Arturo Castro

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Arturo Castro

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Superior Court of Alameda County
Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2031

Years in position

9

Elections and appointments
Last elected

March 5, 2024

Appointed

December 23, 2015

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Berkeley

Law

University of California, Berkeley

Personal
Profession
Attorney

Arturo Castro is a judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California. He assumed office in 2016. His current term ends on January 6, 2031.

Castro won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California outright in the primary on March 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Biography

Castro earned his B.A. and J.D. from the University of California-Berkeley. Castro worked at the Judicial Council of California from 2007 to 2015, including a stint as supervising attorney from 2012 to 2015. He previously worked as an associate with Chang Mattern from 2006 to 2007, and as a deputy public defender in Los Angeles County from 1999 to 2005.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2024)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Arturo Castro (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Castro in this election.

2018

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Arturo Castro (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

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.[2][3][4][5]

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.[2]

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.[2]

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Arturo Castro did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

See also


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Footnotes