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Alan Tucker
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Illinois 8th Circuit Court
Tenure
Present officeholder

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2016
Education
Bachelor's
Oral Roberts University, 1978
Law
University of Georgia School of Law, 1981

Alan Tucker is a judge of the Eighth Circuit Court in Illinois. He serves in Havana. He was appointed in September 2010 (effective in November) to fill the vacancy left by Thomas L. Brownfield's retirement.[1][2] Tucker was retained in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Education

Tucker earned a B.A. from Oklahoma's Oral Roberts University in 1978, going on to receive his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1981.[3]

Career

Upon graduating from law school, Tucker spent a year working as a staff attorney for the University of Georgia before opening a private law practice in which he handled cases concerning criminal law, personal injury and wrongful death, admirality, workers' compensation, professional malpractice, residential and commercial construction, real estate and business/corporate law. He has also been a professor of the Coastal Community College Paralegal Course.[3]

Elections

2016

Judges of the Illinois Circuit Court stand for retention after their first full term. To be retained, a judge must receive at least 60 percent of the vote.[4][5] Alan Tucker was retained in the Illinois Eighth Circuit Court, Alan Tucker Retention Election with 82.54 percent of the vote.

Illinois Eighth Circuit Court, Alan Tucker Retention Election, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngAlan Tucker82.54%
Source: Illinois Board of Elections, "Elections Results, General Election 11/8/2016," accessed November 28, 2018

2010

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2010

Tucker ran unopposed and was elected with 100 percent of the vote.[6]

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