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2018 Elections

Kay Ivey

Office: Governor Kay Ivey Party: Republican Age: 73 Residence: Montgomery resident and native of Camden. Political offices held: Alabama governor, 2017-present, having ascended to governor in April 2017 when then-Gov. Robert Bentley resigned; lieutenant governor, 2014-2017; state treasurer, 2002-2014. Professional experience: Assistant director of Alabama Development office; reading clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives; bank officer;

Will Ainsworth

Office: Lieutenant governor Party: Republican Age: 37 Residence: Guntersville Political experience: Member, Alabama House of Representatives, District 27, 2014-present. Professional experience: Youth pastor at Albertville’s Grace Fellowship Church; small-business owner; cattle rancher and owner of Dream Ranch; founder and owner Tennessee Valley Hunting and Fishing Expo Education: Auburn University, bachelor’s in marketing. Main issues: According to his campaign

Jim Hughey III

Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 9 Jim Hughey III Party: Democrat Political experience: Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit Court, 2012-present. Professional experience: Private practice including, partner, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, over 10 years prior to 2012. Member, editorial board, The Alabama Lawyer; co-chair, Alabama State Bar’s Diversity in the Profession Committee. Education: Bachelor’s

Tracey Crisan McDonald

Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 8 Tracey Crisan McDonald Party: Republican Professional experience: Vernis & Bowling of Alabama; McDonald & Dotson; Keahey Law Firm; March, Rickard & Bryan, PC; Heninger, Burge, Vargo & Davis; constitutional law professor, Birmingham School of Law, St. Vincent’s Hospital; the Children’s Hospital of Alabama. Education: Cumberland School

Tracie A. Todd

Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 7 Tracie A. Todd Party: Democrat Political experience: Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit Court, Place 7, 2012- present. Professional experience: Former deputy district attorney, Jefferson County; special judge, Birmingham Municipal Court. Education: Juris doctorate, University of Alabama School of Law; exchange student, Australian National University College of Law;

Marshell Jackson Hatcher

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge, Place 8 Marshell Jackson Hatcher Party: Democrat Age: 52 Residence: Gardendale Political experience: First run for public office. Professional experience: Adjunct professor at Miles Law School; attorney at law; legislative analyst with Alabama Law Institute; associate counsel and interim executive director for the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District; adjunct

Patricia Ann Stephens

Jefferson County 10th Circuit Court Judge, Place 15  Patricia Ann Stephens Party: Democrat Residence: Birmingham Political experience: Elected to 10th Judicial Circuit Court, 2012. Professional experience: Jefferson County Circuit Court judge, 2013-present; private law firm, representing litigants in criminal and civil defense, family law and personal injury, 2009-2012; Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, prosecuting attorney,

Linda Hall

Office: Judge, 10thJudicial Circuit, Place 16 Party: Democratic Age: 58 Residence: Birmingham Education: Birmingham School of Law, juris doctorate, 1992; University of Alabama at Birmingham, bachelors of science, 1983. Professional experience: Private law practice, 1997-present; legal counselor for Committee to Protect the Homes; volunteer, Birmingham Bar Association, Civil and Domestic Relations. Civic experience: Board member, Epilepsy Foundation; volunteer, Birmingham Museum of Art;

Janine Hunt-Hillard

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge, Place 18 Janine Hunt-Hillard Party: Democrat Age: 48 Residence: Forestdale Political experience: None Professional experience: Attorney at the Hunt-Hilliard Law Firm, 2010-present; part-time judicial assistant with the state Administrative Office of Courts, 2013-2014; managing member of the law firm Hilliard, Smith and Hunt, LLC, 2000-2010; three years total as a

Alaric May

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge, Place 27 Alaric May Age: 48 Party: Democrat Residence:  Pinson Political experience: Ran for circuit judge in 2016; member, Alabama Democratic Executive Committee, 2006-2010. Professional Experience: May Law Firm, 2008-present; May & Green, LLC, 2000-2008; special Circuit Court judge, 2004-present; special District Court judge, 2006-present; has served as judge pro