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Jodi Cleesattle
Jodi Cleesattle ran for election for judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California. She lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Cleesattle completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jodi Cleesattle was born in Columbus, Ohio. She earned a bachelor's degree from American University in 1990 and a law degree from the American University Washington College of Law in 1994. Her career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of San Diego County
Brian Erickson won election outright against Jodi Cleesattle in the primary for Superior Court of San Diego County on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Erickson (Nonpartisan)  | 53.8 | 291,306 |
 | Jodi Cleesattle (Nonpartisan) | 46.2 | 250,170 | |
| Total votes: 541,476 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cleesattle in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jodi Cleesattle completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cleesattle's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I’ve been a civil trial lawyer for 30 years. I spent the first half of my career in private practice and was a partner at a national law firm. For the last 17 years, I’ve been with the California Department of Justice, where I currently serve as Senior Assistant Attorney General supervising the Tort and Condemnation Section statewide. I have tried cases in state and federal court, and I have addressed complex areas of law throughout my career. I am President of California Women Lawyers and Co-President of San Diego's Tom Homann LGBTQ+ Law Association. I’ve also previously served on the boards of the San Diego County Bar Association and Lawyers Club of San Diego. I’m a founding member of the San Diego Unity Bar, an organization of our local diverse bar associations. I also have a long history of volunteering to help the most vulnerable in our community – working to help incarcerated women, incarcerated teens, and homeless women.
I am endorsed by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, State Sen. Toni Atkins, and many others.- I will bring my years of experience as a trial attorney and as an active member of the San Diego legal community to the job of being a judge. Even more importantly, I will work to make sure our courts work for our community – providing fairness, compassion, common sense, and access to justice for all.
- I am committed to making fair and thoughtful decisions based on the facts and the law, and to making sure that all those who come to court feel heard, understood, and respected.
- I will work to improve equal access to justice and equal justice. I am active in the San Diego County Bar Association’s Bench-Bar Committee, working with our local judges on issues relating to access to justice. As a judge, I will seek to serve on judicial committees and work with organizations aimed at improving access to justice, whether by advocating for increased funding for legal aid services, encouraging greater pro bono representation, establishing outreach programs, ensuring access to court reporters, or providing more self-help tools for litigants.
San Diego County Democratic Party
Run Women Run
Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association
Lawyers Club of San Diego
Public Defenders Association of San Diego
San Diego Family Law Bar Association
San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association
South Asian Bar Association of San Diego
Tom Homann LGBTQ+ Law Association
Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego
San Diego County Young Democrats
San Diego Democrats for Equality
Toni Atkins, State Senate President Pro Tem
Todd Gloria, San Diego Mayor
Mara Elliott, San Diego City Attorney
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 5, 2024
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
