Crystal Jessee Of Greeneville, Two Candidates From Morristown File Petitions For Election To Unexpired Term Of Circuit Court Judge
With the qualifying deadline today at Noon for candidates wishing to fill the unexpired term of Judge William E. Phillips II , three potential candidates have submitted their petitions to be on the August 6th ballot.
Crystal Jessee of Greeneville, as well as Mark Stephen Stapleton and Aaron Joseph Chapman, both of Morristown, if approved, would be on the ballot for Circuit Court Judge, Part II – District 3, which represents Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, and Hancock Counties.
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It was announced last month that Phillips, from Rogersville, was being elevated to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Division. He had been appointed by Governor Bill Lee to fill the Circuit Court seat after the retirement of Judge Tom Wright in 2021. Phillips won election to an eight-year term in the office in 2022, defeating Crystal Jessee and Bradley Mercer.
