Andrew W. Gould
Andrew W. Gould was a judge of the Arizona Supreme Court. He assumed office on November 28, 2016. He left office on April 1, 2021.
Gould (Republican Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Arizona. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.
Gould was appointed to this court by Republican Governor Doug Ducey on November 28, 2016. His appointment filled one of two vacancies created when a 2016 law expanded the state supreme court from five justices to seven.[1]
Gould was previously a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One. [2] He was appointed to the court by former Republican Governor Jan Brewer in October 2011 to succeed Sheldon Weisberg.[3]
Gould was previously one of seven nominees for Governor Doug Ducey's first appointment to the Arizona Supreme Court. The governor's eventual appointee, Clint Bolick, succeeded Justice Rebecca White Berch, who retired in September 2015.[4]
Education
Gould received his undergraduate degree from the University of Montana in 1986 and his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1990.[3][5]
Career
Gould spent the first four years of his legal career in private practice as a civil litigator. Then he became a deputy county attorney prosecuting major criminal cases for Yuma and Maricopa Counties. From 1999 to 2001, he served as chief civil deputy for the Yuma County Attorney’s Office. In 2001 he was appointed to the Yuma County Superior Court, where he served as an associate presiding judge until he was named presiding judge in 2006. Gould also spent four years as a judge pro tempore for the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, before his appointment to the court of appeals in 2011.[3][5]
Elections
2022
See also: Arizona Attorney General election, 2022
General election
General election for Attorney General of Arizona
Kris Mayes defeated Abraham Hamadeh and Samantha Severson in the general election for Attorney General of Arizona on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kris Mayes (D)  | 49.9 | 1,254,809 |
 | Abraham Hamadeh (R) | 49.9 | 1,254,529 | |
 | Samantha Severson (L) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3,052 | ||
| Total votes: 2,512,390 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Kielsky (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Arizona
Kris Mayes advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kris Mayes | 100.0 | 556,351 |
| Total votes: 556,351 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Diego Rodriguez (D)
- Bob McWhirter (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Arizona
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abraham Hamadeh | 33.6 | 265,636 |
 | Rodney Glassman | 23.6 | 186,863 | |
 | Andrew W. Gould | 16.7 | 132,253 | |
 | Dawn Grove | 12.0 | 94,670 | |
 | Lacy Cooper | 8.6 | 67,742 | |
 | Tiffany Shedd | 5.6 | 44,453 | |
| Total votes: 791,617 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Attorney General of Arizona
Michael Kielsky advanced from the Libertarian primary for Attorney General of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Kielsky (Write-in) | 100.0 | 571 |
| Total votes: 571 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
Arizona Supreme Court
Andrew W. Gould was retained to the Arizona Supreme Court on November 3, 2020 with 68.1% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
68.1
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1,683,460 | ||
No |
31.9
|
790,095 | |||
Total Votes |
2,473,555 | ||||
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2014
Gould was retained to the Arizona Court of Appeals with 77.5 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [6]
Evaluation
The Judicial Performance Review Commission provides Arizona voters with an evaluation of each judge up for retention. The commission votes on whether a candidate meets or does not meet the JPR standards. Each judge is assessed on their legal ability, integrity, communication skills, judicial temperament and administrative performance.[7]
The commission voted that Gould met the JPR standards. The vote was 29-0 in favor of retention.[6]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Andrew W. Gould did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Andrew W. Gould did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy cases
Arizona city ordinance requiring headlights on bicycles at night applies when riding on sidewalks, too (2013)
Judge Andrew Gould ruled that the police made a legal stop of Brian Baggett when they noticed he was riding his bicycle on a sidewalk at night without a proper headlight. They later discovered illegal drugs in his possession.
Articles:
See also
2022 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Arizona Supreme Court website
- Arizona Court of Appeals, "Division One"
- Arizona Court of Appeals, "Division Two"
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of the Governor: Doug Ducey, "Two New Appointments To The Supreme Court Of Arizona," November 28, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Court of Appeals, "Division One Judges," accessed April 23, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Office of the Arizona Governor, "Press Release: Governor Jan Brewer Announces Arizona Court of Appeals Appointment," October 24, 2011
- ↑ Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Sun, "Seven finalists named for state supreme court," November 20, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Arizona Court of Appeals Division One, "Andrew W. Gould," accessed April 23, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Arizona Judicial Performance Review, "Judicial Report: 2014," accessed October 2, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Courts: Judicial Performance Review, "Judicial Performance Standards," accessed September 30, 2014
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| Current judges | James P. Beene, Clint Bolick, Maria Elena Cruz, Kathryn Hackett King, John Lopez IV, Bill Montgomery, Ann Timmer | ||
| Former judges | Scott Bales, Robert Brutinel, Andrew W. Gould, John Pelander, Rebecca White Berch | ||
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