Patricia Trebesch
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Patricia Trebesch is the Republican Division 4 judge on the Yavapai County Superior Court in Arizona. She was initially appointed to the position by Gov. Jan Brewer (R) on December 23, 2013, to replace Judge Kenton Jones. Trebesch had been serving as a judge pro tempore on the court since 2011.
Trebesch won election to the remaining two-years of Jones' unexpired term in 2014. She won re-election to a full four-year term in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Education
Trebesch received an undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Arizona in 1983 and a J.D. in 1986. She started her legal career as an attorney for the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office (1987–1988) and as a research attorney for the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee (1989–1991).[1]
Trebesch spent the next two decades working with the Attorney General of Arizona (1991–2011). During that time she trained Arizona Department of Economic Security and Child Protective Services case managers and supervisors (1995–2000) and dependency attorneys and judges (2000–2010).[1]
In 2011, she became a judge pro tempore for the Yavapai County Superior Court, serving in that role until her elevation to superior court judge in 2013.[1]
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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 Patricia Trebesch ran unopposed in the general election for Division 4 on the Yavapai County Superior Court.
| Yavapai County Superior Court, Division 4 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Patricia Trebesch Incumbent (unopposed) |
99.27% | 57,997 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.73% | 425 | ||
| Total Votes | 58,422 | |||
| Source: Yavapai County, Arizona, "Election Summary Report 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 Patricia Trebesch ran unopposed in the Republican primary election for Division 4 on the Yavapai County Superior Court.
| Yavapai County Superior Court, Division 4 Republican Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Patricia Trebesch Incumbent (unopposed) |
99.51% | 28,380 |
| Write-in votes | 0.49% | 140 |
| Total Votes | 28,520 | |
| Source: Yavapai County, Arizona, "Primary Election Results Official Final Results," September 6, 2016 | ||
2014
See also: Arizona judicial elections, 2014
Trebesch ran for election to the Yavapai County Superior Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 26, 2014.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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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
