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Egan Walker
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2027
Egan Walker is a judge for Department 7 of the Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Walker ran for re-election for the Department 7 judge of the Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Walker was a judge for the family division of the Second Judicial District Court in Nevada. He was appointed to that position by Gov. Sandoval on March 10, 2011.[1] He was re-elected on June 12, 2012.[2] He ran unopposed for re-election in 2014.[3][4]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Washoe County, Nevada (2020)
General election
General election for Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court Department 7
Incumbent Egan Walker won election in the general election for Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court Department 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Egan Walker (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 175,086 | |
| Total votes: 175,086 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Egan Walker advanced from the primary for Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court Department 7.
2018
General election
General election for Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court Department 7
Incumbent Egan Walker won election in the general election for Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court Department 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Egan Walker (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 142,009 | |
| Total votes: 142,009 | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
The 72 judges of the Nevada District Courts are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. To serve additional terms, judges must run for re-election.[5]
Each district court selects its chief judge to a two-year term by peer vote. Not every district court is required to select a chief judge; only in districts with populations over 100,000 are the courts required to choose one.[5]
Qualifications
To serve on the Nevada District Courts, a judge must be:[5]
- a qualified elector;
- a state resident for two years;
- a district resident;
- at least 25 years old;
- licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada; and
- a licensed attorney for 15 years with at least two years in Nevada.
2014
See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Walker ran for re-election to the Second Judicial District Court.
Primary: He was elected without opposition in the primary on June 10, 2014.
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2012
Judge Walker was re-elected to his position in the family division of the Second Judicial District Court after running unopposed in the primary election on June 12, 2012.[2]
- See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Egan Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Education
Walker attended the University of Nevada at Reno Orvis School of Nursing, graduating in 1986 with a B.S. in Nursing. He earned his J.D. from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1991.[1]
Career
Judge Walker was an RN in Nevada and California before, during, and after law school. From 1982 to 1990, he served as a medic, flight medic, and nurse in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve.[1]
After graduating from law school, Judge Walker worked as a deputy district attorney in Carson City County and Washoe County from 1992 to 2000. He has also worked in private practice, focusing on litigation and family law. Judge Walker was a family court master from 2009 to 2011, when he was appointed to the Second Judicial District Court bench.[1]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Second Judicial District Court website, "Judge Walker biography"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, "Official Statewide/Judicial Primary Results 2012"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Nevada
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Washoe County Nevada: 2014 List of Candidates Who Have Filed for Office
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nevada," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Silver State Election Night Results, "2014 Primary Election Results - Judicial," accessed June 11, 2014
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nevada • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nevada
State courts:
Nevada Supreme Court • Nevada Court of Appeals • Nevada District Courts • Nevada Justice Courts • Nevada Municipal Courts • Clark County Family Court, Nevada
State resources:
Courts in Nevada • Nevada judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nevada
