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Shatrese M. Flowers
Shatrese M. Flowers was a judge of the Marion County Superior Court in Indiana. She left office on November 5, 2023.
Flowers ran for re-election for judge of the Marion County Superior Court in Indiana. She won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.
Flowers passed away November 5th, 2023.[1]
Biography
Flowers received her undergraduate degree from DePauw University in 1995 and her J.D. degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1998.[2]
Flowers served as a master commissioner with the Marion County Superior Court from 2005 to 2014. She previously worked as an assistant corporation counsel with the Office of Corporation Counsel and as a deputy public defender for the Marion County Public Defender Agency.[2]
Elections
2020
Marion County Superior Court, Retention election for Shatrese Flowers
Shatrese M. Flowers was retained to the Marion County Superior Court on November 3, 2020 with 78.7% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
78.7
|
227,181 | ||
No |
21.3
|
61,319 | |||
Total Votes |
288,500 | ||||
|
|
2014
- See also: Indiana judicial elections, 2014
Flowers ran for election to the Marion County Superior Court.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014. There were 16 total seats up for election on this court. The top 8 Democratic candidates advanced to the general election and will be unopposed for the eight available Democratic seats.
Primary: She was successful in the Democratic primary on May 6, 2014, receiving 10.4 percent of the vote. She competed against Annie Christ-Garcia, Barbara Cook Crawford, Angela Davis, David J. Dreyer, David R. Hennessy, Mark A. Jones, Christina R. Klineman, James B. Osborn, Marcel A. Pratt, Jr., Christopher K. Starkey, Greg Bowes and Karen Celestino-Horseman.[3] There were 16 total seats up for election on this court. The top 8 Democratic candidates advanced to the general election and will be unopposed for the eight available Democratic seats.[4][5][6]
Indianapolis Bar Association survey
Members of the Indianapolis Bar Association "Recommended" Flowers for judicial office with 61.4% of respondents in favor. For full results, see Indianapolis Bar Association Judicial Survey: Shatrese M. Flowers.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shatrese M. Flowers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Indiana Supreme Court', "Order Appointing Judge Pro Tempore," accessed January 24, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Indianapolis Bar Association Judicial Survey, "Shatrese M. Flowers," accessed October 5, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, "2014 Primary Election Candidates," May 6, 2014
- ↑ Indy Star, "Money, politics and judges: Do judicial candidates pay to play?" March 15, 2014
- ↑ Indianapolis/Marion County Election Board, "Offices on the Ballot in 2014," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, "Indiana Primary Election," May 6, 2014
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