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Jefferson D. Sellers
Jefferson D. Sellers was a judge of the Oklahoma Judicial District 14. He left office on May 1, 2020.
Sellers won re-election for judge of the Oklahoma Judicial District 14 outright after the general election on November 6, 2018, was canceled.
Elections
2018
See also: Municipal elections in Tulsa County, Oklahoma (2018)
General election
The general election was canceled. Jefferson D. Sellers (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
2014
See also: Oklahoma judicial elections, 2014
Sellers ran for re-election to the 14th District Court.
As an unopposed candidate, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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2010
Sellers was re-elected to the district court after running unopposed.[2]
- Main article: Oklahoma judicial elections, 2010
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jefferson D. Sellers did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Education
Sellers received a B.A. from Cornell University and a J.D. from the University of Tulsa.[3]
Initiative ruling
Sellers ruled on August 24, 2009, that a petition hoping to implement nonpartisan city elections was invalid because not enough signatures were collected. Judge Sellers stated that the Tulsa City Clerk’s Office used a wrong election to set the number of required signatures.
City Councilor John Eagleton stated that the petition was miscalculated because election officials used general election requirements where all qualified voters in Tulsa had a chance to cast ballots. According to Eagleton: "I took an oath to defend the city charter, which I thought was being assailed by an unlawfully approved ballot proposition." Tulsans for Better Government, the group who turned in the petition, gathered 6,994 signatures, a lot more than the 3,427 signatures that were previously needed before the ruling.[4]
See also
- Courts in Oklahoma
- Local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Oklahoma District Courts
- Tulsa County, Oklahoma
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Oklahoma State Courts Network, "Tulsa County and Judges"
- Tulsa County District Court, "Civil Division"
Footnotes
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Candidates for State Elective Office 2014"
- ↑ Oklahoma State Board of Elections, "Candidates for State Elective Office 2010"
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Jefferson D. Sellers Judge Profile," accessed January 17, 2014
- ↑ Tulsa World, "Judge junks petition for ballot change," August 25, 2009
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma
State courts:
Oklahoma Supreme Court • Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals • Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals • Oklahoma District Courts • Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims
State resources:
Courts in Oklahoma • Oklahoma judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oklahoma
