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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 3, 2026

The Shelby County Election Commission will add a special election for criminal court judge to the Aug. 6 ballot following the decision by Criminal Court Judge Chris Craft to move up his retirement date from July to June 7, the Daily Memphian reports. Candidates may begin obtaining qualifying petitions on June 8 and must file them with the Election Commission by June 17. The withdrawal deadline for qualified candidates is June 20. The Division 8 race joins five other special judicial elections already on the August ballot: Chancery Part 2, Circuit Court Division 3, Criminal Court Division 1, General Sessions Civil Court Division 2 and General Sessions Criminal Court Division 7. See a list of all of candidates who have qualified with the Shelby County Election Commission for the August ballot.