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First Appellate District · Division One

Jim Humes

Administrative Presiding Justice · California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division One

At a glance

Party affiliation & election context

Is Jim Humes a Republican or Democrat?

The ballot and court-roster records cited here do not establish Jim Humes’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

ROLEAdministrative Presiding Justice

As listed in the 2026 California Roster.

SERVICE NOTEAdministrative Presiding Justice (since 2012)
Official court biography

Background and experience

COURT SERVICESince 2012
Justice Humes was first appointed to the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal in December 2012 by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.…

Read the official biography of Jim Humes ↗ · California Courts · checked

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2026 Judicial Branch rosterCalifornia Secretary of State · page 3California Roster indexOfficial publication landing page
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