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Kathy Strickland Brown
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Kathy S. Brown is a probate judge for Calhoun County, South Carolina.[1] She was appointed to the court by Governor Nikki Haley and assumed office on February 9, 2015.[2]
She advanced from the Democratic Party primary election on June 14, 2016, and won the seat without opposition in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Brown served as an associate probate judge for Calhoun County for seventeen years before her appointment as probate judge for the court.[2]
Elections
2016
| Calhoun County Probate Court, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kathy Strickland Brown Incumbent |
74.07% | 1,488 |
| Gary Porth | 25.93% | 521 |
| Total Votes | 2,009 | |
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission, "Calhoun County: 2016 Republican and Democratic Primary," June 14, 2016 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Selection method
- See also: Partisan elections
Judges of the South Carolina Probate Courts are each elected to four-year terms.[3] The elections for this court are partisan contested elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a U.S. citizen, a qualified elector of the county, older than 21 years of age, and either a bachelor's degree or four years of experience as an employee in a probate judge's office.[4]
See also
- Calhoun County, South Carolina
- South Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Courts in South Carolina
- South Carolina Probate Courts
- Judicial selection in South Carolina
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department, "Probate judges list," accessed February 16, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The T and D.com, "Strickland sworn in as new Calhoun County probate judge," February 8, 2015
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department, "Probate Court," accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: South Carolina; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of South Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Carolina
State courts:
South Carolina Supreme Court • South Carolina Court of Appeals • South Carolina Circuit Courts • South Carolina Masters-in-Equity • South Carolina Family Courts • South Carolina Magistrate Courts • South Carolina Municipal Courts • South Carolina Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in South Carolina • South Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Carolina
