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Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 7, 2014

Two judges lose elections, while prosecutor beats professor in $1 million race

Voters threw two sitting Superior Court judges off the bench, and they chose a senior prosecutor over a law professor in what may be the state's most expensive judicial election campaign.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Voters threw two sitting Superior Court judges off the bench Tuesday, and they chose a senior prosecutor over a law professor in what is likely the state's most expensive judicial election campaign, according to preliminary returns.


They also handily voted to retain California's brand-new Supreme Court justice, Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, as well as two other high court and 47 appellate...

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