Pete Sferrazza
Pete Sferrazza ran for election for the Department 3 judge of the Reno Municipal Court in Nevada. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Sferrazza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Pete Sferrazza earned a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 2000.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Reno, Nevada (2022)
General election
General election for Reno Municipal Court Department 3
Justin Champagne defeated Pete Sferrazza in the general election for Reno Municipal Court Department 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Justin Champagne (Nonpartisan)  | 57.1 | 43,537 |
 | Pete Sferrazza (Nonpartisan) | 42.9 | 32,769 | |
| Total votes: 76,306 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Justin Champagne and Pete Sferrazza advanced from the primary for Reno Municipal Court Department 3.
2018
General election
General election for Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court Family Division Department 2
Incumbent Dixie Grossman defeated Aaron Bushur in the general election for Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court Family Division Department 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dixie Grossman (Nonpartisan) | 58.4 | 89,678 | |
| Aaron Bushur (Nonpartisan) | 41.6 | 63,820 | ||
| Total votes: 153,498 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dixie Grossman and Aaron Bushur advanced from the primary for Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court Family Division Department 2.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Pete Sferrazza (Nonpartisan)
- Lance White (Nonpartisan)
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
The 72 judges of the Nevada District Courts are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. To serve additional terms, judges must run for re-election.[2]
Each district court selects its chief judge to a two-year term by peer vote. Not every district court is required to select a chief judge; only in districts with populations over 100,000 are the courts required to choose one.[2]
Qualifications
To serve on the Nevada District Courts, a judge must be:[2]
- a qualified elector;
- a state resident for two years;
- a district resident;
- at least 25 years old;
- licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada; and
- a licensed attorney for 15 years with at least two years in Nevada.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Pete Sferrazza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sferrazza's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I believe I have a constitutional duty to ensure the safety of our community with equal Justice for all.
I am proud to be the only candidate endorsed by the Reno police protective association, Washoe County Sheriff Deputies, School Police and Reno Firefighters.
Reno should be a safe place to raise our families.
If you agree I would appreciate your vote for Reno Muni Court Department 3
- I believe I have a constitutional duty to insure the safety of our community with equal Justice for all.
- I am proud to be the only candidate endorsed by the Reno police protective association, Washoe County Sheriff Deputies, School Police and Reno Firefighters.
- The Municipal Court‘s most important function is judging issues dealing with misdemeanors including DUIs and domestic violence cases. As a Reno Justice of the Peace I presided over the DUI and the domestic battery Courts.
I was elected mayor of Reno 3 times, to the Washoe County commission 3 times and as a Reno Justice of the peace 3times.
I have over 25 years experience as a state and tribal court judge.
In 2019 and 2020
I was elected president of the American judges association the largest Judicial organization in the United States.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 8, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nevada," archived October 3, 2014
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