Sharon A. Lueras
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Sharon A. Lueras
Superior Court of Sacramento County
Tenure
2007 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
18
Elections and appointments
Education
Sharon A. Lueras is a judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento County in California. She assumed office in 2007. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Lueras won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Education
Lueras received a bachelor's degree from California State University, Sacramento and a J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2007-Present: Judge, Superior Court of Sacramento County
- 2005-2007: Lead corporations counsel, California Department of Corporations
- 2002-2005: State deputy attorney general, California Office of the Attorney General
- 2001-2002: Deputy district attorney, Yolo County District Attorney's Office
- 1992-2001: Deputy district attorney, Sacramento County District Attorney's Office[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Sacramento County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Sharon A. Lueras (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2016
California held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. There was a primary on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 31, 2016. A total of 351 seats were up for election. Incumbent Sharon A. Lueras ran unopposed in the election for Office 15 of the Sacramento County Superior Court.
| Sacramento County Superior Court Judge, Office #15, 2016 |
|---|
| Candidate |
 Sharon A. Lueras Incumbent |
2010
In 2010, Lueras was re-elected to another term.[2]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sharon A. Lueras did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
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
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedca - ↑ 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
