Tara M. Desautels

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Tara M. Desautels

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Nonpartisan

California 1st District Court of Appeal Division 2
Tenure

2024 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Superior Court of Alameda County

Compensation

Base salary

$272,902

Elections and appointments
Appointed

March 12, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Georgetown University

Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law 

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Tara M. Desautels is a judge for Division 2 of the California 1st District Court of Appeal. She assumed office on May 14, 2024. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Desautels won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County in California outright in the primary on March 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Desautels was appointed an associate justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division Two by Governor Gavin Newsom on March 12, 2024, to replace Therese M. Stewart. She was confirmed by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments on May 14, 2024. [1]

Biography

Education

Desautels earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.[2]

Career

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2024)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Tara M. Desautels (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

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2018

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2018)

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Tara M. Desautels (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2012

See also: California judicial elections, 2012

Desautels ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, her name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Desautels was automatically re-elected.[3]

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]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Tara M. Desautels did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ ‘'Governor Gavin Newsom, "Commission Confirms Appointments to Courts of Appeal," accessed May 14, 2024
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 California Newswire, "Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Superior Court Appointments for 4.08.10," April 8, 2010
  3. ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, Candidate Filed Log
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
  5. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
  6. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
  7. ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014

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