TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 7, 2020

Incumbent Circuit Court Judge Bonita Jo Atwood fended off a challenge from Murfreesboro attorney Jack Mitchell yesterday to keep her seat, the Daily News Journal reports. According to unofficial results, won with 63% or 23,667 of the votes while Mitchell garnered 13,922. Earlier in the election cycle, a poll of Rutherford-Cannon County Bar Association members showed strong support for Mitchell. Atwood was appointed to the seat in May following the retirement of Judge Royce Taylor. She is the first woman to fill the seat. She will serve two years based on yesterday’s election and then stand for an eight-year term in 2022.