Shawn Nelson (California)

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Shawn Nelson

Nonpartisan

Superior Court of Orange County

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

2

Prior offices

Orange County Board of Supervisors District 4

Successor: Doug Chaffee

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

June 7, 2022

Contact

Campaign website

Shawn Nelson is a judge of the Superior Court of Orange County in California. He assumed office on January 2, 2023. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.

Nelson won election for judge of the Superior Court of Orange County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the general election was canceled.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of Orange County

Shawn Nelson won election outright against Marc A. Gibbons in the primary for Superior Court of Orange County on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shawn Nelson (Nonpartisan)	69.7	372,202
		Marc A. Gibbons (Nonpartisan)	30.3	161,941

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 534,143
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2018

See also: California's 39th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 39

Gil Cisneros defeated Young Kim in the general election for U.S. House California District 39 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gil Cisneros (D)	51.6	126,002
		Young Kim (R)	48.4	118,391

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 244,393
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 39

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 39 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Young Kim (R)	21.2	30,019
✔		Gil Cisneros (D)	19.4	27,469
		Phil Liberatore (R)	14.3	20,257
		Andy Thorburn (D)	9.2	12,990
		Shawn Nelson (R)	6.9	9,750
		Bob Huff (R)	6.2	8,699
		Sam Jammal (D)	5.4	7,613
		Mai Khanh Tran (D)	5.3	7,430
		Herbert Lee (D)	4.2	5,988
		Steve Vargas (R)	2.9	4,144
	Submit photo	Suzi Park Leggett (D)	1.5	2,058
		John Cullum (R)	1.2	1,747
	Submit photo	Karen Lee Schatzle (Independent)	0.6	903
		Steve Cox (Independent)	0.6	856
		Andrew Sarega (R)	0.6	823
		Sophia Alexander (Independent)	0.4	523
		Ted Alemayhu (Independent American Party)	0.1	176

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 141,445
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Julio Castañeda (Independent)
• Phil Janowicz (D)
• Ted Rusk (D)
• Cybil Steed (D)
• Jay Chen (D)

Oppose

"Can't Afford Nelson" - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ad, released May 7, 2018

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate

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Footnotes

California courts

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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