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Tom Hughes (Arkansas)
Tom Hughes is the Division 1 judge of the Seventeenth Circuit of Arkansas. He was elected to the seat in 2008.[1][2]
Hughes was re-elected to the Seventeenth Circuit in the 2014 nonpartisan judicial election, and his term will expire in 2020.[3][4]
Elections
2014
See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2014
Hughes ran for re-election to the Seventeenth Circuit.
General: He defeated Carla Fuller in the general election on May 20, 2014, receiving 51.2 percent of the vote.
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Education
Hughes got his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his J.D. at St. Louis University.[5]
Career
Before becoming a circuit judge, Tom Hughes was a district judge in White County, a seat he was elected to in 2002. He was admitted to the bar in 1974.[2][5][6]
See also
External links
- Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: 2014 preferential primary elections & non partisan general election," accessed April 28, 2014
- Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 28, 2014
- Huffington Post, "Lottery ticket lawsuit: Arkansas judge orders new trial in feud over ticket found in trash," May 24, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 28, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Leader Online, "Races for judges in White County," May 2, 2008
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: Tom Hughes," accessed April 28, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Nonpartisan Election Results," May 20, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Martindale.com, "Judge profile: Tom Hughes"
- ↑ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Tuesday's candidate filings," April 3, 2002
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas
State courts:
Arkansas Supreme Court • Arkansas Court of Appeals • Arkansas Circuit Courts • Arkansas District Courts • Arkansas City Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arkansas • Arkansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arkansas
