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Field of Superior Court Candidates Closes at 28
June 5 Primary Election Will Feature One Judicial Challenge
By SEAN P. THOMAS, Staff Writer
The field of Los Angeles Superior Court candidates solidified at 28 on Friday, setting the stage for June 5 primary election.
None of the incumbents who was up for election and previously filed a declaration of intent to run failed to file nominating papers. Judge Deborah Sanchez was the last to do so, filing papers at the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder’s Office during her court’s noon recess.
Of the 10 open seats, four of them will feature only two candidates. No office has more than three contestants—compared to the 2016 primary election, when the race for each of the four open seats was sought by at least four persons.
Two-Candidate Races
For the offices with two candidates: Deputy District Attorneys Wendy Segall and Mary Ann Escalante will contend for No. 20, Superior Court Commissioner Danielle R.A. Gibbons will battle with Deputy District Attorney David A. Berger for No. 71, Deputy District Attorney Troy Davis will compete with defense attorney David Diamond for Office No. 118, and Superior Court Commissioner Armando Duron will view for office No. 146 against Deputy District Attorney Emily Theresa Spear.
Redondo Beach Senior Deputy Prosecutor Sydne Jane Michel filed declarations of intent with respect to three offices, but ultimately filed for Office No. 16, for which Deputy District Attorney Hubert S. Yun and Patricia Hunter, a deputy city attorney, had already filed.
Rene Caldwell Gilbertson, a senior deputy county counsel, filed declations for three offices as well—Nos. 71, 113 and 126—but filed nominating papers for the latter of the three on Thursday, creating a three-person race against attorney Shlomo Frieman and Deputy District Attorney Ken Fuller.
One Challenge
Of the two potential judicial challenges, only one will actually go to the voters. Veteran jurist Malcolm Mackey will attempt to remain in Office No. 63 by fending off a challenge from Woodland Hills-based attorney Anthony Lewis.
Newly appointed Judge Kristen Escalante had drawn a challenge from Administrative Law Judge Klint James McKay, but the challenger ultimately opted not to run against her and announced that he would not file nominating papers.
David DeJute, a former assistant U.S. attorney, decided late last month to abandon judicial aspirations due to “personal reasons”.
The final list of candidates includes: 13 deputy district attorneys, four private practice attorneys, three Superior Court commissioners, three deputy city attorneys, one State Bar Court judge, one former deputy city attorney, one deputy public defender, one senior deputy county counsel, and one incumbent judge.
Onica Valle Cole, who was recently discharged as a deputy Los Angeles city attorney, was the last to file papers, turning them in shortly before the 5 p.m. deadline Friday. She claimed the ballot designation of “Consumer Protection Prosecutor.”
A chart of challengers and their ballot designations can be found below.
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