Judicial candidates hitting the TVs

Circuit Court Judge Harold Wimberly (Div. 2) has released his third television ad (this guy is on a roll) entitled "Dear Mr. Judge." (Naw, I'm not kidding.)

Anyhoo, you can check it out below. Wimberly, a Democrat, faces Bill Ailor, a Republican, in the Aug. 7 general election.


Leland Price, who faces Scott Green for the Criminal Court (Div 2) judge seat in the same election, also has released his second television ad. 

You can find that below



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Price campaign releases first TV ad

Leland Price, who is running for the Criminal Court (Division III) judicial post, has released his first television ad, according to his campaign.

Price, a Democrat, faces Scott Green, a Republican, in the Aug. 7 county General Election. Price currently serves as a prosecutor in the Knox County Attorney General's Office. Green, a former county prosecutor, now has his own law firm.

The ad is mostly comprised of testimonials from the Christian and Newsom families.

You can find it below:



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Stokes to run for Circuit Ct Judge

Knoxville lawyer Billy Stokes today announced that he will seek the office of Judge, Knox County Circuit Court, Div. 1, bringing the total of Republican candidates at this point to three.

"My career as an attorney has enabled me to serve both in private practice and government service," Stokes said in a statement. 'there is no more important, responsible or accountable position in our justice system than the position of Judge. After consulting my family and members of my firm, I believe I can do the best job in this role for the people of Knox County."

According to the rest of his release, Stokes has practiced law in Knox County for more than 30 years, with most of it at the Circuit Court level. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC) and served in the Tennessee governor's cabinet and on senior staff.

Early in his career, he work for the Knoxville Police Department, the Knox County Juvenil Court and the East TN Regional Juvenile Detention Center.

He is currently a shareholder in the firm, Williams, Sharp, Davies, Cope & Mann, P.C.

In addition to Stokes, local attorney and former county GOP Chairman Ray Jenkins and attorney Kristi Davis, who represented the family that got yelled at by a judge for naming their kid "Messiah," are running for the seat.

Also, from what I understand Knox County Assistant Attorney General Leland Price will run as a Democrat for a Criminal Court Judge seat (different race).

And, of course, I’ll be running as a write-in candidate because, quite frankly, I think it would be bad a$$ to get that gig and then walk around the Death Star all day in the black robe like freakin’ Lord Vader. (Not to be confused with Lord McIntyre of course.)