Prosecutor Gerald Pfohl and Commissioner Elizabeth Tucker are running for the open judge seat in Riverside County—and sat down with Follow Our Courts to make their case for the March 5 election.
The third candidate to the position, Orange County Prosecutor Jeffrey Kirk, declined to participate in the forum.
Opening statements
Tucker is a Riverside Superior Court commissioner, meaning she performs most of the work that judges do. Commissioners are appointed by judges. She currently manages a juvenile dependency courtroom in the court’s Indio courthouse. Prior to her appointment in 2018, she spent 23 years as a Riverside prosecutor, bringing charges of serious and violent felonies, sexual assaults, domestic
