May 5, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Circuit Court Judge Amy Hollars will be challenged for re-election in August.
William T. “Will” Ridley of Crossville ran unopposed in the Republican primary Tuesday for Circuit Court Judge Part I and received 19,247 votes district-wide in the seven county 13th judicial district. In DeKalb County Ridley got 1,511 votes.
A Livingston native, Judge Hollars was appointed to the bench by Governor Phil Bredesen on July 15, 2009, to fill a seat vacated by her father, retired Judge John A. Turnbull. She was elected to the court as a Democratic candidate in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Hollars is running this year as an Independent candidate. The term is for eight years.
The five other judicial candidates, all Republicans, won their primaries unopposed on Tuesday and will be re-elected unopposed in August.
Here are the results for them:
Chancellor- 13th Judicial District
Ronald Thurman (Incumbent) – 19,689 (district-wide) including 1,642 in DeKalb County
Criminal Court Judge Part I 13th Judicial District:
Gary S. McKenzie (Incumbent)-19,672 (district-wide) including 1,614 in DeKalb County
Criminal Court Judge Part II 13th Judicial District:
Wesley Bray (Incumbent)-19,140 (district-wide) including 1,568 in DeKalb County
Public Defender 13th Judicial District:
Craig P. Fickling, Jr. (Incumbent)-18,434 (district-wide) including 1,521 in DeKalb County
District Attorney General 13th Judicial District:
Bryant C. Dunaway (Incumbent)-19,950 (district-wide) including 1,607 in DeKalb County