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Trina Chu
Trina Chu (independent) ran for election for the 3rd District judge of the Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal. She lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.
Chu was a candidate for the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court in Louisiana. Chu was defeated in the primary election on November 8, 2016.
She was a candidate for the 1st Judicial District in 2014.[1]
Education
Chu received a B.A. from Brown University in 1995, a J.D. from Western New England College in 1999 and an M.B.A. from Centenary College in 2013.[2]
Career
Chu opened her own law practice in 2005. She worked at the Northwest Louisiana Legal Services for 2 years prior to that. Before moving to Shreveport in 2002, Chu worked at legal services law firms in Boston and a insurance defense firm in Buffalo.[3]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2013: Pro Bono Hero, American Immigration Lawyer Association
- 2010: Pro Bono Hero, Louisiana State Bar Journal
Associations
- 2006-Present: Pro Bono Project panel attorney, Shreveport Bar Association
- 2011-Present: State chair, Brown University Alumni Interview Program
- 2014-Present: Volunteer, Youth Justice
- 2014: Member, Shreveport Mayor’s Women Commission
- 2010-2014: Board member, Shreveport Bossier Summer Spectacular Fine Arts Camp, Inc.
- 2009-2012: Board member, South Highlands Magnet School Foundation
- 2006-2009: Board member, LSU Health Sciences Center Women's Club
- Fellow, Shreveport Bar Foundation[2]
- Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
- Member, Shreveport Bar Association
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Assocation (AILA)
- Member, Shreveport-Bossier Summer Spectacular Fine Arts Camp, Inc.
- Member, Shreveport Mayor's Women Commission[4]
Elections
2020
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2020
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District
Incumbent Jeanette Garrett won election outright against Trina Chu in the primary for Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeanette Garrett (Independent) | 76.9 | 59,340 | |
 | Trina Chu (Independent) | 23.1 | 17,843 | |
| Total votes: 77,183 | |||
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2016
Louisiana held partisan elections for local judicial offices in 2016. A primary election took place on November 8, 2016, and a general election took place on December 10, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wish to run in this election was July 22, 2016.[5] Ree Casey-Jones and Andrew Randall Jr. defeated Trina Chu and Carlos Prudhomme in the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court primary election.[6]
| Caddo Parish Juvenile Court, Primary Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ree Casey-Jones |
43.15% | 9,882 | |
| Democratic | Andrew Randall Jr. |
30.99% | 7,097 | |
| Democratic | Trina Chu | 14.27% | 3,268 | |
| Democratic | Carlos Prudhomme | 11.59% | 2,655 | |
| Total Votes | 22,902 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Official Results," accessed January 18, 2016 | ||||
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Chu ran for election to the 1st Judicial District.
Primary: She was defeated in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 37.8 percent of the vote. She competed against Charles Tutt.
[1][7]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Trina Chu did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Caddo Parish Clerk of Courts, "First Judicial District Judges"
- Official campaign website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trina Chu for Judge, "Biography," archived September 24, 2014
- ↑ Forward Now, "Trina’s Chu Chu Train Headed for Caddo Courthouse?" August 21, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted on Judgepedia's biographical submission form on 10/9/2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2016 Elections Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed August 4, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results – Election Results for Date 11/4/2014," accessed November 7, 2014 (Select "Caddo")
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