Victoria Cameron
Victoria E. Cameron (Nonpartisan) was the Office 1 judge of the Superior Court of Riverside County in California. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) appointed Cameron in 2010. She left office when she died on October 23, 2018, from cancer.[1]
Biography
Cameron received her J.D. from California Western School of Law.[2] After receiving her law degree, Cameron served as a prosecutor for San Bernardino County, then Riverside County. Before joining the court, Cameron was a senior deputy district attorney for Riverside County.[3]
Awards and associations
- 2007: Felony Prosecutor of the Year[3]
Elections
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Victoria E. Cameron (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2012
- See also: California judicial elections, 2012
Cameron defeated Tom Eckhardt in the primary election on June 5, winning 63.36 percent of the vote.[4][5]
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.[6][7][8][9]
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.[6]
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.[6]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[6]
Endorsements
2012
- Riverside County Deputy District Attorney's Association[2]
See also
External links
- Website of the Superior Court of Riverside County
- California Courts, Trial Court Roster
- Elect Judge Victoria Cameron campaign website
- The Press-Enterprise, "Riverside County: Desert bench judge races focus on personalities, judicial appointment system," June 1, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Desert Sun, "Victoria Cameron Obituary," accessed April 3, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Press-Enterprise, "Riverside County: Desert bench judge races focus on personalities, judicial appointment system," June 1, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ Riverside County Registrar, "2012 Primary Election Results"
- ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "June Primary Election Roster of Candidates"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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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