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Michele McKay McCoy
Michele McKay McCoy was a judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in California. She assumed office in 2007. She left office in 2021.
McCoy won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in California outright in the primary on June 5, 2018, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Education
McCoy received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her master's degree in library science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972. She then received her J.D. degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1977.[1]
Career
Before she became a judge, McCoy served as a prosecutor for Santa Clara, Solano, and Contra Costa counties from 1970 to 2002. She also previously worked as an adjunct professor in criminal law and trial advocacy for the J.F. Kennedy University Law School.[1][2]
Elections
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Michele McKay McCoy (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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.[3][4][5][6]
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.[3]
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.[3]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[3]
2012
McCoy ran for re-election to the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, her name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, McCoy was automatically re-elected.[7]
- See also: California judicial elections, 2012
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Recorder, "Michele McKay McCoy," January 2, 2012
- ↑ Smart Voter.org, "Full Biography for Michele McKay McCoy," accessed December 30, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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
- ↑ Santa Clara County Elections, "Unofficial Primary Election Candidate List," accessed December 30, 2014
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