Introduction
Greetings, and thank you for taking the time to visit my election website.
I, Randall Harr, was appointed in February 2025 to fill Judge Francis “Fritz” Barclay’s position as Modoc Superior Court Judge, which was vacant due to his retirement. By my appointment, I became a sitting Superior Court Judge with all the privileges and responsibilities that Judge Barclay enjoyed.
To retain my position, I am required to seek election in the general election following the first January of my service, which is scheduled for June 2, 2026. Thus, I am seeking the support of my fellow Modoc County residents to continue serving the community that my wife and I are proud to call home and deeply love.
A brief explanation about my life before living in Modoc County and an overview of my judicial philosophy are provided below. I’ve provided more detailed information on my qualifications in the corresponding tabs of this website.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions about my candidacy.
Personal Background
My father, Clifford, was from a timber and lumber family that moved its sawmill operation to many logging sites around northern California, including Whitmore, Round Mountain, and Pondosa. My grandfather, Fred, operated a lumber yard in Redding, California. My mom and dad, Mary and Cliff, ran a lumber mill in Round Mountain, on Highway 299 East. My family, including my older siblings, Hazel, Carolyn, and Fred, lived in Round Mountain near the mill site, across from what is now the Round Mountain Community Center, from their marriage in 1940 until the house burned in 1953, necessitating the exodus to Redding.
Dad, with an eighth-grade education, was successful in the lumber business and sawed the lumber for my childhood home in West Redding. Mom, with a tenth-grade education, was a warm and loving homemaker (whose lemon meringue pie, made from scratch, was to die for) and, after Cliff died in a car accident shortly before my birth, became a successful businesswoman while raising her children. Mom served as president of the local Women’s Improvement Club for many years and was a board member of the local Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Redding.
My parents in front of the family Montgomery Creek home, circa 1942
I attended Redding grade schools and graduated from Shasta High School (additional education and professional history details located in the qualifications tab).
I have always valued hard work and began working at age 15 as a janitor at a local real estate firm. Other jobs during my youth and young adulthood included map drafting, surveying, telephone reconditioning, archeology, selling car parts, and again, working in the woods surveying during the summers between law school sessions.
The large law firm with which I was employed directly out of law school in Bakersfield, California, offered me the opportunity to establish and manage a branch office in Modesto, California, and later an office in Redding. I met my wife, Sharman, while working in Bakersfield, and we moved to Redding together after our 1990 marriage, where she was hired to open an attorney service.
After living in Redding for about a year, we had the opportunity to experience country living when we moved to a 5-acre property in the middle of a 5,000-acre cattle ranch near Whitmore, California. Our kids, Kaity and Delaney, got to enjoy the ranch life as we became good friends with the ranch manager and his family, and explored the ranch and kept livestock at the ranch facilities while raising 4-H and FFA animals. I got to quail hunt, explore the ranch's open spaces, and cut firewood. We also enjoyed helping our neighbors with traditional cattle brandings during branding season, and my kids learned the finer points of preparing and cooking calf fries and sharing them with their classmates at Millville Elementary School.
My wife and I loved living in Whitmore but sought cooler temperatures and higher elevation, which led us to relocate to McArthur, California, in 2009, where we established a new law practice. We tackled a fixer-upper home project there, and in 2018, we relocated to neighboring Fall River Mills, where we called a historic farmhouse home until our move to Surprise Valley in June 2025.
Sharman and I are very proud of our children. Jennifer is a licensed architect in both California and Utah and currently practices in Salt Lake City. She has 2 children, Olivia and Wyatt, and loves to spend time outdoors with her significant other, Will. Sean is a construction engineer and entrepreneur involved in the commercial construction of solar systems. He and his wife, Lauren, a landscape architect, have 2 children, Gavin and Vivian, and live in Colts Neck, New Jersey. Kaitlin and her husband, Kevin, are both water law attorneys in Fresno specializing in agricultural water and water rights issues. Kevin comes from a third-generation farming family in the Central Valley. They are about to welcome their first child, a girl, in May. Delaney is a finance assistant at Mountain Valleys Health Centers and is currently pursuing her degree in business management while raising her son, Hunter.
My family at my daughter Kaitlin’s wedding in October 2024
Our hobbies include home improvement, camping, gardening, going to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, and spending time with family and friends, which are very important to us. Sharman enjoys cooking (for which I am eternally thankful), knitting, sewing, canning, reading, and touring the country to spend time with our grandchildren. I enjoy upland bird, deer, and elk hunting, an occasional round of golf, woodworking, and collecting what I like to refer to as classic cars and trucks.
We understand the joys and challenges of living in small, rural communities and have happily committed ourselves to Modoc County, as promised during my swearing-in ceremony on February 28, 2025. My wife and I were adamant that we would only consider relocating from the Fall River Valley if we could move to Modoc County. We are here to stay and love living in this community.
Many in our society believe that justice is only available to the wealthy and influential. It is my conviction that the judiciary should promote the idea that justice is for everyone, irrespective of their economic status or ethnicity, and that justice is available to all.
This past year on the bench has been a real learning experience, and no two days are the same. Above all, the most valuable education has come from my hands-on experience and the earned support of my peers in the judicial community that I’ve had the opportunity to network with. I am constantly working to achieve the goal I expressed when I applied for this position: administering fair and impartial justice and fostering community trust in that concept. I endeavor to protect our community, especially our children, the elderly, people with disabilities, and those victimized by domestic violence.
Being a judge is more than just sitting on the bench and working 8-5. A judge is a community leader, and I believe that involvement and support of vital community organizations are imperative. I am grateful for the support that I have garnered from this community. I feel that those who have chosen to endorse me find me to be a quick study, fair and impartial, and compassionate, but that I also recognize it is imperative to hold people accountable and uphold the letter of the law.
I have dedicated myself to serving the people of Modoc County and seek your support to continue my service as Modoc Superior Court Judge. For these reasons, I am asking for your vote on June 2, 2026.