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Welch died on July 7, 2025.<ref>[https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/News/1575/Justice-Thomas-M-Welch-19392025/news-detail/ ''Illinois Courts'' "Justice Thomas M. Welch (1939–2025)" accessed August 6, 2025]</ref> | Welch died on July 7, 2025.<ref>[https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/News/1575/Justice-Thomas-M-Welch-19392025/news-detail/ ''Illinois Courts'' "Justice Thomas M. Welch (1939–2025)" accessed August 6, 2025]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 05:14, 9 November 2025
Thomas Welch was a judge of the Illinois 5th District Appellate Court. He assumed office in 1980. He left office on July 7, 2025.
Welch ran for re-election for judge of the Illinois 5th District Appellate Court. He won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.
Welch died on July 7, 2025.[1]
Education
Judge Welch graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. degree and then from the University of Missouri with a J.D. degree.[2]
Career
Judge Welch began his career in 1965 as a Circuit Court Magistrate. From 1971 to 1972, he was a Madison County Assistant State's Attorney and an attorney for the City of Collinsville. He also became a partner of the law firm of Welch, Welch and Welch in 1971. He worked in this position until his election to the Appellate Court in 1980.[2]
Elections
2020
Illinois 5th District Appellate Court
Thomas Welch was retained to the Illinois 5th District Appellate Court on November 3, 2020 with 75.4% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
75.4
|
416,928 | ||
No |
24.6
|
136,244 | |||
Total Votes |
553,172 | ||||
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2010
Welch was retained in 2010.[3]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thomas Welch did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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