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Rene Caldwell Gilbertson
Rene Caldwell Gilbertson is a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on January 6, 2031.
Gilbertson won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on March 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Gov. Jerry Brown (D) appointed Gilbertson to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on October 11, 2018.[1]
Biography
Education
Gilbertson earned a B.A. from Wake Forest University and a J.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2018-present: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
- 1999-2018: Los Angeles Office of County Counsel
- 2008-2018: Principal deputy county counsel
- 1999-2008: Various positions
- 1996-1998: Staff attorney, Children's Law Center
- 1994-1996: Staff attorney and interim executive director, Alliance for Children's Rights
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Rene Caldwell Gilbertson (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gilbertson in this election.
2018
Results
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Rene Caldwell Gilbertson won election outright against Ken Fuller and Shlomo Frieman in the primary for Superior Court of Los Angeles County on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rene Caldwell Gilbertson (Nonpartisan) | 58.1 | 635,811 |
| Ken Fuller (Nonpartisan) | 32.4 | 354,610 | ||
| Shlomo Frieman (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 103,516 | ||
| Total votes: 1,093,937 | |||
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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.[2][3][4][5]
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.[2]
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.[2]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rene Caldwell Gilbertson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., "Governor Brown Appoints 33 Superior Court Judges," October 11, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
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
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
