Despite the unlucky office number, Orange County voters are lucky to have their pick of two highly qualified candidates for the bench in Superior Court Office No. 13.

Three candidates are running for the open Los Angeles County Superior Court judgeship in Office No. 64, but there’s really only one serious choice for the job.

The contest for Los Angeles County Superior Court Office No. 181 features two candidates, one “Well Qualified” and one “Not Qualified.”

While there are many judicial races for discerning Angelenos to scratch their heads about, one of the easiest calls on the ballot is the re-election of Judge David Walgren in Superior Court Office No. 81.

Sitting judges in Los Angeles County often go without challengers in their six-year election cycles for the simple reason that incumbents are tough to beat. That has been the case for Judge Pat Connolly, currently on the bench in the Compton courthouse; ever since he was first elected 18 years ago after serving as a well-known gang prosecutor, he hasn’t faced opposition on the ballot. Lawyers, often deputy district attorneys, would usually rather run for open seats. When they do choose to run against a sitting judge, it’s against an incumbent with issues of advanced age or of some kind of controversy about rulings or conduct.