Samuel T. Wright III
Samuel T. Wright was a judge of the Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District. He assumed office in 2016. He left office on January 3, 2021.
Wright ran for re-election for judge of the Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District. He lost in the primary on June 23, 2020.
Wright was elected on November 3, 2015, and sworn in on December 7 for a term beginning in January 2016. He succeeded David Allen Barber.[1]
Education
Wright received an associate’s degree from Hazard Community College before earning his B.S. in political science from the University of Kentucky in 1978. He received his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1981.[2][3][4]
Career
Wright joined the law firm of Cook and Wright in 1982. In June 1989, he opened his own law practice, Samuel T. Wright III, Attorney at Law. Governor Brereton Jones appointed Wright to the 47th Judicial District Court, serving Letcher County, in March 1992. Wright then ran for election to the seat and won. In May 1993, Jones appointed Wright to the 47th Judicial Circuit bench in Letcher County. He was elected to the seat in a special election in 1993 and re-elected in 1999, 2006 and 2014, before running for the supreme court in 2015.[3][5][6][7]
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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2015
- See also: Kentucky judicial elections, 2015
Kentucky's judicial elections included a general on November 3, 2015.
Janet Stumbo faced Samuel T. Wright III in the general election.
| Kentucky Supreme Court, Seat 1, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Samuel T. Wright III |
51.9% | 40,676 |
| Janet Stumbo | 48.1% | 37,772 |
| Total Votes | 78,448 | |
| Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 4, 2015 | ||
2014
See also: Kentucky judicial elections, 2014
Wright ran for re-election to the 47th Judicial Circuit.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Samuel T. Wright did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Kentucky Court of Justice, "Kentucky Supreme Court"
- Kentucky Court of Justice, "Circuit Court Overview"
- Kentucky Court of Justice, "Judicial Circuits Map"
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC36, "Justice Wright sworn-in as Supreme Court justice," December 8, 2015
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Judge Profile: Samuel T. Wright, III," accessed November 17, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Samuel T. Wright III," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Court of Justice, "Justice Samuel T. Wright III," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedsc - ↑ Kentucky Court of Justice, "Kentucky Circuit Court Judges," accessed November 11, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kentucky Secretary of State, "Election: 2014 Primary Election: Circuit Judge," accessed January 29, 2014
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State resources:
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