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Emily Theresa Spear
Emily Theresa Spear was a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She assumed office on January 7, 2019. She left office on January 6, 2025.
Spear ran for re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Kimberly Repecka won election outright against incumbent Emily Theresa Spear in the primary for Superior Court of Los Angeles County on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kimberly Repecka (Nonpartisan)  | 51.5 | 615,830 |
| Emily Theresa Spear (Nonpartisan) | 48.5 | 580,878 | ||
| Total votes: 1,196,708 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Spear in this election.
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Emily Theresa Spear (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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.[1][2][3][4]
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.[1]
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.[1]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[1]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Emily Theresa Spear did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Superior Court of Los Angeles County |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
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
