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Jacob Blea III
Jacob Blea III was a judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California. He assumed office in 1997. He left office in 2024.
Blea won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Blea was appointed by former Governor Pete Wilson in November 1997 to succeed William McGuinness.[1][2]
Biography
Blea received a bachelor's degree from California State University at Hayward and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law.[3] Prior to becoming a judge for the Superior Court of Alameda County, Blea worked as a sole practitioner for three years. Before becoming a sole practitioner, Blea worked with the firms of Rifkind and Feurch in Hayward and Eskanos and Adler in Oakland.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Jacob Blea III (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2016
California held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. There was a primary on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 31, 2016. A total of 351 seats were up for election. Incumbent Jacob Blea III ran unopposed in the election for Office 4 of the Alameda County Superior Court.
| Alameda County Superior Court Judge, Office #4, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Jacob Blea III Incumbent | ||
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]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jacob Blea III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Courts, Trial Court Roster
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 San Francisco Chronicle, "2 Superior Court Judges Appointed by Governor," November 21, 1997
- ↑ Martindale, "Jacob Blea, III Judge Profile," accessed November 1, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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
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