Douglas L. Tookey
Douglas L. Tookey is a judge for Position 13 of the Oregon Court of Appeals. He assumed office on October 17, 2013. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Tookey is running for re-election for the Position 13 judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals. He is on the ballot in the primary on May 19, 2026.[source]
Tookey was appointed to the court by Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber on October 17, 2013, to one of three new seats created by the Oregon State Legislature in 2012.[1] He was then elected to the court in 2014 for a term that expired on January 3, 2021.[2][3]
Education
Tookey received his undergraduate degree in English from the University of Chicago, his J.D. from Cornell Law School, and his LL.M. from the National University of Singapore.[1]
Career
Tookey began his legal career serving as a law clerk for Judge Edward Nottingham of the District of Colorado and then for Judge Emilio Garza of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He then worked as an environmental lawyer in Washington, D.C., and spent about 10 years traveling the world. He was a Fulbright scholar in Singapore and Kazakhstan; an elections observer in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Ukraine; and managed environmental resources in the Middle East for the U.S. Department of State's Office of Citizen Exchanges and as a Dickinson College Fellow. In 2006, Tookey joined the Oregon State Legislature's Office of Legislative Counsel. He worked in that capacity until his appointment to the court of appeals in 2013.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Oregon intermediate appellate court elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 13
Incumbent Douglas L. Tookey (Nonpartisan) is running in the primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 13 on May 19, 2026.
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2020
See also: Oregon intermediate appellate court elections, 2020
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 13
Incumbent Douglas L. Tookey won election outright in the primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 13 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Douglas L. Tookey (Nonpartisan) | 98.8 | 793,533 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 9,836 | ||
| Total votes: 803,369 | |||
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2014
See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2014
Tookey ran for re-election to the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Primary: He was elected without opposition in the primary on May 20, 2014.
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Campaign themes
2026
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2020
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See also
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Oregon Court of Appeals Position 13 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oregon.gov, "Governor Kitzhaber appoints Joel DeVore, Erin Lagesen, and Doug Tookey to Oregon Court of Appeals," October 17, 2013
- ↑ See: Judicial selection in Oregon
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "May 20, 2014, Primary Election Results," accessed April 18, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidates for 2014 Primary Election," accessed April 14, 2014
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Oregon • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Oregon
State courts:
Oregon Supreme Court • Oregon Court of Appeals • Oregon Circuit Courts • Oregon Tax Court • Oregon County Courts • Oregon Justice Courts • Oregon Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Oregon • Oregon judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oregon
