Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart has made history after becoming the first Republican woman elected as chief justice. Stewart on Tuesday defeated Montgomery Circuit Judge Greg Griffin, a Democrat from Montgomery, in the low-key election. Republicans running for the other appellate court positions were unopposed on Tuesday.
MONTGOMERY , Ala. — Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart was elected as the state’s chief justice, becoming the first Republican woman to be elected to the position.
Stewart is the third woman to serve as Alabama chief justice. Former Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb, a Democrat, in 2006 became the first woman elected as chief justice. Former Chief Justice Lyn Stuart, a Republican, took over the position in 2016 when Roy Moore was suspended after an ethics panel ruled Moore urged probate judges to defy the U.S. Supreme Court order allowing gays and lesbians to marry. Alabama Gov Kay Ivey in 2017 appointed Stuart as Moore’s replacement.
In Alabama, the chief justice serves on the state’s highest court, and also serves as the administrative head of the state court system.
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