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Cindy Seeley Hendrickson
Cindy Seeley Hendrickson is a judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in California. Seeley Hendrickson assumed office in 2019. Seeley Hendrickson's current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Seeley Hendrickson won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Santa Clara County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Cindy Seeley Hendrickson (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2018
Seeley Hendrickson was a candidate in the Aaron Persky recall election on June 5, 2018. If a majority of voters voted to recall Persky, the nominee with the most votes would be elected to the remainder of his term, which was slated to end in 2022.[1] Candidates to succeed Persky had to either pay a $2,000 filing fee or submit 6,002 community signatures to get on the ballot. The deadline for submitting signatures was February 20, 2018, and the deadline for filing a notice to run was March 2, 2018.[2]
General election
Special general election for Superior Court of Santa Clara County
Cindy Seeley Hendrickson defeated Angela Storey in the special general election for Superior Court of Santa Clara County on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cindy Seeley Hendrickson (Nonpartisan) | 68.0 | 174,045 |
 | Angela Storey (Nonpartisan) | 32.0 | 82,042 | |
| Total votes: 256,087 | |||
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Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney Cindy Hendrickson ran to replace Persky by emphasizing her background in victim advocacy, experience as a prosecutor, and what she calls her sensitivity to implicit and explicit bias after growing up in a multiracial household.[3] She announced her campaign in October 2017.[4] Hendrickson donated to the Persky recall campaign and was endorsed by the recall effort's leader, Stanford law professor Michelle Dauber.[5]
Although she supported the recall, Hendrickson declined to express her views on the Brock Turner case or whether she believed that Persky erred in Turner's sentencing.[6] However, she did speak about her handling of sexual assault cases as a prosecutor, saying, "I felt like I really had an opportunity to make a difference not only in the lives of the victims but also in making the public more safe.”[3]
When asked about recalls in general, she said, " It's important that judges, who are making decisions about people's lives, that they reflect the values of the community they serve. If people in a community feel that a judge ceases or has never reflected those values, they have their right to use the tools of democracy."[5]
Hendrickson received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.[4]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Cindy Seeley Hendrickson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Constitution, "Final steps in the recall: Recall elections," accessed February 12, 2018
- ↑ SFGate, "Voters to decide on recall of judge in Stanford sexual assault case," February 6, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Newsweek, "REMEMBER THE JUDGE IN THE BROCK TURNER CASE? HE COULD BE REMOVED WITH THE HELP OF THESE WOMEN," October 17, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mountain View Voice, "Persky opponent launches fundraising campaign," October 21, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Palo Alto Weekly, "Candidates for Persky's seat steer clear of Turner case," May 11, 2018
- ↑ Palo Alto Daily Post, "Two lawyers vie to replace Judge Persky," April 22, 2018
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
