Peter Singer

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Peter Singer

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Last election

November 8, 2022

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Peter Singer ran for election for judge of the Superior Court of San Diego County in California. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Singer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2022)

General election

General election for Superior Court of San Diego County

Pete Murray defeated Peter Singer in the general election for Superior Court of San Diego County on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pete Murray (Nonpartisan)	51.2	429,251
		Peter Singer (Nonpartisan)	48.8	408,535

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 837,786
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of San Diego County

Pete Murray and Peter Singer defeated Chris Lawson in the primary for Superior Court of San Diego County on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pete Murray (Nonpartisan)	39.9	229,805
✔		Peter Singer (Nonpartisan)	30.6	176,251
	Submit photo	Chris Lawson (Nonpartisan)	29.6	170,478

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 576,534
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Peter Singer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Singer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Court Commissioner Peter Singer was hired following a vote of San Diego Superior Court judges and serves as a Commissioner of the San Diego Superior Court. He presides over a high-volume courtroom at the Kearny Mesa branch where he handles criminal infractions and small claims cases. Commissioner Singer has also covered the unlawful detainer division of the Court and serves on several of the Court’s committees. By appointment of the Chief Justice of California, Singer serves on the Judicial Council’s Traffic Advisory Committee. Since becoming a court commissioner in 2015, Singer has been honored as California’s Court Commissioner of the Year and he currently holds the position of president of the California Court Commissioners Association. Before coming to the bench full-time, Commissioner Singer operated his own solo law firm for 28 years, where his practice involved primarily civil law cases, including personal injury, real estate litigation, commercial collections, mental health and probate. During that period, he served the Superior Court (and the former Municipal Court) as a temporary judge for 22 years, as well as providing service as an arbitrator on the business and personal injury panels. Throughout his career as an attorney, Singer was always engaged in issues involving the housing insecure and mentally ill, initially focusing on LPS conservatorships and developmental disability matters and later, representing prison inmates in involuntary medication cases.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• The only candidate with judicial experience: 29 years of judging cases for the Municipal and Superior Courts.
• Already on the San Diego Superior Court bench with an OUTSTANDING RECORD!
• Singer serves on the faculty of the California Judicial College, actively training new judges and commissioners!

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Judges and judicial candidates are not policy makers and are prohibited from addressing issues which may come before the court.

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Footnotes

California courts

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Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California

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California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts

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Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California