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Kathryn Villa-Smith

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Kathryn Villa-Smith
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Prior offices:
Oregon 4th Judicial District Circuit Courts Position 29
Year left office: 2023
Successor: Christine Martin (Nonpartisan)

Elections and appointments
Last election
May 15, 2018
Education
Bachelor's
New Mexico State University
Law
Lewis & Clark School of Law

Kathryn Villa-Smith was a judge for Position 29 of the Oregon 4th Judicial District Circuit Court. She left office on December 31, 2023.

Villa-Smith won re-election for the Position 29 judge of the Oregon 4th Judicial District Circuit Court outright in the primary on May 15, 2018, after the general election was canceled.

Biography

Education

Villa-Smith received her undergraduate degree from New Mexico State University and her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.[1]

Career

Villa-Smith has spent her legal career in both private practice and as a deputy district attorney for Multnomah County.[1]

Elections

2018

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Oregon 4th Judicial District Circuit Courts Position 29

Incumbent Kathryn Villa-Smith won election outright in the primary for Oregon 4th Judicial District Circuit Courts Position 29 on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kathryn Villa-Smith (Nonpartisan)
 
100.0
 
78,292

Total votes: 78,292
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Selection method

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2012

Villa-Smith ran unopposed and was re-elected in the May 15th primary.[2][3]

See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named portland
  2. Oregon Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results"
  3. Candidate List 2012