California Supreme Court · 2026 judicial election
Joshua P. Groban
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California · California General Election · 2026-11-03
For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Shall Associate Justice of the Supreme Court JOSHUA GROBAN be elected to the office for the term provided by law?
Appears in all 58 California counties.
YES MEANS
Retain Joshua P. Groban as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California.
NO MEANS
Election.org plain-language rendering of the official retention procedure. This is a yes-or-no judicial question, not a head-to-head race.Do not retain Joshua P. Groban as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California.
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- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1998
- Stanford University, A.B., 1995
- Law Clerk to Judge William C. Conner, Southern District of New York (1998–1999)
- Attorney, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (1999–2005)
- Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (2005–2010)
- Senior Advisor to Governor Jerry Brown (2011–2018)
- Lecturer, UCLA School of Law (2014–2018)
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California (2018–present)
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