Dale Atkins
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Dale Atkins
Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District
Tenure
2018 - Present
Term ends
2030
Years in position
7
Prior offices
Orleans Parish Civil Court Clerk
Compensation
Elections and appointments
Contact
Dale Atkins (Democratic Party) is a judge for the 1st District of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Atkins (Democratic Party) won re-election for the 1st District judge of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Atkins won the special election on March 24, 2018, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Madeleine M. Landrieu. Atkins was the civil court clerk of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1990 to 2018.
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
The primary election was canceled. Dale Atkins (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2018
Dale Atkins defeated Robin D. Pittman in the special election for District 1, Division F of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.[1]
| Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Special Election, 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dale Atkins |
58.34% | 19,720 |
| Robin D. Pittman | 41.66% | 14,081 |
| Total Votes | 33,801 | |
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," March 24, 2018 |
2017
Orleans Parish, Louisiana, held a primary election for parish coroner on October 14, 2017. Incumbents for four offices - sheriff, civil court clerk, criminal court clerk, and assessor - were automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot due to a lack of opposition. A general election was not necessary because no primaries featured more than two candidates. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017.[2][3]
Atkins was re-elected without opposition after the filing deadline on July 14, 2017. In Louisiana, unopposed candidates win election without appearing on the ballot.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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