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Craig Phillips

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Prior offices
Superior Court of Kern County

Education

Bachelor's

San Diego State University

Law

University of San Diego

Craig Phillips was a judge of the Superior Court of Kern County in California. He left office in 2023.

Phillips won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Kern County in California outright in the primary on June 5, 2018, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Biography

Phillips received a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and a J.D. from the University of San Diego.[1] Prior to becoming a judge for the Superior Court of Kern County, Phillips was a judge for the South Kern Municipal Court. He also worked as a deputy district attorney in Kern County for seventeen years.[2]

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Kern County, California (2018)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Craig Phillips (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2012

See also: California judicial elections, 2012

Phillips ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, his name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Phillips was automatically re-elected.[3]

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.[4][5][6][7]

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.[4]

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.[4]

Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[4]

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