Steve Counelis
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Steve Counelis
Superior Court of Riverside County
Tenure
2011 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
14
Elections and appointments
Education
Steve Counelis is a judge of the Superior Court of Riverside County in California. He assumed office in 2011. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Counelis won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Riverside County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Education
Counelis received his undergraduate degree from the University of San Francisco and his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.[1]
Career
Prior to joining the court, Counelis was a prosecutor in Alameda, Stanislaus, and Contra Costa counties.[2][1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Riverside County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Steve Counelis (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 Steve Counelis ran unopposed in the election for Office 7 of the Riverside County Superior Court.
| Riverside County Superior Court, Office #7, 2016 |
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| Candidate |
 Steve Counelis Incumbent |
2010
Counelis defeated Raquel Marquez in the primary election with 56 percent of the vote. He was elected after running unopposed.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steve Counelis 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.[4][5][6][7]
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.[4]
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.[4]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SmartVoter.org, "Full Biography for Steve Counelis"
- ↑ The Press Enterprise, "Prosecutors face off for Riverside County judgeship," May 14, 2010
- ↑ CBSlocal.com, "Riverside County Election Results"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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
