Rene Caldwell Gilbertson

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Rene Caldwell Gilbertson
Image of Rene Caldwell Gilbertson
Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2031

Years in position

7

Elections and appointments
Last elected

March 5, 2024

Appointed

October 11, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Wake Forest University

Law

Wake Forest University School of Law

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

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (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
Image of Rene Caldwell Gilbertson
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

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Rene Caldwell Gilbertson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

See also


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Footnotes