Hon. Michael J. Rudisill

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<p><b>Michael J. Rudisill</b> is a Seminole County judge of the <a href="/Florida_18th_Circuit_Court" title="Florida 18th Circuit Court">18th Judicial Circuit Court</a> in <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. He was appointed by former Governor <a href="/Charlie_Crist" title="Charlie Crist">Charlie Crist</a> in <a href="/C2009#June" class="mw-redirect" title="C2009">June of 2009</a> to replace Judge <a href="/James_Perry" title="James Perry">James Perry</a>. Rudisill was sworn in on <a href="/C2009#August" class="mw-redirect" title="C2009">August 14, 2009</a>. He was re-elected in 2010 to a six-year term that ends on <a href="/C2017#January" class="mw-redirect" title="C2017">January 2, 2017</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sentinel_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sentinel-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-candidate_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Rudisill graduated from the University of Florida College of Law.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Rudisill spent seven years as an attorney prior to his judicial appointment--first as a prosecutor, then as a criminal defense attorney. He was appointed to the circuit court in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2016">2016</span></h3>
<dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Florida_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2016" title="Florida local trial court judicial elections, 2016">Florida local trial court judicial elections, 2016</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl><p>
Florida's 20 <a href="/Florida_Circuit_Court" title="Florida Circuit Court">circuit courts</a> all had seats up for election in 2016. Of the 151 seats up for election, 125 saw only one candidate file for the election. The unopposed races were canceled and the sole candidates were automatically elected. Of the 26 opposed races, only 10 saw more than two candidates file. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup></p><div class="results-box-2016"><table width="490px" class="bptable gray collapsible" id="collapsibleTable0">
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<td style="text-align:left" colspan="3"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=8/30/2016&amp;DATAMODE="><i>Florida Department of State Division of Elections</i>, "August 30, 2016 Primary Election," accessed December 19, 2016</a></td>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2010">2010</span></h3>
<p>Rudisill won the election in the primary, receiving 51.6% of the vote. He then ran unopposed in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-candidate_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.flcourts18.org/biographies.html">Judges of the 18th Circuit</a></li></ul>
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