Rhonda A. Haymon is running for Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Office 64, in the Nov. 3 general election. The nonpartisan race also includes Maria Ghobadi.

Candidate information

  • Hometown: Born in Bellflower, California, and raised in Southern California, according to her campaign website
  • High school: Graduated with honors from Gardena High School, according to her campaign website
  • Education: Bachelor of science in social work, political science and mathematics from Tuskegee University (1996); law degree from Willamette University College of Law (1999), according to her campaign website
  • Bar membership: Licensed to practice law in California and Oregon and a member in good standing with the State Bar of California, according to her campaign website

Experience and public service

Haymon has worked as a deputy public defender at the Orange County Public Defender's Office, a position she said she began in 2001, according to her campaign website. She has also served as an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School and as a board member of the school's Women in Leadership program, according to her campaign website.

Haymon said on her campaign website that she has tried over 100 felony and misdemeanor jury trials, handling cases that ranged from misdemeanors to serious and violent felonies including homicide and murder.

BallotReady separately lists Haymon as having worked as an attorney at Los Angeles County.

She held an elected seat on the California Young Lawyers Association of the State Bar of California from 2006 to 2010, according to her campaign website. The role placed her on the association's governing body during that four-year span.

Endorsements

Haymon has received the following endorsements, according to BallotReady:

  • Democrats for Neighborhood Action
  • Los Angeles Sentinel Editorial Board (endorsement record dated Feb. 23, 2024; not verified for the 2026 race)

Candidate information in this profile is drawn from Haymon's campaign website and BallotReady. No candidate questionnaire responses were available. The Santa Monica Wave did not interview the candidate for this profile.