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Contest for Circuit Court Clerk
County
Fayette County
primary - Partisan - Circuit Court Clerk
About this office
The Fayette County Circuit Court Clerk maintains the records of the Circuit Court and, in counties Fayette's size, typically also the General Sessions Court. Duties include docketing and indexing cases, authenticating court orders and judgments, collecting court costs and fines, administering oaths to witnesses and jurors, and managing the clerk's office. Fayette is part of Tennessee's 25th Judicial District, which also includes Hardeman, Lauderdale, McNairy, and Tipton counties.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Records management for both Circuit and General Sessions courts in a small-county clerk's office.
- Working knowledge of Tennessee court procedure, including docketing, process service, and fee schedules.
- Financial controls for collecting and disbursing court costs, fines, and bonds.
- Supervision of a small clerical staff and workflow across multiple court calendars.
- Administrative reliability — the office is a court of record, and its filings are legally binding.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
Campaigns
Republican Primary
2 candidates
Libby Bowling
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No substantive public biographical information was located in searches of Ballotpedia, the Fayette County Election Commission, local news, or Facebook. Bio does not indicate prior court-records management experience, Tennessee court-procedure training, or supervisory experience relevant to the Circuit and General Sessions clerk's office. The Office of the Fayette Circuit Court Clerk maintains a public Facebook page but no biographical material about Bowling was surfaced there. She has not filed a Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest.
Glenn "Jeb" Burgess
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A public records listing places a Glenn Everett Burgess at a Lagrange Road address in Somerville, Tennessee, but this could not be confirmed as the candidate. Bio does not indicate prior court-records management experience, Tennessee court-procedure training, or supervisory experience relevant to the Circuit and General Sessions clerk's office. No additional public biographical information was located in searches of Ballotpedia, the Fayette County Election Commission, local news, or Facebook. He has not filed a Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest.