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Judges on the Tennessee ballot in November 2026
Tennessee voters see 13 county-level judicial races in the counties we track on the November 3, 2026 ballot in the races The Ballot Brief tracks. Retention questions are a yes-or-no vote on keeping a sitting judge; elected seats work like any other race.
County and trial-court judicial races we track
Trial judges, county courts and other judicial offices from the county pages we have built (4 counties so far). Each link opens that race's page.
- Circuit Court Judge Division III — 20th Judicial District (Unexpired Term) Davidson County · 1 candidate
- Criminal Court Judge Division III — 20th Judicial District (Unexpired Term) Davidson County · 1 candidate
- General Sessions Judge Division VI (Unexpired Term) Davidson County · 1 candidate
- Public Defender — 20th Judicial District Davidson County · 1 candidate
- Knox County General Sessions Judge Division IV (Unexpired Term) Knox County · 2 candidates
- Chancellor, Part II – 19th Judicial District Montgomery County · 1 candidate
- General Sessions & Juvenile Court Judge, Division V Montgomery County · 2 candidates
- Chancellor Part II — 30th Judicial District (Unexpired Term) Shelby County · 3 candidates
- Circuit Court Judge Division III — 30th Judicial District (Unexpired Term) Shelby County · 2 candidates
- Criminal Court Judge Division I — 30th Judicial District (Unexpired Term) Shelby County · 2 candidates
- Criminal Court Judge Division VIII — 30th Judicial District (Unexpired Term) Shelby County · 7 candidates
- General Sessions Civil Court Judge Division 2 — 30th Judicial District Shelby County · 3 candidates
- General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Division 7 — 30th Judicial District Shelby County · 3 candidates
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