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Yvonne Esperanza Campos

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Yvonne Esperanza Campos
Superior Court of San Diego County
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2031
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Stanford University
Law
Harvard University

Yvonne Esperanza Campos is a judge of theSuperior Court of San Diego County in California. Her current term ends on January 6, 2031.

Campos won re-election for judge of theSuperior Court of San Diego County in California outright in the primary onMarch 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Biography

Education

Campos earned her A.B. from Stanford University and herJ.D. from Harvard University.[1]

Career

  • 1995-2003: Assistant United States attorney, United States Attorney's Office,Southern District of California
  • 1994-1995: White House fellow, Assistant to Attorney General Janet Reno, United States Department of Justice
  • 1993-1994: Associate,Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
  • 1989-1992: Associate,Morrise & Foerster[2]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2024)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled.Yvonne Esperanza Campos (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Campos in this election.

2018

See also:Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2018)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled.Yvonne Esperanza Campos (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Selection method

See also:Nonpartisan election

The1,535 judges of theCalifornia Superior Courts compete innonpartisan 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]

Thechief 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]

2012

Campos ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, her name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Campos was automatically re-elected.[7]

See also:California judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also:Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Yvonne Esperanza Campos did not completeBallotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

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