Shall Yvonne Lamoureux be retained as judge of the superior court for six years?
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Yvonne Lamoureux
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Yvonne Lamoureux has been an Anchorage Superior Court judge since 2017. Before that she was a federal prosecutor (an assistant U.S. attorney) for seven years and a law clerk for state and federal judges.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Ruled after a trial that the state acted reasonably when it repealed a rule that made insurers pay out-of-network health care providers at a high set rate.
September 8, 2025
Source: adn.com
Ruled that the state does not have to set up a way for voters to fix mistakes on absentee ballots, turning down a request from the League of Women Voters and others.
January 24, 2025
Source: elections.alaska.gov
Ruled that a citizen ballot measure to change Alaska's election system kept to one subject, as the law requires, and ordered the state to let it move forward.
October 28, 2019
Source: adn.com
Was appointed to the Anchorage Superior Court by Governor Bill Walker.
May 15, 2017
Source: ajc.state.ak.us
Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 1 favorable
Was rated by the Alaska Judicial Council as meeting or beating its standards for legal skill, fairness, temperament and hard work. The council voted 6-0 to recommend a yes vote to keep her.
September 3, 2026Favorable on Impartiality
Source: ajc.state.ak.us
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Was rated by the Alaska Judicial Council as meeting or beating its standards for legal skill, fairness, temperament and hard work. The council voted 6-0 to recommend a yes vote to keep her.
September 3, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: ajc.state.ak.us
Sources: elections.alaska.gov2