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Virginia Carlton
2007 - Present
2031
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Virginia Carlton is a judge for Position 1 of the Mississippi Court of Appeals District 4. She assumed office on January 2, 2007. Her current term ends on January 5, 2031.
Carlton ran for re-election for the Position 1 judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals District 4. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Education
Carlton received her B.B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1986 and her J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1989.[1]
Career
After law school, Carlton was a law clerk for Justice Joel Blass of the Mississippi Supreme Court. She joined the U.S. Army JAG Corps in 1990. As a JAG officer, Carlton served the Army as a prosecutor, defense counsel, deputy staff judge advocate, staff judge advocate and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Army in Hawaii. She later served as a military trial judge in the U.S. Army Reserve and as an associate appellate judge on the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals. When Carlton left active duty in the U.S. Army JAG Corps, she became a Marion County public defender. She later served as an assistant district attorney in the 15th Circuit District and as an instructor and staff attorney for the Southwest Mississippi Children's Advocacy Center. She represented District 100 in the Mississippi House of Representatives from January 2004 until her appointment to the Court of Appeals in 2006. Carlton retired from the military in February 2015 after more than 24 years of service.[2][1]
Military leave
Carlton was on unpaid leave from the Court of Appeals from March 1 to May 31, 2010, serving as a U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals judge in Alexandria, Virginia.[3] She said in a statement, "I'm honored to do my duty and to serve my country."[4]
Elections
2022
See also: Mississippi intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
General election
General election for Mississippi Court of Appeals District 4 Position 1
Incumbent Virginia Carlton defeated Bruce Burton in the general election for Mississippi Court of Appeals District 4 Position 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Virginia Carlton (Nonpartisan) | 53.5 | 59,754 |
 | Bruce Burton (Nonpartisan) | 46.5 | 51,874 | |
| Total votes: 111,628 | |||
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2014
See also: Mississippi judicial elections, 2014
Carlton ran for re-election to the Court of Appeals.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Virginia Carlton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of Mississippi Judiciary, "Virginia Carlton," accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ State of Mississippi Judiciary, "Investiture of Judge Virginia Carlton is Jan. 29," January 19, 2007
- ↑ Associated Press, "Appeals Court judge called to active duty with US Army," February 26, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Clarion Ledger, "Judge called to duty for military court," February 28, 2010
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Qualifying List," accessed June 9, 2014
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