Tillman Payne
Tillman Payne (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Division VI judge of the Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 3, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2022)
General election
General election for Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court Division VI
Cynthia Chappell won election in the general election for Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court Division VI on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Chappell (D) | 99.3 | 46,399 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 311 | ||
| Total votes: 46,710 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court Division VI
Cynthia Chappell defeated Marcus Shute Jr., Tillman Payne, and Seth Norman in the Democratic primary for Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court Division VI on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Chappell | 41.1 | 16,724 | |
| Marcus Shute Jr. | 26.4 | 10,760 | ||
 | Tillman Payne | 18.1 | 7,379 | |
 | Seth Norman | 14.3 | 5,812 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 40,706 | |||
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2020
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2020)
General election
General election for Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court Division IV
Incumbent Jennifer Smith won election in the general election for Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court Division IV on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Smith (D) | 98.0 | 89,549 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 1,850 | ||
| Total votes: 91,399 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court Division IV
Incumbent Jennifer Smith defeated Tillman Payne in the Democratic primary for Tennessee 20th Judicial District Criminal Court Division IV on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Smith | 58.4 | 44,194 | |
| Tillman Payne | 41.1 | 31,104 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 394 | ||
| Total votes: 75,692 | |||
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2018
General election
Incumbent Sam Coleman won election in the general election for Davidson County General Sessions Court Division X on August 2, 2018.
General election
General election for Davidson County General Sessions Court Division X
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sam Coleman (D) | 99.4 | 77,334 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 469 | ||
| Total votes: 77,803 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Incumbent Sam Coleman defeated Joyce Grimes Safley, Frank Mondelli, and Tillman Payne in the Democratic primary for Davidson County General Sessions Court Division X on May 1, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Davidson County General Sessions Court Division X
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Coleman | 32.1 | 21,868 |
 | Joyce Grimes Safley | 28.8 | 19,655 | |
| Frank Mondelli | 21.1 | 14,368 | ||
| Tillman Payne | 18.0 | 12,246 | |
| Total votes: 68,137 | |||
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Republican primary election
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the general sessions court are elected in nonpartisan elections to eight-year terms. Individual towns or cities may establish varying ordinances for the election of their municipal judges—e.g., ordinances that allow for some positions to be elected by popular vote and some to be selected by other methods.[1][2][3][4]
Qualifications
To serve on the court, a judge must be:[5]
- authorized to practice law in state;
- a district resident for at least one year;
- a state resident five years; and
- at least 30 years old.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tillman Payne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Tillman Payne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Tennessee; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived September 11, 2014
- ↑ Justia - Tennessee Code, "37-1-207 - Special juvenile courts Judges," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ Justia - Tennessee Code, "16-18-203 - Term of office," accessed July 22, 2015
- ↑ Justia - Tennessee Code, "16-15-202 - Election Term," accessed November 20, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Tennessee," archived September 11, 2014
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Tennessee, Middle District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Tennessee, Middle District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee
State courts:
Tennessee Supreme Court • Tennessee Court of Appeals • Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals • Tennessee Circuit Court • Tennessee Chancery Courts • Tennessee Criminal Court • Tennessee Probate Court • Tennessee General Sessions Court • Tennessee Juvenile Court • Tennessee Municipal Court
State resources:
Courts in Tennessee • Tennessee judicial elections • Judicial selection in Tennessee
