The judicial poll conducted by the Chattanooga Bar Association every two years has been released, and 15.13 percent of the membership were counted.
There were 747 polls mailed in November of 2011, and 128 were received. Ten were late and five had no signature so 113 were counted.
All local judges were rated on objective and unbiased, legal ability, good moral character, diligence and judicial temperament.
On those categores in the superior category:
Federal Judge Curtis Collier 38, 45, 52, 47,41
Federal Judge Sandy Mattice 42, 43, 51, 42, 46
Magistrate Susan Lee 45, 46, 50, 50, 43
Magisrate Bill Carter 60, 53, 61, 62, 63
Bankruptcy Judge John Cook 33, 35, 37, 35, 34
Bankruptcy Judge Shelly Rucker 27 27 27 27 26
Appeals Court Judge Herschel Franks 31, 34, 38, 33, 32
Appeals Court Judge John McClarty 41, 37, 46, 45, 47
Chancellor Jeff Atherton 26, 27, 46, 40 29
Chancellor Frank Brown 66, 63, 80, 80, 76
Circuit Judge Jackie Bolton 24, 17, 34, 20, 36
Circuit Judge Jeff Hollingsworth 73, 71, 81, 78, 81
Circuit Judge Neil Thomas 69, 76, 77, 76, 80
Circuit Judge Marie Williams 44, 60, 62, 52, 43
Criminal Judge Don Poole 53, 53, 59, 54, 58
Criminal Judge Barry Steelman 42, 42, 50, 47, 47
Criminal Judge Rebecca Stern 33, 28, 30, 26, 32
Juvenile Judge Suzanne Bailey 24, 26, 32, 25, 25
Juvenile Referee Emma Andrews 6, 6, 12, 8, 9
Juvenile Referee Kathy Clark 9, 11, 9, 11, 11
Juvenile Referee Elizabeth Gentzler 7, 5, 6, 7, 7
Juvenile Referee Thomas Chris Gott 6, 6, 6, 8, 8,
Juvenile Referee Troy McDougal 4, 3, 7, 7, 6
Juvenile Referee Bruce Owens 19, 14, 17, 14, 18
Sessions Judge David Bales 7, 7, 12, 10, 7
Sessions Judge Ron Durby 24, 19, 39, 22, 33
Sessions Judge Christie Sell 39, 33, 44, 36. 46
Sessions Judge Clarence Shattuck 61, 61, 66, 61, 61
City Judge Russell Bean 27, 26, 29, 29, 34
City Judge Sherry Paty 30, 24, 36, 31, 33
Lookout Mountain Judge John Higgason 26, 23, 31, 26, 30
Red Bank Judge Johnny Houston 8, 12, 13, 13, 11
Soddy Daisy Judge David Norton 18, 16, 25, 23, 21
East Ridge Judge Arvin Reingold 13, 16, 22, 13, 17
Signal Mountain Judge Mark Rothberger 8, 6, 12, 8, 9
Lakesite Judge Arnold Stulce, Jr. 21, 20, 23, 22, 21
Walden Judge Herbert Thornbury 19, 19, 21, 18, 20
Collegedale Judge Kevin Wilson 12, 13, 18, 16, 16