Christian County Family Court Judge Jason Shea Fleming will run for re-election, he announced Wednesday in a press release.
Fleming was first elected to the circuit court judgeship in 2006 and previously was an assistant county attorney from 1998 to 2006. He was director of Christian County Juvenile Services from 2000 to 2006 and was a volunteer in the county’s Juvenile Drug Court. He was in private practice in Hopkinsville from 1997 to 2003.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to represent the citizens of Christian County as their Family Court judge over the last 15 years,” Fleming said in the release. “I am humbled by the support and confidence that the people of Christian County have shown me.”
Fleming earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky, graduating cum laude.
Among several professional achievements Fleming lists in his release, he has presented educational programs for the Child Welfare League of America and the National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
Fleming served as board chairman for the Housing Authority of Hopkinsville for six years and board chairman for Westwood Senior Homes for two years. He was a member of the Kentucky Baptist Association’s Constitution and Bylaws Committee.
In Kentucky, circuit judges serve eight-year terms and district judges serve four-year terms. There are three circuit judges, including Fleming, and two district judges in Christian County. All five of the county’s judicial seats are on the 2022 ballot. Kentucky’s judicial races are nonpartisan.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
