Alison Bachus
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2023 - Present
2031
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Alison Bachus is a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. She assumed office on April 12, 2023.
Bachus ran for re-election for judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. She won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
Bachus resigned from the superior court following her appointment to the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on April 12, 2023.[1][2]
Biography
Education
Bachus received a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 1999 and a J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 2005.[3]
Career
At the time of her appointment to the Maricopa County Superior Court, Bachus was senior counsel at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Her other professional experience includes serving as an assistant U.S. attorney, law clerk at the U.S. District Court of Arizona and a counselor for veterans at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.[3]
Awards and associations
- Lawyer-representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
- Vice president, Ninth Circuit of the Federal Bar Association[3]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2022)
Maricopa County Superior Court
Alison Bachus was retained to the Maricopa County Superior Court on November 8, 2022 with 76.8% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
76.8
|
709,873 | ||
No |
23.2
|
214,430 | |||
Total Votes |
924,303 | ||||
|
|
2018
Maricopa County Superior Court, Alison Bachus' seat
Alison Bachus was retained to the Maricopa County Superior Court on November 6, 2018 with 72.2% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
72.2
|
573,676 | ||
No |
27.8
|
220,749 | |||
Total Votes |
794,425 | ||||
|
|
Selection method
The 174 judges of the Arizona Superior Court are selected in one of two ways:
- In counties with a population exceeding 250,000, judges are selected through the merit selection method. (Only Pima, Pinal, and Maricopa counties currently subscribe to this method, though the constitution provides for other counties to adopt merit selection through ballot initiative). After appointment, judges serve for two years and then must run in a yes-no retention election in the next general election. If retained, judges will go on to serve a four-year term.[4]
- In the state's other 13 counties, judges run in partisan primaries followed by nonpartisan general elections. Interim vacancies are filled through gubernatorial appointment, and newly appointed judges must run in the next general election.[4]
The chief judge of each superior court is chosen by the state supreme court. He or she serves in that capacity for the remainder of their four-year term.[4]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Alison Bachus did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ United States Disitrct Court District of Arizona, "General Order 23-10," archived July 2, 2023
- ↑ The Judicial Branch of Arizona, Maricopa County, "ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2023-062," archived May 22, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Yuma News Now, "Governor Ducey announces appointments of Alison Bachus, Greg Como, Kerstin LeMaire, Joshua Rogers, Howard Sukenic and Roy Charles (“Chuck”) Whitehead to Maricopa County Superior Court," September 29, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Arizona," archived October 2, 2014
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona
State courts:
Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona
