Stephen D. Kelley
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Stephen Dorsett Kelley is a judge of the Brunswick Circuit of the 1st Superior Court District of Georgia. He was appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue (R) on December 29, 2009, and won a full term in office in 2012. Kelley won re-election in the nonpartisan general election on May 24, 2016.
Biography
Kelley received his undergraduate degree from Southern College of Seventh-Day Adventists, and his J.D. from the University of Georgia. He was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1986. Prior to joining the court, he served as a district attorney.[1][2]
Awards and associations
- 2009: District Attorney of the Year
- 2009: Named chairman of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia[2]
Elections
2016
Georgia held elections for local judicial offices—some of which are partisan, others of which are nonpartisan—in 2016. On May 24, 2016, regions across the state held primaries for the partisan races and general elections for the nonpartisan races. Runoff races for both the partisan primaries and the nonpartisan general elections were held on July 26, 2016. The general election for partisan races took place on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 11, 2016.[3]
Incumbent Stephen D. Kelley ran unopposed in the general election for one of 14 seats up for election on the 1st District of the Georgia Superior Court.
| Georgia Superior Court, 1st District Brunswick Circuit (Kelley seat), 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Stephen D. Kelley Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 19,790 |
| Total Votes | 19,790 | |
| Source: Georgia Election Results, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," June 10, 2016 | ||
Selection method
There are 202 judges on the Georgia Superior Courts, each chosen by the people in nonpartisan elections to serve a four-year term.
The process for selecting a chief judge and that chief judge's term varies by circuit.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:
- a state resident for three years;
- a resident of the circuit he or she is representing;
- admitted to practice law for at least seven years; and
- at least 30 years old.
2012
- See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2012
Kelley ran unopposed for election to the Brunswick Superior Court.[5] He was elected after receiving 99.7 percent of the vote on July 31, 2012.[6]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Martindale, "Stephen D. Kelley profile," accessed March 1, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Florida Times Union, "Georgia Gov. Perdue appoints District Attorney Stephen Kelley to Brunswick judgeship," December 30, 2009
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Current and Past Election Results," accessed July 30, 2017
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Preliminary List of Candidates on the July 31, 2012 General Non-Partisan Election Ballot," accessed May 29, 2012
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election," accessed August 1, 2012
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia
State courts:
Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia
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