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California Court of Appeal · First District · Division Three · 2026 judicial election

Ioana Petrou

Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, First District, Division Three · California General Election · 2026-11-03

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Party affiliation & election context

Is Ioana Petrou a Republican or Democrat?

The ballot and court-roster records cited here do not establish Ioana Petrou’s personal party affiliation. An appointing governor’s party does not establish a justice’s party.

This California judicial office is nonpartisan. Endorsements and personal affiliation are separate from the ballot question.

California Secretary of State · 2026 electoral procedure ↗ · reviewed

EXACT OFFICIAL BALLOT QUESTION

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, First District, Division Three

Shall Associate Justice IOANA PETROU be elected to the office for the term provided by law?

Appears in the First Appellate District: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, Sonoma.

YES MEANS

Elect Ioana Petrou to the Court of Appeal for the term provided by law.

NO MEANS

Do not elect Ioana Petrou to the Court of Appeal for the term provided by law.

Election.org plain-language rendering of the official ballot question. This is a yes-or-no judicial question, not a head-to-head race.
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Official court biography

Background and experience

COURT SERVICESince 2018
Justice Ioana Petrou was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown to the First Appellate District in 2018. Prior to her appointment, Justice Petrou served as…

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