Mississippi Eighth Judicial District

Court

Mississippi Eighth Judicial District

The Mississippi Eighth Judicial District is one of 22 judicial circuits in Mississippi. It serves Leake, Neshoba, Newton and Scott Counties.

Judges

• Brian Burns
• Mark Duncan

Former judges

• Vernon Cotten
• Marcus Gordon

See also

• Mississippi Circuit Court
• Mississippi Chancery Court

External links

• State of Mississippi Judiciary, "Circuit Judges & Support Staff," March 24, 2014
• State of Mississippi Judiciary, "Circuit Court," accessed June 18, 2014

Mississippi courts

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Federal courts:

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Mississippi, Southern District of Mississippi • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Mississippi, Southern District of Mississippi

State courts:

Mississippi Supreme Court • Mississippi Court of Appeals • Mississippi circuit courts • Mississippi Chancery Court • Mississippi county courts • Mississippi justice courts • Mississippi youth courts • Mississippi Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Mississippi • Mississippi judicial elections • Judicial selection in Mississippi

Elections

See also: Mississippi judicial elections

Mississippi is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Mississippi, click here.

• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Mississippi judicial elections, 2015
• Mississippi judicial elections, 2014
• Mississippi judicial elections, 2012
• Mississippi judicial elections, 2010

Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

There are 51 judges on the Mississippi Circuit Courts, each elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections. The circuit courts share the supreme court's regulations on re-election and chief justice selection, but policies on interim vacancies and judicial qualifications differ slightly.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

• a practicing attorney for at least five years;
• a minimum of 26 years old;
• a state citizen for at least five years; and
• a district resident.

Election rules

Primary election

Mississippi does not hold primary elections for judicial candidates.

General election

Qualified judicial candidates, including those running unopposed, appear on the general election ballot. There is no indication of party affiliation. When two or more candidates are competing for a seat, they are listed in alphabetical order.

The winner of the general election is determined by majority vote. If no candidate receives a majority (over 50 percent) of the total vote, the top two candidates advance to a runoff election that takes place three weeks later.