Ryan Dibble, a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney since 2006, is running for Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Office 181. The nonpartisan judicial race appears on the Nov. 3, 2026, general election ballot. Dibble has been certified for the ballot, according to BallotReady.

Dibble was born in Torrance, California, according to Ballotpedia. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting and political science from the University of Southern California in 2002, according to Ballotpedia. He earned a law degree from the University of California in 2005, according to BallotReady.

Experience and public service

Dibble has spent two decades as a deputy district attorney at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, where he has served since 2006, according to BallotReady. He has also served as an adjunct lecturer in law at the University of California School of Law since 2022, according to BallotReady.

His judicial experience includes serving as a Superior Court commissioner at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, in 2025, according to his USC Gould School of Law lecturer profile. He also served as a volunteer temporary judge at Los Angeles Superior Court in 2025, according to the Metropolitan News-Enterprise.

Endorsements

The Metropolitan News-Enterprise endorsed Dibble in a Feb. 26, 2026, editorial. He has also been endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democrats and Democrats for Neighborhood Action, according to BallotReady.

  • Metropolitan News-Enterprise
  • Los Angeles County Democrats
  • Democrats for Neighborhood Action

The Pasadena Ledger did not interview the candidate for this profile. Information is drawn from public records, BallotReady and published sources. No candidate questionnaire responses were available at the time of publication.