Michala M. Ruechel

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Michala M. Ruechel

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Navajo County Superior Court Division 4
Tenure
Present officeholder
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 1, 2008

Appointed

2006

Education

Law

Arizona State University, 1985


Michala M. Ruechel is the Democratic Division 4 judge on the Navajo County Superior Court in Arizona. She was initially appointed to the position in 2006 by Gov. Janet Napolitano (D). Ruechel won re-election to full four-year terms in 2008 and 2012. She won re-election most recently in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Biography

Ruechel was born in Portales, N.M., on November 30, 1961. She received her J.D. from Arizona State University. From 1993 until her appointment to superior court judge, Ruechel had served as the commissioner for the court's child support division and judge pro tempore.[1]

Elections

2016

See also: Arizona local trial court judicial 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 Michala M. Ruechel ran unopposed in the general election for Division 4 on the Navajo County Superior Court.

Navajo County, Division 4 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Michala M. Ruechel Incumbent (unopposed) 98.50% 24,577
Write-in votes 1.5% 374
Total Votes 24,951
Source: Navajo County, Arizona, "Election Summary Report General Election," November 8, 2016

Primary election

Incumbent Michala M. Ruechel ran unopposed in the Democratic primary election for Division 4 on the Navajo County Superior Court.

Navajo County, Division 4 Democratic Primary Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Michala M. Ruechel Incumbent (unopposed) 99.09% 6,432
Write-in votes 0.91% 59
Total Votes 6,491
Source: Navajo County, Arizona, "Primary Election Complete Officail Report," September 6, 2016

2012

See also: Arizona judicial elections, 2012 - Superior Courts

Ruechel was re-elected after running unopposed.[2][3][4]

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