Leon Aberasturi
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Leon Aberasturi is a judge of the Nevada Third Judicial District Court. He assumed office in 2015.
Aberasturi ran for election for the Seat C judge of the Nevada Supreme Court. He lost in the primary on June 12, 2018.
Aberasturi is a judge for the Third Judicial District Court in Nevada.[1] He was first elected to the court on November 7, 2006. Aberasturi was re-elected in 2014.[2][3][4]
Elections
2018
- See also: Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2018
General election
General election for Nevada Supreme Court Seat C
Elissa Cadish defeated Jerome Tao in the general election for Nevada Supreme Court Seat C on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elissa Cadish (Nonpartisan) | 45.3 | 404,206 |
 | Jerome Tao (Nonpartisan) | 32.4 | 289,309 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 22.3 | 198,730 | ||
| Total votes: 892,245 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Supreme Court Seat C
Elissa Cadish and Jerome Tao defeated John Rutledge, Leon Aberasturi, and Alan Lefebvre in the primary for Nevada Supreme Court Seat C on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elissa Cadish (Nonpartisan) | 41.4 | 111,079 |
| ✔ | | Jerome Tao (Nonpartisan) | 23.5 | 63,146 |
 | John Rutledge (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 38,161 | |
 | Leon Aberasturi (Nonpartisan) | 13.0 | 34,832 | |
 | Alan Lefebvre (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 21,395 | |
| Total votes: 268,613 | |||
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2014
- See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Aberasturi ran for re-election to the Third Judicial District Court.
Primary: He was elected without opposition in the primary on June 10, 2014.
[3][5]
Education
Aberasturi received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona in 1989. He received his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1993.[2]
Career
Before he became a judge, Aberasturi served as a district attorney for Lyon County for six years. He also previously served as a deputy district attorney from 1994 to 2001 for Lyon and Lander counties.[2]
See also
External links
- State of Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, "Leon Aberasturi, Judicial Member"
- State Bar of Nevada, "Judicial Profile: Hon. Leon Aberasturi"
- Lyon County Nevada, "Third Judicial District Court"
Footnotes
- ↑ Lyon County Nevada, "Third District Court History," accessed October 12, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 State of Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, "Leon Aberasturi, Judicial Member," accessed October 12, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "State of Nevada Election Information Guide," 2013-2014
- ↑ Nevada Judiciary, "Dates of Office," accessed March 30, 2015
- ↑ Silver State Election Night Results, "2014 Primary Election Results - Judicial," accessed June 11, 2014
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nevada • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nevada
State courts:
Nevada Supreme Court • Nevada Court of Appeals • Nevada District Courts • Nevada Justice Courts • Nevada Municipal Courts • Clark County Family Court, Nevada
State resources:
Courts in Nevada • Nevada judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nevada
