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Robert Conley
2021 - Present
2029
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Robert Conley is a judge of the Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District. He assumed office on January 4, 2021. His current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Conley ran for election for judge of the Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Conley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Conley first became a member of the Kentucky Supreme Court through a nonpartisan election. To read more about judicial selection in Kentucky, click here.
Conley is a former circuit court judge for the 20th Judicial Circuit, presiding over Greenup and Lewis counties of Kentucky.[1] He began serving on the court in January 2007 and was re-elected without opposition in 2014.[2]
Biography
Robert Conley earned a bachelor's degree in economics and business from the University of Kentucky in 1981 and a J.D. from Northern Kentucky University in 1984. Conley worked as an associate at McKenzie, Woolery, & Eurick PSC and a corporate attorney with Addington Mining/Addington Environmental Inc.[1]
In 1994, Conley was appointed to fill a trial court vacancy in the 20th Judicial District. He was elected as a circuit court judge to the 20th Judicial District in 2006. He was elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2020.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Kentucky Supreme Court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District
Robert Conley defeated Chris Harris in the general election for Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Conley (Nonpartisan)  | 55.5 | 90,636 |
 | Chris Harris (Nonpartisan) | 44.5 | 72,691 | |
| Total votes: 163,327 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District
Robert Conley and Chris Harris defeated incumbent Samuel T. Wright in the primary for Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Conley (Nonpartisan) | 39.9 | 32,782 |
| ✔ | | Chris Harris (Nonpartisan) | 30.2 | 24,807 |
 | Samuel T. Wright (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 24,470 | |
| Total votes: 82,059 | |||
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2014
See also: Kentucky judicial elections, 2014
Conley ran for re-election to the 20th Judicial Circuit. He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.[3]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Robert Conley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Conley's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- 25 Years of Judicial Experience
- Committed to the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and doing fair by the law
- Dedicated to Eastern Kentucky Values
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State supreme court judicial selection in Kentucky
- See also: Judicial selection in Kentucky
The seven justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court are elected to eight-year terms in nonpartisan elections. They must run for re-election if they wish to serve subsequent terms.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on the Kentucky Supreme Court, the judge must be:
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Chief justice
The chief justice of the court is chosen by peer vote. He or she serves in that capacity for four years.[4]
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.[4]
The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.
See also
External links
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Candidate Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District |
Officeholder Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kentucky Court of Justice, "Robert B. Conley," accessed July 9, 2021
- ↑ The Daily Independent, "20th District Judicial Judge," November 8, 2006
- ↑ Kentucky SOS, "November 4, 2014, General Election Results," accessed July 2, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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 resources:
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