Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court are appointed by the governor to serve eight-year terms, and then voters determine whether the justices should be retained or replaced during the August election. Before the election, the nine-member Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission evaluates each judge based on established criteria. This year, the recommendations of the commission were to retain all three Supreme Court justices.
I have known Justice Sharon Lee for more than 30 years. A graduate of UT College of Law, Sharon practiced law in Madisonville, prior to being appointed to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. As the daughter of a World War II veteran, Sharon holds true to the conservative family values she learned growing up in a small town. She is a fair and impartial judge who upholds the Constitution of the State of Tennessee. She is a judge, not a politician.
An effort has been made recently for partisan politics to be involved in our court system. Please help keep partisan politics out of Tennessee’s judicial system by voting to retain Supreme Court Justices Sharon Lee, Gary Wade and Cornelia Clark.
Shirley McDonald
Ooltewah