Five incumbent judicial candidates will be re-elected this August after winning their Republican Primaries unopposed. Each will enter the August General Election unopposed as well.

The 13th Judicial District Chancellor Ronald Thurman received 19,689 district-wide votes, with 1,642 in DeKalb County to secure his seat, while Part I, 13th Judicial District Criminal Court Judge Gary S. McKenzie had 19,672 district-wide votes, with 1,614 in DeKalb County.

Part II, 13th Judicial District Criminal Court Judge Wesley Bray had 19,140 votes district-wide, 1,568 in DeKalb County, while Public Defender 13th Judicial District Craig P. Fickling, Jr. had 18,434 votes, including 1,521 in DeKalb County. District Attorney General of the 13th Judicial District Bryant C. Dunaway gained 19,950 district-wide votes, with 1,607 in DeKalb County.

The only contested race will be between Republican William T. “Will” Ridley of Crossville, who received 19,247 votes district-wide in the primary race for the seven-county Part I, 13th Judicial District Circuit Court Judge, and Independent incumbent Judge Amy Hollars of Livingston. Ridley received 1,511 votes in DeKalb.

Judge Hollars was appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen in 2009, to replace her father, retired Judge John A. Turnbull. She was later elected to the court as a Democratic candidate in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Hollars is running as an Independent candidate in the August election.