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<b>Eric Eighmy</b> is an associate judge of the <a href="/Missouri_46th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 46th Judicial Circuit Court">46th Judicial Circuit Court</a> in <a href="/Taney_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Taney County, Missouri (Judicial)">Taney County, Missouri</a>. He was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-elec_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elec-1">[1]</a></sup>
</p><p>Previously, he was a <a href="/Missouri_Municipal_Courts" title="Missouri Municipal Courts">municipal court</a> judge for the municipalities of Forsyth in <a href="/Taney_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Taney County, Missouri (Judicial)">Taney County</a> and Highlandville in <a href="/Christian_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Christian County, Missouri (Judicial)">Christian County</a>. Between January 20, 2014, and his ascension to the associate circuit bench, he was the judge for the municipality of Hollister in <a href="/Taney_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Taney County, Missouri (Judicial)">Taney County</a> during Judge <a href="/Randall_Anglen" title="Randall Anglen">Randall Anglen</a>'s leave from the bench.
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<p>Eighmy received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> degree from the University of Tulsa.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<p>Eighmy maintained his own law practice in <a href="/Taney_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Taney County, Missouri (Judicial)">Taney County</a> for more than twenty years.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Missouri_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Missouri judicial elections, 2014">Missouri judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Eighmy ran for election to the <a href="/Missouri_38th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 38th Judicial Circuit Court">38th Judicial Circuit Court</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> He was successful in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> primary on August 5, 2014, receiving 36.30 percent of the vote. He competed against <a href="/Bob_Paulsen" title="Bob Paulsen">Bob Paulsen</a>, <a href="/Michele_L._Wilson" title="Michele L. Wilson">Michele L. Wilson</a> and <a href="/Tim_Davis" title="Tim Davis">Tim Davis</a>.<br><b>General</b>: He won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
<sup id="cite_ref-elec_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elec-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="/Missouri_38th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 38th Judicial Circuit Court">38th Judicial Circuit Court</a></li>
<li><a href="/Courts_in_Missouri" title="Courts in Missouri">Courts in Missouri</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Missouri" title="Judicial selection in Missouri">Judicial selection in Missouri</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.courts.mo.gov/mcw/findacourt/getCountyCourtData.htm"><i>Your Missouri Courts</i>, "46th Judicial Circuit"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1934"><i>Your Missouri Courts</i>, "38th Judicial Circuit"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Eighmy-for-Judge-2014/241834169333166?sk=timeline"><i>Facebook.com</i>, "Eric Eighmy for Judge 2014"</a></li></ul>
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