Darnella Williams-Claybourne
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2020 - Present
2029
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Darnella Williams-Claybourne is a judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. She assumed office on March 13, 2020. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Williams-Claybourne ran for re-election for judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Williams ran for a seat on the 3rd Circuit Court in Michigan in 2016.[1] Williams was disqualified from the ballot in May 2016 after being accused of submitting signatures that were potentially forged. She turned in 7,004 signatures, and 3,630 were deemed to be of "dubious authenticity." Candidates needed to turn in 4,000 valid signatures.[2]
Biography
Before joining the 3rd Circuit Court in Michigan Whitmer served as the deputy chief of staff for the Wayne County Executive's Office, general counsel for the Wayne County Sheriff's office, and as a professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.[3]
Whitmer earned her bachelor's degree from Wayne State University and her J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.[3]
Williams served as a police officer while completing her education.[3]
Williams is married to her husband John.[3]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2022)
General election
General election for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court (15 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wanda Evans (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 224,761 | |
| ✔ | Yvonna Abraham (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 217,062 | |
| ✔ | Melissa Cox (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 200,491 | |
| ✔ |  | Susan L. Hubbard (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 172,287 |
| ✔ | Sheila Ann Gibson Manning (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 170,263 | |
| ✔ | Kelly Ann Ramsey (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 169,933 | |
| ✔ |  | Susan Dabaja (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 167,865 |
| ✔ | Darnella Williams-Claybourne (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 167,093 | |
| ✔ | Brian Sullivan (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 163,331 | |
| ✔ | Mark Slavens (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 159,788 | |
| ✔ | Eric Cholack (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 158,631 | |
| ✔ | Martha Snow (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 158,054 | |
| ✔ | Alexis Glendening (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 155,054 | |
| ✔ | Patricia Fresard (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 154,448 | |
| ✔ | Muriel Hughes (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 148,465 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 23,884 | ||
| Total votes: 2,611,410 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Groner (Nonpartisan)
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2020)
General election
Special general election for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court
Incumbent Darnella Williams-Claybourne won election in the special general election for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Darnella Williams-Claybourne (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 480,641 | |
| Total votes: 480,641 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Darnella Williams-Claybourne advanced from the special primary for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Darnella Williams-Claybourne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlist - ↑ MLive, "Candidate disqualified for submitting thousands of 'dubious' signatures," May 28, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Michigan.gov, "Governor Whitmer Appoints Darnella D. Williams to the 3rd Circuit Court," March 13, 2020
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan
State courts:
Michigan Supreme Court • Michigan Court of Appeals • Michigan Circuit Court • Michigan Court of Claims • Michigan District Courts • Michigan Municipal Courts • Michigan Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in Michigan • Michigan judicial elections • Judicial selection in Michigan
