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LaTisha Dear Jackson
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2025 - Present
2026
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LaTisha Dear Jackson is a judge of the Georgia 4th Superior Court District DeKalb Judicial Circuit. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Dear Jackson ran for re-election for judge of the Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit. She won in the general election on May 24, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2022)
General election
General election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit
Incumbent LaTisha Dear Jackson won election in the general election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | LaTisha Dear Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 109,727 | |
| Total votes: 109,727 | |||
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2018
General runoff election
General runoff election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit
LaTisha Dear Jackson defeated Tunde Akinyele in the general runoff election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on July 24, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | LaTisha Dear Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 55.2 | 21,808 | |
| Tunde Akinyele (Nonpartisan) | 44.8 | 17,719 | ||
| Total votes: 39,527 | |||
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General election
General election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit
The following candidates ran in the general election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | LaTisha Dear Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 37.7 | 31,717 | |
| ✔ | Tunde Akinyele (Nonpartisan) | 22.5 | 18,890 | |
| Gina Bernard (Nonpartisan) | 16.8 | 14,147 | ||
| Nicholas Smith (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 7,949 | ||
| Kirby Clements Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 7.4 | 6,180 | ||
| Roderick Bridges (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 5,185 | ||
| Total votes: 84,068 | |||
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Selection method
There are 202 judges on the Georgia Superior Courts, each chosen by the people in nonpartisan elections to serve a four-year term.
The process for selecting a chief judge and that chief judge's term varies by circuit.[1]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:
- a state resident for three years;
- a resident of the circuit he or she is representing;
- admitted to practice law for at least seven years; and
- at least 30 years old.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
LaTisha Dear Jackson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia
State courts:
Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Tax Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia
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