Karen Gievers
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Karen Gievers was a judge on the Second Circuit Court in Florida. She was first elected to this position on November 2, 2010.[1] Gievers retired April 27, 2019.[2]
Gievers was up for re-election in 2016. No other candidates filed for the primary race, which was to be held on August 30, 2016. The unopposed election was canceled, and Gievers was automatically re-elected to a six-year term ending in January 2023.
Biography
Gievers received an A.A. degree from Miami Dade Community College in 1974 and a B.A. degree in economics from Florida International University in 1975. She earned her J.D. from the University of Miami Law School in 1978.[3]
Gievers began her career in 1976 as a law clerk for the firm of Wolf & Schoninger. The following year, she began serving as a law clerk for Sams Anderson in Miami. She then worked as an associate, and then partner, of the law firm of Anderson Moss from 1979 to 1987. In 1987, she started her own practice, Gievers, P.A., where she worked as the senior attorney until her judicial election. She moved the firm from Miami to Tallahassee in 1999. In 2010, she was elected to the circuit court.[3]
Elections
2016
Florida's 20 circuit courts all had seats up for election in 2016. Of the 151 seats up for election, 125 saw only one candidate file for the election. The unopposed races were canceled and the sole candidates were automatically elected. Of the 26 opposed races, only 10 saw more than two candidates file. [4]
| Florida 2nd Circuit Court, Group 9 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
 Karen Gievers Incumbent | ||
| Source: Florida Department of State Division of Elections, "August 30, 2016 Primary Election," accessed December 19, 2016 | ||
2010
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2010
Gievers won 29 percent of the vote in the primary. She then defeated Barbara Hobbs with 59 percent of the vote in the general election.[1]
External links
- Florida Division of Elections: 2010 Candidate Listing
- YouTube: Karen Gievers for Circuit Judge TV Ad 2 (video)
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Florida Department of State Division of Elections, "November 2, 2010 General Election Results," accessed July 27, 2016
- ↑ Tallahassee Democrat, "Circuit Judge Karen Gievers announces her resignation," December 21, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Florida Bar, "Judicial Candidate Voluntary Self-Disclosure Statement" accessed July 27, 2016
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2016 General Election," accessed July 5, 2016
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