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Stewart wins Alabama chief justice race

Republican Sarah Stewart is the next Alabama chief justice and will lead the Alabama Supreme Court for the next six years.

Stewart, who has been an associate justice for five years, defeated Democrat Greg Griffin, a circuit court judge in Montgomery, with 66% of the 2.2 million votes, according to unofficial results from the Alabama Secretary of State.

Stewart was elected to the Alabama Supreme Court as an associate justice in 2018. Prior to that, she was appointed by Gov. Bob Riley in 2006 as judge over Alabama’s 13th Judicial Circuit where she presided over more than 20,000 criminal and civil cases.

Stewart will replace Tom Parker, chief justice since 2019, who has to retire because of the state’s age limit for judges.

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