Shall Associate Justice DANIEL H. BROMBERG be elected to the office for the term provided by law?
California
My vote power
Retention race
Election date
November 3, 2026
About this office
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Gun Control, Women's Reproductive Rights,
Daniel H. Bromberg
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared · Official site
Bromberg is an associate justice of California's Sixth District Court of Appeal. He previously served as a deputy legal affairs secretary in the Governor's Office and led appellate practices in private law firms.
Where Daniel H. Bromberg stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Gun Control (1 record), Civil Rights (9 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Authored People v. Bocanegra, requiring an evidentiary hearing because the record did not conclusively bar murder resentencing.
July 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Superior Court, directing denial of a motion to suppress blood-test evidence obtained under a DUI search warrant.
May 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Anderson, holding that officers acted in good faith when they relied on a deceased phone owner's mother's consent to search the device.
March 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Supervised state lawyers and litigation involving environmental agencies, transportation, agriculture, the border wall, and COVID-19 restrictions.
January 1, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Concurred in In re T.F.-G. but declined to reach a minor's Second Amendment challenge without trial-court consideration or historical evidence.
August 24, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 9 support
Authored People v. Bocanegra, requiring an evidentiary hearing because the record did not conclusively bar murder resentencing.
July 22, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined the California Supreme Court's People v. Mitchell decision addressing whether excluding a defense expert's testimony was harmless.
May 18, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Superior Court, directing denial of a motion to suppress blood-test evidence obtained under a DUI search warrant.
May 14, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. Mohammed, granting habeas relief because the trial court lacked jurisdiction to increase a sentence after judgment became final.
April 29, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Anderson, holding that officers acted in good faith when they relied on a deceased phone owner's mother's consent to search the device.
March 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Doe v. California Association of Directors of Activities, applying the anti-SLAPP law while preserving contract claims based on termination.
December 31, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Nuno, requiring a new review for exculpatory information in police personnel records before a murder-resentencing hearing.
October 17, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Founded the California Appellate Advocacy Project.
January 1, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Began working at Cahill Gordon & Reindel on First Amendment matters.
January 1, 1992Supports Civil Rights
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Authored Boyd v. Central Coast Community Energy, holding that a public energy provider's rates were not voter-unapproved taxes because they did not exceed reasonable costs.
October 4, 2023
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Mohler v. County of Santa Clara, affirming dismissal of claims challenging the county's plans for Reid-Hillview Airport.
May 10, 2023
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the Sixth District Court of Appeal.
January 13, 2023
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Began serving as a deputy secretary for legal affairs in the Governor's Office.
January 1, 2019
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 25 favorable
Authored People v. Bocanegra, requiring an evidentiary hearing because the record did not conclusively bar murder resentencing.
July 22, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined the California Supreme Court's People v. Mitchell decision addressing whether excluding a defense expert's testimony was harmless.
May 18, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Superior Court, directing denial of a motion to suppress blood-test evidence obtained under a DUI search warrant.
May 14, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. Mohammed, granting habeas relief because the trial court lacked jurisdiction to increase a sentence after judgment became final.
April 29, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Anderson, holding that officers acted in good faith when they relied on a deceased phone owner's mother's consent to search the device.
March 13, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Harcourt v. Tesla, affirming rejection of a product-design claim because the consumer-expectations test did not apply.
March 4, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Zenith Insurance v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, reversing a board decision for using the wrong reconsideration procedure.
January 14, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Doe v. California Association of Directors of Activities, applying the anti-SLAPP law while preserving contract claims based on termination.
December 31, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Vergara v. Ouse, holding that quasi-judicial immunity protected a court-selected therapist's suspension of supervised visitation.
December 15, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Nuno, requiring a new review for exculpatory information in police personnel records before a murder-resentencing hearing.
October 17, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Boyd v. Central Coast Community Energy, holding that a public energy provider's rates were not voter-unapproved taxes because they did not exceed reasonable costs.
October 4, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Concurred in In re T.F.-G. but declined to reach a minor's Second Amendment challenge without trial-court consideration or historical evidence.
August 24, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Mohler v. County of Santa Clara, affirming dismissal of claims challenging the county's plans for Reid-Hillview Airport.
May 10, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the Sixth District Court of Appeal.
January 13, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Founded the California Appellate Advocacy Project.
January 1, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as head of its appellate practice.
January 1, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Served as a senior appellate practice fellow at UC College of the Law, San Francisco in 2021 and 2022.
January 1, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Served as a senior research fellow at the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law in 2021 and 2022.
January 1, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Supervised state lawyers and litigation involving environmental agencies, transportation, agriculture, the border wall, and COVID-19 restrictions.
January 1, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Began serving as a deputy secretary for legal affairs in the Governor's Office.
January 1, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and helped found its appellate practice group.
January 1, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Jones Day and later became a partner in its appellate practice.
January 1, 1994Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Began working at Cahill Gordon & Reindel on First Amendment matters.
January 1, 1992Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Clerked for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
January 1, 1991Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Clerked for Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
January 1, 1990Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Joined People v. Nuno, requiring a new review for exculpatory information in police personnel records before a murder-resentencing hearing.
October 17, 2024
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Source: elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov