Douglas L. Tookey is on the Nov. 3, 2026, general election ballot for Oregon Appeals Court Judge, Position 13. The race is nonpartisan.

Tookey has held the seat since Gov. John Kitzhaber appointed him on Oct. 17, 2013. He was one of three judges named to new positions the Oregon State Legislature created in 2012, according to the Oregon State Bar Appellate Practice Section. He is certified for the ballot, according to BallotReady election data.

Before his appointment, Tookey built a career spanning environmental law, federal court clerkships, legislative drafting and international rule-of-law work.

Candidate information

Office sought: Oregon Appeals Court Judge, Position 13

Party: Nonpartisan

Election date: Nov. 3, 2026

Education:

  • Bachelor of arts in English, University of Chicago
  • Juris doctorate in law, Cornell Law School
  • Master of laws, National University of Singapore

Experience and public service

Tookey worked as an environmental law attorney in private practice, according to the Oregon State Bar. He served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Edward W. Nottingham at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, according to the Oregon State Bar. He also clerked at the United States Court of Appeals, according to BallotReady.

In state government, Tookey served as a deputy and later senior deputy at the Office of the Legislative Counsel, according to BallotReady. He taught as an adjunct professor of law at Willamette University, according to BallotReady.

His international work spanned more than a decade on projects to improve access to justice and respect for the rule of law in developing countries, according to the Oregon State Bar. That work included Fulbright Scholarships in Singapore and Kazakhstan. He served as an observer to elections in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine. He also served as a United States Department of State Office of Citizen Exchanges and Dickinson College Fellow on managing environmental resources in the Middle East, according to the Oregon State Bar.

Kitzhaber appointed Tookey to Position 13 in 2013. He has served on the Oregon Court of Appeals since then, according to BallotReady.

On the issues

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