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Alexander Bokor
2020 - Present
2029
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Alexander Bokor is a judge of the Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal. He assumed office on September 1, 2020. His current term ends on January 2, 2029.
Bokor ran for re-election for judge of the Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
Bokor was appointed to the Florida Third District Court of Appeal in 2020 by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to replace Vance Salter.[1]
Biography
Bokor earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[1]
Bokor was a judge on the Florida 11th Circuit Court from 2018 to 2020. He left office in 2020 due to his appointment by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to the Florida Third District Court of Appeal. Before serving on the 11th Circuit Court, he served as a judge for the Miami-Dade County Court.[1] At the time of his appointment in 2016, Bokor was an assistant county attorney for Miami-Dade County. His professional experience also includes work as a clerk for U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday and as an attorney with the law firms Jones Day and Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal, Alexander Bokor's seat
Alexander Bokor was retained to the Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal on November 8, 2022 with 64.9% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
64.9
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420,454 | ||
No |
35.1
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227,652 | |||
Total Votes |
648,106 | ||||
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2020
Alexander Bokor was the only candidate to file for his Florida 11th Circuit Court seat, but he withdrew from the election after being appointed to the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
2018
General election
General election for Miami-Dade County Court
Incumbent Alexander Bokor won election in the general election for Miami-Dade County Court on November 6, 2018.
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan elections
Like the circuit courts, the Florida County Court selects its judges through nonpartisan elections. County judges serve six-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to retain their seats.[3][4]
In the event of a midterm vacancy, the county courts employ the same assisted appointment method that the appellate courts use. Judges selected this way serve for at least one year, after which they must run for re-election.[5]
Qualifications
To serve on one of these courts, a judge must be:
- a qualified elector;
- a state resident;
- under the age of 75; and
- admitted to practice law in the state for five years prior to assuming the bench.
Note that this final requirement—that judges be qualified to practice law in the state for at least five years—is the one piece that breaks from the qualifications of Florida appellate judges, who need a minimum of 10 years. In counties of 40,000 people or fewer, this requirement is waived altogether.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Alexander Bokor did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Office of Governor Ron DeSantis, "Governor Ron DeSantis Makes Two Judicial Appointments," July 23, 2020
- ↑ Law.com, "Congratulate This Miami Judge on His New Position," July 24, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Florida; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Online Sunshine, "The Florida Constitution," accessed June 25, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial selection: Florida," archived October 2, 2014
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