California judicial primary elections, 2014

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California held its judicial primary elections on June 3, 2014. For more election information, see: California judicial elections, 2014.

There was one or more contested judicial election in each of the following counties: Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Imperial, Los Angeles, Monterey, Nevada, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Yolo and Yuba.

Sixteen out of the state's 58 counties had contested judicial elections in 2014 (approx. 28 percent). In those counties, a total of 43 races were contested. Twenty-nine of those contested races, or approximately 67 percent, included no incumbent, making them the most competitive.

Primary results

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Court	Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote
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Superior Court of Riverside County	Al Marchetti	No	14.61%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Alison Matsumoto Estrada	No	56.7%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Amy Carter (California)	No	62.1%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Andrew Cooper	No	81.9%A
Superior Court of Monterey County	Andrew Liu	No	A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Andrew M. Stein	No	36.1%A
Superior Court of Nevada County	Angela L. Bradrick	No	8.42%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Ann H. Park	No	100%A
Superior Court of Nevada County	Anna Ferguson	No	31.12%A
Santa Clara County Superior Court	Annrae Angel	No	11.26%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Arnold William Mednick	No	18.1%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	B. Otis Felder	No	12.2%A
San Diego County Superior Court	Brad A. Weinreb	No	38.64%A
Superior Court of Riverside County	Brian C. Pearcy	No	28.48%A
Superior Court of San Diego County	Carla Keehn	No	42.07%A
Superior Court of Orange County	Carmen Luege	No	37.2%A
San Francisco County Superior Court	Carol Kingsley	No	27.59%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Carol Najera	No	50.4%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Carol Rose	No	66.0%A
Superior Court of Fresno County	Charles F. Magill	No	13.1%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Charles M. Calderon	No	34.0%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Chris J. Frisco	No	100%A
Calaveras County Superior Court	Dana Leanne Pfeil	No	29.3%A
San Francisco County Superior Court	Daniel A. Flores	No	45.31%A
El Dorado County Superior Court	David W. Combellack	No	34.0%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Dayan Mathai	No	46.3%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Debra L. Losnick	No	39.6%A
Santa Clara County Superior Court	Dennis Lempert	No	18.29%A
Orange County Superior Court	Derek Guy Johnson	Yes	61.3%A
Santa Clara County Superior Court	Diane Ritchie	Yes	42.31%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Donna Hollingsworth Armstrong	No	74.3%A
San Diego County Superior Court	Douglas Crawford	No	17.86%A
El Dorado County Superior Court	Dylan Sullivan	No	60.0%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Emma Castro	No	48.6%A
Butte County Superior Court	Eric Ortner	No	36.7%A
Superior Court of Orange County	Fred Fascenelli	No	6.2%A
Yolo County Superior Court	Fredrick Cohen	No	14.3%A
Calaveras County Superior Court	Grant Barrett	No	43.6%A
Superior Court of Monterey County	Heidi Whilden	No	66.61%A
Superior Court of Orange County	Helen Hayden	No	38.7%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Helen Kim	No	43.3%A
Calaveras County Superior Court	Hugh K. Swift	Yes	49.0%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Jacqueline H. Lewis	No	41.6%A
San Diego County Superior Court	Jacqueline M. Stern	Yes	78.38%A
Superior Court of Imperial County	James "Jim" Smith	No	41.3%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	James B. Pierce	Yes	49.6%A
Yolo County Superior Court	Janene Beronio	No	53.5%A
Superior Court of Orange County	Jeff Ferguson (California)	No	62.8%A
Superior Court of Nevada County	Jeff Ingram	No	16.68%A
Superior Court of Nevada County	Jeffrey A. Lake	No	8.66%A
San Mateo County Superior Court	Jeffrey B. Hayden	No	28.24%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Joan M. Chrostek	No	51.4%A
Orange County Superior Court	Joanne Motoike	Yes	76.9%A
El Dorado County Superior Court	Joe Weinberger	No	14.3%A
Calaveras County Superior Court	John J. Trifilo	No	15.3%A
Yolo County Superior Court	John P. Brennan	No	17.1%A
San Diego County Superior Court	Joseph Adelizzi	No	21.62%A
El Dorado County Superior Court	Joseph Hoffman	No	39.7%A
Yuba County Superior Court	Julia L. Scrogin	Yes	73.88%A
Santa Clara County Superior Court	Julianne Sylva	No	81.71%A
Yuba County Superior Court	Julius M. Engel	No	26.12%A
San Diego County Superior Court	Ken Gosselin	No	31.29%A
Superior Court of Orange County	Kenneth C. "KC" Jones	No	33.8%A
Calaveras County Superior Court	Kenneth M. Foley	No	27.0%A
Superior Court of Orange County	Kevin Haskins	No	48.3%A
San Francisco County Superior Court	Kimberly Toney Williams	No	26.75%A
Yolo County Superior Court	Larenda Delaini	No	15.1%A
Superior Court of Riverside County	Leonard J. Cravens	No	33.19%A
Superior Court of San Diego County	Lisa C. Schall	Yes	57.93%A
Superior Court of Fresno County	Lisa M. Gamoian	No	34.5%A
Superior Court of Monterey County	Luma Serrano Williams	No	33.39%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Marc A. Gibbons	No	25.7%A
Riverside County Superior Court	Mark Ashton Cope	Yes	66.81%A
Santa Clara County Superior Court	Matthew S. Harris	No	46.44%A
Superior Court of Riverside County	Michael J. Harrington	No	31.19%A
San Joaquin County Superior Court	Michael J. Mulvihill, Jr.A	No
San Diego County Superior Court	Michael J. Popkins	Yes	55.29%A
Ventura County Superior Court	Michael ReifA	No
San Diego County Superior Court	Michele Hagan	No	30.07%A
Superior Court of Mariposa County	Mike Fagalde	No
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Pamala F. Matsumoto	No	37.9%A
San Diego County Superior Court	Paul Ware	No	44.71%A
Superior Court of Fresno County	Phillip Jarrett Cline	No	7.4%A
Superior Court of Fresno County	Rachel Hill	No	29.0%A
San Mateo County Superior Court	Ray Buenaventura	No	37.06%A
Alpine County Superior Court	Richard D. MeyerA	No
Superior Court of Nevada County	Robert Tice-Raskin	No	35.12%A
San Diego County Superior Court	Ronald S. Prager	Yes	82.14%A
Superior Court of Imperial County	Ruth Bermudez Montenegro	No	58.3%A
Butte County Superior Court	Sandra L. McLeanA	Yes	63.0%A
Superior Court of Riverside County	Sean Lafferty	No	56.73%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Serena R. Murillo	No	100%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Shannon Knight	No	60.4%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Songhai Armstead	No	47.7%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Stacy Wiese	No	76.8%A
San Mateo County Superior Court	Stephanie Garratt	No	62.94%A
Superior Court of Fresno County	Steven D. Smith	No	15.7%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Steven Klaif	No	23.2%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Steven P. Schreiner	No	29.8%A
Superior Court of Monterey County	Steven Somers	No	48.44%A
Santa Clara County Superior Court	Stuart Scott	No	100%A
Riverside County Superior Court	Sunshine S. Sykes	Yes	68.81%A
San Mateo County Superior Court	Susan L. Greenberg	No	71.76%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Teresa P. Magno	No	52.4%A
Superior Court of Orange County	Thomas E. Martin	No	11.7%A
Calaveras County Superior Court	Tim Healy	No	35.5%A
Los Angeles County Superior Court	Tom Griego	No	34.1%A
Superior Court of Imperial County	Veronica A. Henderson	No	33.1%A
El Dorado County Superior Court	Vicki AshworthA	No	51.5%A
Superior Court of Orange County	Wayne Philips	No	23.1%A
Superior Court of Imperial County	William D. Quan	No	66.4%A

See also

• Portal:Judicial elections
• California judicial elections, 2014
• California judicial elections
• Judicial selection in California

Footnotes

California courts

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Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California

State courts:

California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts

State resources:

Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California