Kelly Luther
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Kelly Luther is a judge for the Third Judicial District (Place 2) in Mississippi. He was elected to the court on November 25, 2014, for a term commencing on January 1, 2015, and expiring on December 31, 2018.[1][2]
Elections
2014
See also: Mississippi judicial elections, 2014
Luther ran for election to the Third Judicial District.
General: He faced Shirley C. Byers and J. Kizer Jones in the general election on November 4, 2014.Luther earned 37.1% of the votes in the general election. Because no candidate received over 50% of the general election votes, Kelly Luther and Shirley C. Byers, the top two candidates, competed in a runoff on November 25, 2014. Luther won decisively in the runoff, bringing in 76.3% of the vote, compared to Byers' 23.7%.[1]
Education
Luther received his undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and his J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law.[3][4]
Career
From 1996 until his election to the Third Judicial District in 2014, Luther served as an assistant district attorney for the 3rd Circuit District Attorney’s Office. He also previously served as a county prosecuting attorney for Pontotoc County and as a city judge for Pontotoc.[3][5]
Awards and associations
- Board member, Mississippi Prosecutor's Association [5]
See also
- Mississippi judicial elections
- Mississippi Circuit Court
- Mississippi counties
- Judicial selection in Mississippi
External links
- State of Mississippi Judiciary, "Circuit Courts"
- Facebook, "Kelly Luther for Circuit Judge"
- Kelly Luther Campaign Website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mississippi Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Qualifying List," accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedjournal - ↑ 3.0 3.1 The State of Mississippi Judiciary, "Circuit Judge Kelly Luther to take oath Jan. 6 in Ripley," December 31, 2014
- ↑ Chickasaw Journal, "Three compete for open Third District circuit judgeship," October 22, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kelly Luther Campaign Website, "Home," accessed August 26, 2014
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Mississippi, Southern District of Mississippi • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Mississippi, Southern District of Mississippi
State courts:
Mississippi Supreme Court • Mississippi Court of Appeals • Mississippi circuit courts • Mississippi Chancery Court • Mississippi county courts • Mississippi justice courts • Mississippi youth courts • Mississippi Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Mississippi • Mississippi judicial elections • Judicial selection in Mississippi
