Stephen P. Acquisto
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Stephen P. Acquisto
Superior Court of Sacramento County
Tenure
2014 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
11
Elections and appointments
Education
Stephen P. Acquisto is a judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento County in California. He assumed office on January 31, 2014. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Acquisto 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
Acquisto received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2014-Present: Judge, Superior Court of Sacramento County
- 2011-2013: Chief deputy legal affairs secretary, Office of Governor Edmund "Jerry" Brown
- 2004-2010: Supervising deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice
- 2003-2005: Adjunct professor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- 2001-2004: Deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice
- 1998-2001: Associate, Mennemeier Glassman and Stroud LLP
- 1995-1998: Associate, Rushford and Bonotto LLP[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Sacramento County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Stephen P. Acquisto (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 Stephen P. Acquisto ran unopposed in the election for Office 2 of the Sacramento County Superior Court.
| Sacramento County Superior Court Judge, Office #2, 2016 |
|---|
| Candidate |
 Stephen P. Acquisto Incumbent |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Stephen P. Acquisto 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.[2][3][4][5]
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.[2]
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.[2]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[2]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 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
