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Karen K. Herman
2023 - Present
2032
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Karen K. Herman (Democratic Party) is an at-large member of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2032.
Herman (Democratic Party) won election for an at-large seat of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 8, 2022, after the general election was canceled.
Biography
Herman began her career in 1991 as a law clerk in the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office. She worked in that capacity until 1994 but continued to work there as a prosecutor until 1999, when she left to raise a family. From 2004 through 2007, she practiced commercial litigation with law firm Herman, Herman, Katz and Cotlar, LLP. She served as the executive director for Court Watch NOLA (a watchdog organization she helped create that sends volunteers into courtrooms to monitor cases) prior to her judicial election in the fall of 2008.[1]
Education
Herman received her B.S. from Emory University in 1991 and her J.D. from the Tulane University School of Law in 1994.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal At large
Karen K. Herman won election outright against Joseph Cao and Marie Williams in the primary for Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal At large on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karen K. Herman (D) | 57.7 | 72,317 |
 | Joseph Cao (R) | 22.0 | 27,620 | |
 | Marie Williams (D) | 20.3 | 25,445 | |
| Total votes: 125,382 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paul N. Sens (D)
2020
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Karen K. Herman (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Herman ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Karen K. Herman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Karen K. Herman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal At large |
Officeholder Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal At large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ NOLA.com: The Times-Picayune, "Judgeship race pits four for Section I seat on Orleans Parish Criminal District Court," September 18, 2008
- ↑ Karen Herman campaign website, "About," accessed December 9, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
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