State Supreme Court, Place 1

Sarah Hicks Stewart

Party:Republican

Age:  55

Residence:  Mobile

Political experience: Circuit judge, 2006-present (races 2006, 2010, and 2016)

Professional experience: Circuit judge (general jurisdiction trial court), 13th Judicial Circuit (Mobile County), 2006-present; vice-president, Alabama Circuit Judges Association 2017- present; secretary-treasurer Alabama Circuit Judges Association 2016-2017; board member, Alabama Circuit Judges Association 2009-present; Legal counsel, various Mobile and regional business, 1992-2006.

Civic experience: Leadership Mobile; board member, Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama; board member, Loaves and Fishes Ministry15th Place Homeless Day Service Shelter; member, Junior League of Mobile.

Education: Juris Doctor, Vanderbilt School of Law; Master’s in Communication, University of Arkansas; 1986; bachelor’s in communication, University of Arkansas, 1985.

Main issues: According to her campaign website, Stewart believes the people of Alabama deserve a court system that is honest and fair. She believes in the Constitution and supports conservative values.

Top Contributors: Leadership PAC, $189,000; T-Town PAC II, $166,500; CMG PAC II, $151,500; Progress for Justice, $148,000; Pride PAC II, $145,500; ET PAC, $126,500; Cash PAC, $106,500; Progress PAC, $20,000; Cunningham Bounds, $10,500; Judge Sarah Stewart Campaign, $8,245.

Campaign: https://www.facebook.com/pg/JudgeSarahStewart/about/?ref=page_internal