Sara Combs

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Sara Walter Combs
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Nonpartisan

Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 1
Tenure

1994 - Present

Term ends

2031

Years in position

31

Compensation

Base salary

$163,292

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

1994

Education

Bachelor's

University of Louisville, 1970

Graduate

University of Louisville, 1971

Law

University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law, 1979

Contact

Official website 

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Sara Walter Combs is a judge for Division 1 of the Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Appellate District. She assumed office in 1994. Her current term ends on January 6, 2031.

Combs ran for re-election for the Division 1 judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Appellate District. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Combs served as the court's chief judge from June 2004 to May 2010.[1]

Biography

Education

Combs graduated from the University of Louisville with a bachelor's degree in 1970 and a master's degree in French in 1971. She received her J.D. from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 1979.[1][2]

Career

Combs began her legal career as an associate with the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs. She then worked as corporate counsel for an advertising company. She later practiced law with her late husband, Governor Bert T. Combs, and then ran a solo practice. Combs also worked as a regional associate with Mapother & Mapother. In 1993, Governor Brereton Jones appointed her to the Kentucky Supreme Court, but she lost the election for the seat later that year. Combs was the first woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court of Kentucky.[1]

Awards

  • 2010 Outstanding Judge of the Year, Kentucky Bar Association
  • 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award, Kentucky Women in Law Enforcement Network[1]

Associations

  • Member, Kentucky Bar Association
  • Member, Louisville Bar Association
  • Member, University Press of Kentucky
  • Board member, Pikeville College
  • Board member, Lees College
  • Former member, Kentucky Appalachian Commission[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Kentucky intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

General election

General election for Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 1

Incumbent Sara Walter Combs won election in the general election for Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Sara Walter Combs (Nonpartisan)
 
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100,963

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Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Sara Walter Combs advanced from the primary for Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 1.

2014

See also: Kentucky judicial elections, 2014
Combs ran for re-election to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.[3] 

Campaign themes

2022

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Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 1

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kentucky Court of Justice, "Judge Sara Walter Combs, Biography," accessed November 17, 2014
    2. ↑ The Public Papers of Governor Brereton C. Jones, 1991-1995, "Supreme Court Appointment Announcement," 2001
    3. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Election: 2014 Primary Election: Judge of the Court of Appeals," accessed February 5, 2014
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