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Robert Watson (Florida)
2020 - Present
2029
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Robert Watson is a judge of the Florida 11th Circuit Court. He assumed office on January 3, 2020. His current term ends on January 2, 2029.
Watson won re-election for judge of the Florida 11th Circuit Court outright in the primary on August 23, 2022, after the general election was canceled.
Watson was appointed to the circuit court by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on December 16, 2019.[1][2]
Watson previously served as a judge on the Miami-Dade County Court.
Education
- B.A., Georgetown University
- J.D., Stanford University[3]
Career
- December 2019-Present: Judge, Florida 11th Circuit Court
- January 2019-December 2019: Judge, Miami-Dade County Court
- October 2016-January 2019: Principal attorney, Kobre & Kim LLP[3]
- April 2011- August 2016: Assistant United States attorney, Southern District of Florida
- July 2005-March 2011: Associate, Holland & Knight
- October 2003-June 2005: Associate, Steel, Hector, & Davis
- September 1993-December 1994: Fulbright scholar in Chile[4]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Florida 11th Circuit Court
Incumbent Robert Watson won election outright against Brenda Guerrero in the primary for Florida 11th Circuit Court on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Watson (Nonpartisan) | 52.8 | 138,045 |
| Brenda Guerrero (Nonpartisan) | 47.2 | 123,574 | ||
| Total votes: 261,619 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Florida 11th Circuit Court |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Ron DeSantis names seven judicial appointments during Miami-Dade stop," December 17, 2019
- ↑ Governor Ron DeSantis, "Governor Ron DeSantis Makes Seven Judicial Appointments," December 16, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bloomberg, "Robert T Watson," accessed April 27, 2020
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Judge Robert Watson," August 20, 2020
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