Mark Wayne Reeves
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Mark Wayne Reeves is the Democratic Division 1 judge on the Yuma County Superior Court in Arizona. He was initially appointed to the court in 2006 and won election to full four-year terms in 2008 and 2012. Reeves won re-election again in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Reeves received a J.D. from Mississippi College of Law. Before his superior court appointment, Reeves was an assistant United States attorney and an assistant legal defender with the Yuma County Legal Defender’s Office.[1][2]
Elections
2016
Arizona held elections for 80 superior court judgeships on November 8, 2016. Seventeen of those seats were up for partisan election, including a primary contest on August 30, 2016. Only one partisan race saw more than one candidate file for the election. As both were of the same party, the race was decided in the primary, leaving all of the races unopposed on the general election ballot.
General election
Incumbent Mark Wayne Reeves ran unopposed in the general election for Division 1 on the Yuma County Superior Court.
| Yuma County Superior Court, Division 1 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Mark Wayne Reeves Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 26,759 | |
| Total Votes | 26,759 | |||
| Source: Yuma County, Arizona, "General Election November 8, 2016," November 9, 2016 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
Primary election
Incumbent Mark Wayne Reeves ran unopposed in the Democratic primary election for Division 1 on the Yuma County Superior Court.
| Yuma County Superior Court, Division 1 Democratic Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Mark Wayne Reeves Incumbent (unopposed) |
99.38% | 5,324 |
| Write-in votes | 0.62% | 33 |
| Total Votes | 5,357 | |
| Source: Yuma County, Arizona, "Primary Election Official Final," September 12, 2016 | ||
2012
Reeves was re-elected after running unopposed.
See also
External links
- Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review
- Yuma County Superior Court
- Arizona Judicial Branch website
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona
State courts:
Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona
