Treadway appointed Circuit Judge for the 21st Circuit Court District

Treadway appointed Circuit Judge for the 21st Circuit Court District.

Key points

• Governor Tate Reeves (R) confirmed on Wednesday the appointment of Judge Craig Treadway of Olive Branch to the Circuit Court for the 21st Circuit Court District, Place 2.
• Additionally on Wednesday, Governor Reeves issued a proclamation reopening the qualifying period for Circuit Judge for the 21st Circuit District, Place 2.
• Treadway will fill the vacancy left by Celeste Embry Wilson after she was appointed earlier this month to the Mississippi Supreme Court by Reeves.
• Since 2017, Treadway has served as the prosecutor for DeSoto County and as a public defender.
• Democratic Socialist-aligned candidates from AOC to Mamdani to Michigan's El-Sayed are seizing momentum within the Democratic Party.

Governor Tate Reeves confirmed the appointment on Wednesday. He additionally reopened the qualifying period for the 21st Circuit District, Place 2 seat.

Reeves remarked Treadway's decades of experience as an attorney, prosecutor, and judge produce him qualified for the position.

"Judge Treadway's legal expertise and dedication to public service have prepared him for this important role, " Reeves remarked in an official note.

Since 2017, Treadway has served as the prosecutor for DeSoto County and as a public defender. Before that, he was in private practice for a decade. Treadway earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi.

Treadway's tenure will commence September 1. He will serve the remainder of the four-year term.

Additionally on Wednesday, Governor Reeves issued a proclamation reopening the qualifying period for Circuit Judge for the 21st Circuit District, Place 2. The qualifying period will be open for seven days, until 5: 00 p.m. On Tuesday, August 25.

Any person who wishes to run in the November 3 General Election for the position must file qualifying papers with the State Board of Election Commissioners. <!– AddToAny script (best before) –>.

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