Monroe County, Tennessee (Judicial)

Monroe County is located within the Tenth Judicial District of Tennessee. The people of this county are served by a circuit court, a general sessions court, a juvenile court, a chancery court, a criminal court, and municipal courts.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has jurisdiction in Monroe County. Appeals from the Eastern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Judges

Monroe County, Tennessee

Elections

See also: Tennessee judicial elections

Tennessee is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Tennessee, click here.

• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2025
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Tennessee local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
• Tennessee judicial elections, 2012
• Tennessee judicial elections, 2010

Election rules

Primary election

Primary elections may be held for trial court judges. The political parties in each county determine whether or not there will be a primary election in their respective counties.

County primary elections

Counties that are having a primary election will have them on a Tuesday in May. The candidate who wins the county primary election in May will then move on to the county general election in August and run against other party candidates that won their respective primaries.

Primary elections in Tennessee serve to designate a party's nomination and narrow the field down to one candidate from that party for a specific office. A candidate who wins their primary nomination will move on to the general election. It is not uncommon for a candidate to run unopposed in their party primary and then go on to run unopposed in the general election as well. Similarly, candidates may win their primary and go on to run unopposed in the general election.

Voters do not need to declare their party affiliation when they register to vote. However, primary voters must declare whether or not they will be voting in the Democratic or Republican primary.

See also

• Tennessee counties
• Courts in Tennessee
• Judicial selection in Tennessee

External links

• Tennessee State Courts, "Trial Court Judges Directory," accessed May 15, 2014
• Tennessee State Courts, "Tennessee Judicial District Map," accessed May 15, 2014