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Robert J. Torres Jr. (Guam)
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2004 - Present
2035
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Robert J. Torres Jr. is a judge of the Guam Supreme Court. He assumed office in 2004. His current term ends on January 31, 2035.
Torres ran for re-election for judge of the Guam Supreme Court. He won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Guam Supreme Court elections, 2024
Guam Supreme Court
Robert J. Torres Jr. was retained to the Guam Supreme Court on November 5, 2024 with 88.6% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
88.6
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22,586 | ||
No |
11.4
|
2,910 | |||
Total Votes |
25,496 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Torres in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Robert J. Torres Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
State supreme court judicial selection in Guam
Qualifications
Title 7, Chapter 3 of the Guam Code Annotated gives the qualifications for Supreme Court justices.[1]
| “ | Nomination, Appointment, Eligibility and Tenure of Justices and Judges.
(a) I Maga’lahen Guåhan [The Governor of Guam], with the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan [the Legislature], shall appoint a qualified person to each of the positions of Justice created by this Title; and subject to the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan, appoint a qualified person to any vacancy occurring in either the Supreme Court or the Superior Court of Guam, and to any newly created position of Justice or Judge authorized by statute. The Judicial Council and the Guam Bar Association may each submit a list of qualified nominees for I Maga’lahen Guåhan’s [the Governor's] consideration. No sitting Judge of the Superior Court of Guam shall be excluded from the pool of nominees for the Supreme Court of Guam. (b) [Repealed by P.L. 27-31:10] (c) The Chief Justice and each Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam shall be a United States citizen, a bona-fide resident of Guam for at least five (5) years and shall have been in the active practice of law on Guam for a period of at least ten (10) years before said nomination. The Presiding Judge and each other Judge of the Superior Court of Guam shall be a United States citizen, a bona-fide resident of Guam for at least five (5) years and shall be in the active practice of law on Guam for a period of seven (7) years before said nomination.[2] |
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| —Guam Code Annotated: Title 7, Chapter 3 Supreme Court of Guam | ||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Judiciary of Guam Web Search, "Guam Code Annotated: Title 7, Chapter 3 Supreme Court of Guam" accessed November 25, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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