THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
As promised last Thursday, today we present the races in County Court.
COUNTY COURT JUDICIAL ELECTIONS .....
There are 10 County Court seats up for election in 2026. The term runs from January 6, 2027, for six years. The following is a list of those judges whose term expires on January 5, 2027. An (F) next to their name means they have filed with the Department of Elections for the upcoming election. All ten incumbents have filed. In Group 9, newly appointed Judge Hernandez will not need to face the voters until 2028. In Group 24, we are looking to confirm whether Governor DeSantis has named a replacement for US Attorney Jason Reding. None of the incumbents has drawn opposition yet. Qualifying week runs from April 20-24, with the election scheduled for August 18, 2026.
COUNTY COURT
Donald Cannava (F)
Betty Capote-Erben (F)
Raul Cuervo (F)
Ritamaria Cuervo (F)
Victoria Ferrer (F)
Kevin Hellman (F)
Jennifer Hochstadt - resigned - Group 09 (replaced by Joanne Hernandez)
Natalie Moore (F)
Gordon Murray (F)
Luis Perez-Medina (F)
Jason Reding-Quinones - resigned to become US Atty last August - Group 24
Stephanie Silver (F)
CIRCUIT COURT UPDATE .....
One update in CIRCUIT COURT. Judge Marcia Caballero, who sits in Group 51, has contacted us to let us know that she is retiring from the bench. She will not serve out her term and will be retiring in a few weeks. That would mean that her seat will be filled by Governor DeSantis instead of the voters. She joins Judge Richard Hersch, Group 69, who is also retiring. We believe, though, that Hersch intends to complete his term in January of 2027. We have not heard back yet from Judge Orlando Prescott (Group 35) and Judge Angelica Zayas (Group 05), both of whom have yet to file for reelection.
One final note. Someone in the Comments mentioned that the JNC was taking applications for Judge Caballero’s seat. We have been told that the four seats that the JNC is currently taking applications for are all new seats, two in Circuit Court and two in County Court, with all four new seats created by SB 2508.
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Cannava sounds like an app I use to edit videos for my IG accounts
ReplyDeleteWe used to have heavyweights in county court. Henry Oppenborn. All he did before becoming a lawyer was fight in the airborne in Korea. Fast Gerry Klein. Fred Nesbitt. Arthur Winton. Arthur Macguiness who handled murders than most circuit drones. Morton Perry. They don’t come more classy than he was. Now ? Cheap flotsam from the fed society rabble.
ReplyDeleteSepe was in county court. So was Harvey something or other who sold a CI’s identity for 150k to an undercover FBI agent. Gelber started in county court. But so did Fred Moreno and Rob Pinero (rest in peace ) so go figure.
ReplyDeleteHarvey Shenberg. Did a 15 bit. He’s out.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the seat vacated by Yara Klukas? That hasn't been filled yet either
ReplyDeleteThose were not "heavyweights." They were old guys who were close to retirement who did the job without fear of having a 28 year old Hispanic opponent. Some, like Phil Cook, Calvin Mapp and Henry Oppenborn and Fast Gerry were really nice guys. Perry, Nesbitt, and Macguiness were horrible people but, Nesbitt was great for the defense. Marvin Gillman was left out although a decent guy, he made court unfun. Then there's Harvey Baxter and Marshall Ader. Harvey was crazy but, good for the defense. Marshall was a rich guy who was OK but, lived to collect money for the county, like Sam Slom did. The wildest of all was Al Sepe. He died a broken man. He got caught doing dishonest shit and had to resign and then ran for Circuit and won.
ReplyDeleteThose were the legal heavyweights of the day. When Winton dismissed a case for lack of prosecution dlop you better know it stayed dismissed. ! Booyah
ReplyDeleteCalvin Mapp doesn’t get enough credit; he mentored as many young lawyers that desired (or deserved ) mentoring He was a real credit to the bench and profession
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