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Kentucky intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
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Voters in Kentucky elected one candidate to fill the unexpired term of an intermediate appellate court judge. The seat was up for nonpartisan election on November 5, 2024. The primary election scheduled for May 21, 2024, was not needed after only two candidates filed for the one seat on the ballot. Both candidates advanced to the general election. The filing deadline was January 5, 2024.
Judge Donna Dixon retired from the court in November 2023.
Candidates and results
District 1, Division 2
General election
Special general election for Kentucky Court of Appeals 1st Division 2
Incumbent Lisa Payne Jones defeated Jason Shea Fleming in the special general election for Kentucky Court of Appeals 1st Division 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Payne Jones (Nonpartisan)  | 63.1 | 119,548 |
 | Jason Shea Fleming (Nonpartisan) | 36.9 | 69,768 | |
| Total votes: 189,316 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lisa Payne Jones and Jason Shea Fleming advanced from the special primary for Kentucky Court of Appeals 1st Division 2.
Candidate profiles
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Incumbent: Yes
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "My name is Lisa Payne Jones. I was appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals following the retirement of Judge Donna Dixon. Prior to my appointment, I’d served as a trial court judge in Daviess County for over 22 years, including over 15 years covering family court matters in addition to the rest of my docket before Daviess County had a family court. Before I was a judge, I served in the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office where I prosecuted and tried felony cases including murder, robbery, and sexual assault. As a judge, I’ve volunteered my time to preside over both juvenile and adult drug court; I helped establish the Daviess County mental health court and oversight docket; and I helped the state write rules of practice and procedure to guide Kentucky’s judges and lawyers in the family courts, juvenile courts, drug courts, and mental health courts. I currently serve on the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health, striving to educate the justice system, and improve accountability and access to services statewide. I believe a judge is a public servant, representing and serving all their constituents and all Kentucky, committed to following the law rather than the platform of any party or politician, and thereby building faith and trust in the justice system and the belief that true justice is justice for all."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Kentucky Court of Appeals 1st Division 2 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Kentucky
Selection
The fourteen judges of the Kentucky Court of Appeals are elected to eight-year terms in nonpartisan elections. They must run for re-election if they wish to serve subsequent terms.[1]
Qualifications
To serve on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the judge must be:
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Chief judge
The judges of the Kentucky Court of Appeals select one colleague to serve as chief judge for a four-year term. The chief judge assigns judges to their panels and designates cases for each panel.[1]
Vacancies
If a midterm vacancy occurs, the governor appoints a successor from a list of three names provided by the Kentucky Judicial Nominating Commission. If the term the appointee will fill expires at the next election, the appointment is for the remainder of the term. If the term does not expire at the next election and that election is more than three months away, the appointee must stand for election, and the election is for the remainder of the unexpired term. If the term does not expire at the next election, but the election is less than three months away, the appointee must stand for election in the election following the next. The election is for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any; if none of the term is left, the election is for a full term.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection," accessed September 15, 2021
- ↑ Kentucky Board of Elections, "Candidate Qualifications," accessed March 31, 2023
- ↑ Kentucky Legislature, "Kentucky Constitution, Section 122," accessed June 1, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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State courts:
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