Thursday, March 5, 2026
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No New LASC Open Seats to Develop; One Race About to Be Decided
By a MetNews Staff Writer
All Los Angeles Superior Court judges who took out nominating petitions have filed them as of yesterday, meaning that no additional open seats will be on the June 2 ballot.
Had any such judge not filed, there would have been a five-day extension for taking out and filing petitions.
Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Angie Christides pulled a nominating petition for Offices 14 and 39 but had not returned papers as of mid-afternoon. She possesses the power to cause a candidate for one of those seats to gain a judgeship.
Should she decide to enter the race for Office No. 14, she would be in a contest with a fellow county prosecutor, Irene Lee. If she opts to run for Office No. 39, she would be in competition with Deputy Public Defender Binh Q. Dang.
Whichever seat she does not pick will mean that there will be only one candidate seeking the office.
Lee is generally viewed as a formidable candidate and it is widely assumed that Christides will file papers for Office No. 39.
Tomorrow is the last day for submitting nominating papers.
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