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Karen D. Webster
Karen D. Webster was a judge for Division II of the Shelby County Probate Court in Tennessee. She assumed office on September 1, 2006. She left office on September 1, 2022.
Webster ran for re-election for the Division II judge of the Shelby County Probate Court in Tennessee. She lost in the general election on August 4, 2022.
Biography
Education
Webster received her undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1981 and her J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law at Knoxville in 1985.[1]
Career
Webster began her career in 1985 as an assistant city attorney and city prosecutor in Memphis, Tennessee. After seven years in that capacity, she was appointed chief prosecutor. Webster held that position for another seven years. In 2000, Webster became an assistant county attorney-assistant contract administrator for the Shelby County Government, where she worked for three years. She then worked as an attorney in private practice prior to her judicial election in 2006.
Early in her legal career, Webster was also employed as a part-time academic support instructor at the University of Memphis, as a business tax auditor for the IRS, and as an affiliate broker for a realty agency.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2022)
General election
General election for Shelby County Probate Court Division II
Joe Townsend defeated incumbent Karen D. Webster in the general election for Shelby County Probate Court Division II on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joe Townsend (Nonpartisan) | 58.1 | 66,227 | |
| Karen D. Webster (Nonpartisan) | 41.8 | 47,683 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 160 | ||
| Total votes: 114,070 | |||
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2014
See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Webster ran for re-election to the Shelby County Probate Court.
General: She defeated Danny W. Kail in the general election on August 7, 2014, receiving 64.5 percent of the vote.[2][3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Karen D. Webster 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
