Ryan Dibble is running for Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Office 181, in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. The nonpartisan seat covers Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica.
Candidate information
- Name: Ryan Dibble
- Birthplace: Torrance, California, according to Ballotpedia
- Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting and political science, University of Southern California (2002); J.D., University of California (2005)
- Party: Nonpartisan race
- Ballot status: Certified for the ballot
Experience and public service
Dibble has served as a deputy district attorney at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office since 2006, according to BallotReady.
He has also served as a Superior Court commissioner at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, according to his USC Gould School of Law lecturer profile.
In 2025, Dibble served as a volunteer temporary judge at Los Angeles Superior Court, according to the Metropolitan News-Enterprise. The Metropolitan News-Enterprise published an editorial endorsing Dibble on Feb. 26, 2026.
Outside the courtroom, Dibble has been an adjunct lecturer in law at the University of California School of Law since 2022, according to BallotReady.
On the issues
No issue positions or policy responses from Dibble were available for this profile.
Endorsements
The following endorsements were identified through published sources:
- Metropolitan News-Enterprise (claimed by the endorser, per its Feb. 26, 2026, editorial)
- Los Angeles County Democrats (claimed by the endorser, per BallotReady)
- Democrats for Neighborhood Action (claimed by the endorser, per BallotReady)
This profile was compiled from publicly available candidate information, including Ballotpedia, BallotReady and the Metropolitan News-Enterprise. No candidate questionnaire responses were available at the time of publication.
