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Turner wins Republican nomination for circuit judge

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Bud Turner, an attorney since 1985, will face Democrat Foster Marshall in the race for Seventh Circuit Court Judge in November.

Turner beat attorney Ray Bryan in Tuesday’s primary election for the Republican nomination for the seat soon to be vacated by Judge Malcolm Street.

Turner served as Calhoun-Cleburne County Circuit Judge from 1999 to 2005. He lost the seat to Judge John Thomason in 2004.

“It’s been a lot of hard work,” said Turner, who was watching election results from his home Tuesday night. “I’m grateful to all the folks who supported me and worked so hard to help me. You just can’t do this by yourself.”

Bryan, who has been an attorney for more than 22 years, said he felt good Tuesday afternoon before the results were in.

“I couldn’t keep up with the money being spent by my opponent,” Bryan said in a telephone interview before the polls closed.. “But I sure used a lot of shoe leather and my friends were using all the other means of communication … Thank goodness for Facebook.”

There was a wide gulf between their campaign expenditures. As of their March 9 campaign finance reports, Turner had spent $74,846.49 to Bryan’s $18,837.25.

They both did a lot of hand-shaking. Turner said Tuesday afternoon from the old Calhoun County garage that he was tired but pleased with the campaign. He spent the afternoon greeting voters.

“It’s kind of like coaching a team,” Turner said. “You just have to work and run as hard as you can run and hope you convinced folks that you’re the candidate that’s best to serve the people.”

Turner, a graduate of Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, was a youth minister for 11 years before going to law school. He holds a master’s degree in religious education and another in divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He decided to go to law school after watching Watergate develop.

“When Watergate hit, I felt like people should get involved in their political world,” Turner said.

After practicing law for more than a decade, Turner had an opportunity to run for 7th Circuit Judge and won as a Democrat.

Turner said the only thing political about the office of judge is the campaign. The job is really bipartisan, he said. So, when Turner heard that Street was not running for re-election, he decided to try for the office again. For this election, Turner decided to run as a Republican. He changed parties just before starting the campaign, he said. But Turner doesn’t think it’s an issue.

“In my generation, most everybody was a Democrat,” Turner said. “A lot of people have changed over.”

Turner also served as municipal court judge for Piedmont. While serving as judge he instituted a rehabilitation program, a work training program and a work release program.

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