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Rex Armstrong
Rex Armstrong was a judge for Position 10 of the Oregon Court of Appeals. He assumed office in 1994. He left office on December 31, 2021.
Armstrong won re-election for the Position 10 judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals outright in the primary on May 15, 2018, after the general election was canceled.
Armstrong resigned from the court on December 31, 2021, in order to retire.[1]
Education
Armstrong received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974 and his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1977.[2]
Career
Armstrong began his legal career in 1977 as a clerk for Oregon Supreme Court Justice Hans Linde. From 1978 to 1994, he was a civil litigator and appellate lawyer in private practice in Portland, Oregon. During law school, Armstrong worked as an intern in Washington, D.C., as an intern and field director for Senator Mark Hatfield, and later as a law clerk in the U.S. attorney's office in Portland, Oregon.[2]
Elections
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 10
Incumbent Rex Armstrong won election outright against Kyle Krohn in the primary for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 10 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rex Armstrong (Nonpartisan) | 62.8 | 405,899 |
 | Kyle Krohn (Nonpartisan) | 37.2 | 240,896 | |
| Total votes: 646,795 | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the Oregon Court of Appeals are chosen in nonpartisan elections to serve six-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[3] In the event of a midterm vacancy, the governor appoints a replacement. The appointee serves until the next general election occurring 60 or more days after the appointment, at which point he or she may run for election.[3]
Qualifications
To serve on the court of appeals, a judge must be:
- a qualified elector of his or her county of residence;
- a state bar member; and
- under the age of 75.[3]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judge of the court of appeals is appointed by the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court to serve a two-year term.[3]
2012
Armstrong was re-elected to the Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 10 after running unopposed.[4] He received 99.28 percent of the vote in the May 15th primary.[5]
- See also: Oregon judicial elections, 2012
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ KPVI, "Gov. Brown appoints new member to Oregon Supreme Court," January 19, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Oregon," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate List 2012," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "2012 Court of Appeals Election Results," accessed April 17, 2015
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| Former | Martha Walters • Robert Durham • Paul DeMuniz • Michael Gillette • Rives Kistler • Virginia Linder • David V. Brewer (Oregon) • Walt Edmonds • Jack Landau • Rick Haselton • Rex Armstrong • Robert Wollheim • David Schuman • Timothy Sercombe • Rebecca Duncan • Lynn Nakamoto • Erika L. Hadlock • Roger J. DeHoog • Ellen Rosenblum • Joel S. DeVore • Meagan A. Flynn • Bronson James • | ||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Oregon • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Oregon
State courts:
Oregon Supreme Court • Oregon Court of Appeals • Oregon Circuit Courts • Oregon Tax Court • Oregon County Courts • Oregon Justice Courts • Oregon Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Oregon • Oregon judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oregon
