giodani
North Carolina
North Carolina Court of Appeals, Seat 9, Republican Primary
Donna Stroud (Republican) ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Beth Freshwater Smith (Republican) ★★★★
North Carolina Court of Appeals, Seat 11, Republican Primary
Charlton L. Allen (Republican) ★★★★
Michael Stading (Republican) ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Ohio
Ohio Court of Appeals, District 5, Republican Primary
Jeff Furr (Republican) ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Andrew King (Republican) ★★★
Ohio Court of Appeals, District 11, Special Republican Primary
John Eklund (Republican) ★★★
Sarah Thomas Kovoor (Republican) ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Oregon
Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 3, Primary
Darleen Ortega (Nonpartisan) ★
Vance Day (Nonpartisan) ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Blount County
Chancellor; District 4/District 5, Republican Primary Election
Nick Black, Republican ★★★★★
Jim Ripley, Republican ★★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Davidson County
Circuit Court Judge, Division I, Primary Election
David Briley, Democrat ★★
Wendy Longmire, Democrat ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Circuit Court Judge, Division VII, Primary Election
Larry Hagar, Democrat ★★★
Andra Hedrick, Democrat ★★★★ [Endorsed]
John Manson, Democrat ★★★
Criminal Court Judge, Division III, Primary Election
Cheryl Blackburn, Democrat ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Kyle Parks, Democrat ★★
Criminal Court Judge, Division V, Primary Election
Khadija Babb, Democrat ★★
Monte D. Watkins, Democrat ★★★ [Endorsed]
Criminal Court Judge, Division VI, District 20, Primary Election
Cynthia Chappell, Democrat ★★★
Seth Norman, Democrat ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Tillman Payne, Democrat ★★
Marcus Shute, Jr, Democrat ★
General Sessions Judge, Division II, Primary Election
Melissa Blackburn, Democrat ★★★ [Endorsed]
Kenneth Redditt, Democrat ★★
General Sessions Judge, Division V, Primary Election
Robin Kimbrough Hayes, Democrat ★★★
Dianne Turner, Democrat ★★★★ [Endorsed]
General Sessions Judge, Division VI, Primary Election
Frank E. Mondelli, Jr., Democrat ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Jim Todd, Democrat ★★
Paul Walwyn, Democrat ★★★
General Sessions Judge, Division VIII, Primary Election
Rachel L. Bell, Democrat ★
Erin Colman, Democrat ★★ [Endorsed]
General Sessions Judge, Division IX, Primary Election
Brian A. Horowitz, Republican ★★★★★★[Endorsed]
Lynda F. Jones, Democrat ★★★★
Hamilton County
Circuit Court Judge, District 11, Division 2, Primary Election
Mike Dumitru, Republican ★★★★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Jim Exum, Republican ★★★★
Circuit Court Judge, District 11, Division 3, Primary Election
Amanda Dunn, Republican ★★★★★
Boyd Patterson, Republican ★★★★★★
Rebecca J. Stern, Republican ★★★★★★★ [Endorsed]
City Court Judge, Division 1, Primary Election
Brian Bush, Republican ★★
Sherry Paty, Republican ★★★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Knox County
Chancellor, Part II, Primary Election
Clarence Pridemore, Republican ★★★★★★★
Deno Cole, Republican ★★★★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Bud Armstrong, Republican ★★★★★★★
City General Sessions Court Judge, Division II, Primary Election
Judd Davis, Republican ★★★★★★★
Sharon Frankenberg, Republican ★★★★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Montgomery County
Circuit Court Judge, Part 1, District 19, Primary Election
Adrienne G. Fry, Republican ★★★★★★★ [Endorsed]
John B. Holt, Republican ★★★★★
Miska Clay Bibbs, Democrat ★★
Candice Jones, Democrat ★★
General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge; Division II, Primary Election
Reid Poland, Republican ★★★★
Eric Yow, Republican ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Sumner County
General Sessions Judge; Division I, Primary Election
Ron Blanton, Republican ★★★★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Kee Bryant McCormick, Republican ★★★★★★★
Russ Edwards, Republican ★★★★★★★
Bill Whalen, Republican ★★★★★★
Washington County
Circuit Court Judge, Part II, District 1 Republican Primary Election
Lois Bunton-Shults Davis ★★
Suzanne Cook, Republican ★★★★ [Endorsed]
General Sessions Judge, Part I, Republican Primary Election
Todd Hull, Republican ★★★
Robert G. Lincoln, Republican ★★★★ [Endorsed]
General Sessions Judge, Part II, Republican Primary Election
Janey Vest Hardin, Republican ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Joshua P. Sutherland III, Republican ★★★
General Sessions Judge; Part III, Republican Primary Election
Michael Rasnake, Republican ★★★★ [Endorsed]
Jonathan A. Minga, Republican ★★★★
Stephanie Sherwood, Republican ★★
Williamson County
Circuit Court Judge, Division II, District 21, Primary Election
Deana C. Hood, Republican ★★★★
Shane K. McNeill, Republican ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
Juvenile Court Judge, Primary Election
Sharon Guffee, Republican ★★★
Connie Reguli, Republican ★★★★★ [Endorsed]
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