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Contest for District Attorney District 35
general - Partisan - District Attorney
About this office
The district attorney general is the elected chief prosecutor for a judicial district — deciding what cases are charged, presenting cases to the grand jury, and prosecuting criminal matters. It is a leadership role over a public-law office with wide discretion.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Prosecutorial leadership of a district attorney's office of attorneys, investigators, and victim-services staff.
- Working knowledge of Tennessee criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, and prosecutorial ethics under the Rules of Professional Conduct.
- Charging-policy judgment that shapes the whole criminal-court docket — what is presented to the grand jury, diverted, or resolved by plea.
- Budget and personnel management of a public-law-office operation.
- Public-facing communication on cases of community concern, in cooperation with police, courts, and victim communities.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
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