Betty Thomas Moore
Betty Thomas Moore is a judge for Division 5 of the Shelby County General Sessions Court in Tennessee. She assumed office on September 1, 1998. Her current term ends on September 1, 2030.
Moore ran for re-election for the Division 5 judge of the Shelby County General Sessions Court in Tennessee. She won in the general election on August 4, 2022.
Biography
Education
Moore received both her undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the University of Memphis in 1982 and 1986, respectively.[1]
Career
Moore spent most of her pre-judicial career as an assistant public defender for Shelby County. From December 1994 until her judicial election, she was assigned to defend capital murder cases. She joined the Shelby County General Sessions Court in 1998.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2022)
General election
General election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Division 5
Incumbent Betty Thomas Moore defeated Varonica Cooper in the general election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Division 5 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Betty Thomas Moore (Nonpartisan) | 65.1 | 75,920 |
| Varonica Cooper (Nonpartisan) | 34.8 | 40,654 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 112 | ||
| Total votes: 116,686 | |||
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2014
See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Moore ran for re-election to the Shelby County General Sessions Court.
General: She defeated Ellen Fite in the general election on August 7, 2014, receiving 54.7 percent of the vote.[2][3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Betty Thomas Moore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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
