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2 candidates are tracked for LA County Superior Court Judge, Office No. 87, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Anthony (A.J.) Bayne and David DeJute. Candidate information follows official Los Angeles County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Superior Court judgeships are elected county-wide. This is a November runoff between the June primary's top two finishers.
Nonpartisan
Anthony (A.J.) Bayne is a Los Angeles County deputy public defender running for Superior Court Office No. 87. He led the three-candidate June primary with about 42% of the vote and advanced to the November runoff. The L.A. County Bar Association rated him Well Qualified for the bench.
Nonpartisan
David DeJute is a law professor and attorney running for Superior Court Office No. 87, and a former federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles. He advanced to the November runoff with about 31% of the June primary vote. The L.A. County Bar Association rated him Qualified for the bench.