Four people have filed paperwork for the Superior Court Judge Division 4 race, including Roger H. Contreras, John F. Kelliher Jr., Ann R. Littrell and Mark A. Suagee.
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Kelliher, 51, a Republican, is an attorney in Sierra Vista. He has been a Cochise County Superior Court judge pro tem and a justice of the peace pro tem — the former almost exclusively in the Juvenile Court, which is the current Division 4.
He graduated from Claremont Men’s College, now named Claremont McKenna College, in 1979 with a bachelor of arts degree in political science and a minor in history. In 1982, he graduated from University of Arizona College of Law with a juris doctorate.
Littrell, 55, a Democrat, is the Cochise County Division 4 judge. She was elected as the county’s first female Superior Court judge in 2004.
She has a bachelor of arts degree with majors in journalism and anthropology from the University of Arizona. In 1979, she graduated second in her class from University of Arizona College of Law. She studied law in Sweden for one year as a Fulbright scholar and obtained a certificate of international law from Stockholm University.
Suagee, 60, a Democrat, is Cochise County’s public defender. He has served in that position since 1997. He worked for Pima County Legal Defender’s Officer from 1994 to 1997. He also has experience in the private practice of law. He has a bachelor of arts degree in European history from Fresno State College, now California State University at Fresno. He earned a master’s degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Washington in 1973 and a law degree from University of Colorado in 1979.
Superior Court judge Division 5
Only one person has filed paperwork for the Superior Court Judge Division 5 race.
James L. Conlogue, 51, a Democrat, who is the Superior Court Division 5 judge, is running unopposed. He was appointed to the newly created Division 5 effective January 2007. He was a judge pro tempore for the Superior Court since December 1994.
He received a bachelor of science in criminal justice from Arizona State University in 1978, a master of public administration from University of Arizona in 1982 and a juris doctor from University of Arizona in 1986.
Cochise school superintendent
Incumbent Trudy Berry, a Republican, will face a Democratic challenger, Raul L. Torrez. Information about the candidates will be presented at a later date.
County assessor
Phil Leiendecker, a Democrat, will be running unopposed for the County Assessor’s Office, as Rosanne Solewin, who was going to run as a Republican, did not turn her paperwork in by the deadline.
Leiendecker is 52 and has been with the Assessor’s Office since 1972 and has held the county assessor’s position since 1992 and has 30 years of experience as a property appraiser. He has been married for 33 years to his wife, Susan.
He studied for two years at college and was certified by the state as a property appraiser.
“My goal is to emphasize and maintain a professional, well-trained staff. What we do impacts the pocketbooks of our residents, so we need to know what we’re doing. I want to provide old-fashioned service. My pet peeve is being unable to talk to a real person. I don’t want that to happen in the Assessor’s Office,” he said.
County recorder
Democrat Christine Rhodes, 59, has been county recorder longer than she has been married to her husband.
It looks like she’ll get a few more years in since she is running unopposed in the county recorder’s race.
She has been married for 35 years and has served continually as county recorder for 35 1/2 years.
She holds an associate’s degree in art from Cochise College and a masters of art degree and a bachelor of science degree from Northern Arizona University.
A native of Arizona, she has lived in Cochise County for 51 years.
County treasurer
Incumbent Marsha Bonham, a Democrat, will face Republican candidate Regina Pace. Information of the candidates will be presented at a later date.
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