Thomas C. Rogers
Thomas C. Rogers was a judge for the Superior Court of Alameda County, California. He was appointed to the court in 2010 and retired from the court in December 2020.
Education
Rogers received a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University and a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2010-2020: Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
- 1976-2010: Chief deputy district attorney, Alameda County District Attorney's Office[1]
Elections
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Thomas C. Rogers (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2012
- See also: California judicial elections, 2012
Rogers ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, his name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Rogers was automatically re-elected.[2]
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.[3][4][5][6]
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.[3]
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.[3]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[3]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpr - ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filed Log"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
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