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Mark Thiel
Mark Thiel was a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Education in California, representing Area 2. He assumed office in 2002. He left office in 2018.
Thiel ran for election for judge of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County in California. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Elections
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of San Joaquin County
John Soldati won election outright against Mark Thiel in the primary for Superior Court of San Joaquin County on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Soldati (Nonpartisan) | 54.9 | 51,174 |
| Mark Thiel (Nonpartisan) | 45.1 | 42,113 | ||
| Total votes: 93,287 | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election
The 1,535 judges of the California Superior Courts compete in nonpartisan races in even-numbered years. If a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the June primary election, he or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates is held during the November general election.[1][2][3][4]
If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.[1]
The chief judge of any given superior court is selected by peer vote of the court's members. He or she serves in that capacity for one or two years, depending on the county.[1]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[1]
See also
| San Joaquin County, California | California | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Superior Court of San Joaquin County
- Profile from San Joaquin County
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
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
