Ruth Ann Garrett

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Ruth Ann Garrett

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Michigan 36th District Court

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Ruth Ann Garrett was a judge of the Michigan 36th District Court. She left office on January 1, 2025.

Garrett ran for re-election for judge of the Michigan 36th District Court. She won in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Elections

2018

General election

General election for Michigan 36th District Court (11 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Michigan 36th District Court on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Alicia Jones Coleman (Nonpartisan)	10.4	101,099
✔	Submit photo	Ruth Ann Garrett (Nonpartisan)	9.7	94,159
✔	Submit photo	Aliyah Sabree (Nonpartisan)	9.6	93,181
✔	Submit photo	Roberta Archer (Nonpartisan)	9.2	89,805
✔	Submit photo	Deborah Lewis Langston (Nonpartisan)	9.2	89,162
✔	Submit photo	Donna Robinson Milhouse (Nonpartisan)	8.6	83,441
✔	Submit photo	Donald Coleman (Nonpartisan)	8.6	83,307
✔		Christopher M. Blount (Nonpartisan)	7.9	77,355
✔	Submit photo	David Robinson (Nonpartisan)	7.7	74,573
✔	Submit photo	Kevin Robbins (Nonpartisan)	7.5	73,043
✔		William McConico (Nonpartisan)	7.0	68,435
	Submit photo	Duane Johnson (Nonpartisan)	4.3	41,607
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	4,621

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2012

See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - District Courts

Garrett was re-elected after running unopposed in 2012.

Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

Judges of the Michigan District Courts are each elected to six-year terms. The elections for this court are nonpartisan contested elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a qualified elector of the district, licensed to practice law in the state, under the age of 70, and have five years of experience practicing law.

See also

• Wayne County, Michigan
• Michigan District Courts

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Footnotes

Michigan courts

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Federal courts:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan

State courts:

Michigan Supreme Court • Michigan Court of Appeals • Michigan Circuit Court • Michigan Court of Claims • Michigan District Courts • Michigan Municipal Courts • Michigan Probate Courts

State resources:

Courts in Michigan • Michigan judicial elections • Judicial selection in Michigan