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Carolyn Wade Blackett
Carolyn Wade Blackett is a judge for Division IV of the 30th Judicial District Criminal Court in Tennessee. She assumed office in 1994. Her current term ends on September 1, 2030.
Blackett ran for re-election for the Division IV judge of the 30th Judicial District Criminal Court in Tennessee. She won in the general election on August 4, 2022.
Biography
Education
Blackett received her undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1979 and her J.D. degree from the St. Louis University Law School in 1982.[1]
Career
Blackett began her career as a law clerk and then worked as a legal intern for the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri in 1981 and 1982. She then served briefly as an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board in 1983 before joining the FedEx corporation to work as a senior attorney and regional manager of government affairs. Blackett then practiced law with the Waring Cox Law Firm from 1992 until she joined the Shelby County Criminal Court in 1994.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2022)
General election
General election for 30th Judicial District Criminal Court Division IV
Incumbent Carolyn Wade Blackett won election in the general election for 30th Judicial District Criminal Court Division IV on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carolyn Wade Blackett (Nonpartisan) | 99.7 | 105,313 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 290 | ||
| Total votes: 105,603 | |||
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2014
See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Blackett ran for re-election to the Shelby County Criminal Court.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on August 7, 2014.[2][3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Carolyn Wade Blackett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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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
