Chris Helinger

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Chris Helinger

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Prior offices
Florida 6th Circuit Court

Education

Law

Stetson University College of Law, 1980

Chris Helinger was a judge of the Florida 6th Circuit Court. She left office on January 7, 2025.

Helinger won re-election for judge of the Florida 6th Circuit Court outright in the primary on August 28, 2018, after the general election was canceled.

Biography

Helinger was born in Chicago, IL. She graduated from the Stetson University College of Law in 1980.[1]

She is married to fellow circuit judge Jack Helinger.[2]

Career

Helinger worked as an assistant public defender for 25 years (the last nine of which were part-time) prior to her election to the Circuit Court bench in 2006.[3]

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Pinellas County, Florida (2018)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Florida 6th Circuit Court

Incumbent Chris Helinger won election outright against Claudia Elizabeth Blackwell in the primary for Florida 6th Circuit Court on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Chris Helinger (Nonpartisan)
 
66.9
 
117,581
Claudia Elizabeth Blackwell (Nonpartisan)
 
33.1
 
58,112

Total votes: 175,693
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Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan elections

There are 597 judges on the Florida Circuit Court, each elected via nonpartisan elections. They serve six-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to retain their seat.[4]

The chief judge is selected by peer vote and serves in that capacity for two years.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[4]

  • a qualified elector;
  • a state resident;
  • admitted to practice law in the state for five years; and
  • under the age of 75 (retirement at 75 is mandatory).

2012

Helinger was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[5]

See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012

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