Twenty-Fourth Circuit Court, Tennessee

Court

The Twenty-Fourth Circuit Court is a trial court of general jurisdiction in Tennessee. The court hears cases from Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, and Henry counties in Tennessee.

Judges

• Brent Bradberry

Former judges

• Donald Parish

See also

• Tennessee Circuit Courts
• Tennessee counties
• Courts in Tennessee

External links

• Tennessee State Courts, "Tennessee Judicial District Map"
• Tennessee State Courts, "Trial Court Judges"

Tennessee courts

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Federal courts:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Tennessee, Middle District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Tennessee, Middle District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee

State courts:

Tennessee Supreme Court • Tennessee Court of Appeals • Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals • Tennessee Circuit Court • Tennessee Chancery Courts • Tennessee Criminal Court • Tennessee Probate Court • Tennessee General Sessions Court • Tennessee Juvenile Court • Tennessee Municipal Court

State resources:

Courts in Tennessee • Tennessee judicial elections • Judicial selection in Tennessee

Elections

See also: Tennessee judicial elections

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

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

Selection method

Judges of the circuit court are elected in partisan elections. Each county may opt to hold nonpartisan elections instead. Judges serve eight-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.

The presiding judge of each court is elected to a one-year term by peer vote.

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

• authorized to practice law in state;
• a district resident for at least one year;
• a state resident five years; and
• at least 30 years old.

Election rules

Primary election

Primary elections may be held for trial court judges. The political parties in each county determine whether or not there will be a primary election in their respective counties.

County primary elections

Counties that are having a primary election will have them on a Tuesday in May. The candidate who wins the county primary election in May will then move on to the county general election in August and run against other party candidates that won their respective primaries.

Primary elections in Tennessee serve to designate a party's nomination and narrow the field down to one candidate from that party for a specific office. A candidate who wins their primary nomination will move on to the general election. It is not uncommon for a candidate to run unopposed in their party primary and then go on to run unopposed in the general election as well. Similarly, candidates may win their primary and go on to run unopposed in the general election.

Voters do not need to declare their party affiliation when they register to vote. However, primary voters must declare whether or not they will be voting in the Democratic or Republican primary.