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Paige Whitaker
Paige Whitaker is a judge of the Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Whitaker ran for re-election for judge of the Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit. She won in the general election on May 24, 2022.
Whitaker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
She was appointed to the court by Governor Nathan Deal (R) on February 7, 2017, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jerry W. Baxter.[1]
Biography
Paige Whitaker received a B.A. in political science from the College of Charleston in 1985 and a J.D. from Duke University in 1992. She has served as an assistant district attorney in Fulton County, an assistant district attorney for the Georgia Department of Law, and a Fulton County Superior Court judge.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2022)
General election
General election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit
Incumbent Paige Whitaker defeated Allyson R. Pitts in the general election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Paige Whitaker (Nonpartisan)  | 64.6 | 99,571 |
| Allyson R. Pitts (Nonpartisan) | 35.4 | 54,566 | ||
| Total votes: 154,137 | |||
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Endorsements
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2018
General election
General election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit
Incumbent Paige Whitaker won election in the general election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paige Whitaker (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 91,334 |
| Total votes: 91,334 | |||
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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.[3]
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
Paige Whitaker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Whitaker's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Judge Whitaker is a Duke Law graduate, a former prosecutor, and an appellate expert. She has presided over felony criminal jury trials, civil jury trials, and family law jury trials. She has also served as a Parental Accountability Court Judge. Judge Whitaker is Vice-Chair of the Georgia Commission on Family Violence; an elected member of the Georgia Bar Association’s Board of Governors; and a Committee Chair for the Georgia Chief Justice’s Statewide Covid Task Force. She served on the Judicial Council‘s Committee on Criminal Justice Reform. Judge Whitaker is also an Adjunct Professor of Law, and she has received advanced training at the prestigious National Judicial College. Judge Whitaker serves in leadership roles of numerous organizations and is the recipient of numerous awards. Judge Whitaker is endorsed in her bid for re-election by three former Georgia Supreme Court Justices, two former Georgia Governors, two former Georgia Attorneys General, and dozens of national, state, and local elected officials on both sides of the aisle. Judge Whitaker has also received the endorsement of Georgia Equality and of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Judge Whitaker seeks re-electio to continue her service to Fulton County.- Experience matters, and Judge Whitaker‘s experience is proven. Judge Whitaker is the only candidate with experience as a Fulton Superior Court Judge, the only candidate elected by the voters to be a judge at any level, and the only candidate who has the authority and experience presiding over jury trials.
- Trust matters, and Judge Whitaker is trusted and endorsed in her bid for re-election by three former Georgia Supreme Court Justices, and has no-partisan endorsements from two former Georgia Governors, two former Georgia Attorneys General, and dozens of national, state, and local elected officials.
- Fairness matters, aunt judgewhitaker is fair to everyone who comes before her. Judgewhitaker treats everyone with dignity and respect and decides each case on an individual basis.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daily Report, "ADA Paige Whitaker Named to Fulton Superior Court Bench," February 7, 2017
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 26, 2022
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
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
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Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia
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