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Days until California General Election · Tue Nov 3, 2026
Look up your judges — then act like 100
167 judges scored · Grades A=6 · C=135 · F=26 · Methodology
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Research status
Honest coverage note from FairPAC / Wake the Bench — what is scored, what stays thin, and what we never invent.
What we can determine from public records: CJP public discipline; SOS candidate/retention lists; court rosters and directories; published Court of Appeal / Supreme opinions; bar/JNE ratings and election statements when loaded in this pack.What stays C / insufficient lean: No verified published vote pattern yet, no CJP public discipline attached, or only appointing-era context. Thin public dockets remain C until cites land — that is researchable-but-not-yet-sourced, not “unknowable.”We do not invent case holdings, CJP findings, ideology, bar ratings, or stats. Ideology lean is a FairPAC / Wake the Bench assessment only.Coverage honesty: This pack scores ballot/retention justices plus seeded Superior samples (and CJP-discipline additions). California has far more Superior Court judges still to mine — grades improve as verified cites are attached.
How grades work
Bear-style common-sense grade for California judges (FairPAC / Wake the Bench). Not an official court label.
Full methodology .
Grade Meaning When we use it A Common-sense record Sourced public-safety / parental-rights / anti-bureaucracy case-vote patterns (published opinions) C Mixed / thin record Insufficient public evidence for A or F; explicit note required F Out of touch on the basics Public CJP discipline/censure OR sourced progressive-bench signals with cites
A and F require cites; thin → C .
