Macomb County Judge of Circuit Court - 16th Circuit - Incumbent Position
Macomb County, Michigan
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election · 4 seats
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Above average · 61 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 879,853 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,077,761 ÷ 879,853) ÷ ln(50,000) = 61.27, measured against a statewide vote in MI (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- 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, Housing Affordability, Civil Rights,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
James M. Maceroni has served as a Macomb County circuit judge since 2014. He previously practiced criminal and family law and sat on the county charter commission and the Lakeshore Legal Aid board, and he oversees the Swift and Sure Sanctions probation program.
Records: Legal Competence 1 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Julie Gatti has served as a Macomb County circuit judge since 2018, sitting in the civil and criminal division after more than 22 years in private practice. A former county bar association president, she works with the county's sobriety treatment court.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Matthew S. Switalski has served as a Macomb County circuit judge since 2002 and is presiding judge of its family division. He earlier worked as an assistant city attorney for three municipalities and as a county assistant prosecutor.
Records: Legal Competence 4 for
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Tanya A. Grillo has served as a Macomb County circuit judge since her appointment in January 2026. She coordinated indigent defense for Southfield, was a Mount Clemens administrative hearing officer, and founded a criminal-defense and trial practice.
Records: Legal Competence 3 for, Civil Rights 1 for
Sources: macombgovdocs.org · macombgov.org