Hon. Dee David Gay

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<b>Dee David Gay</b> is a <a href="/Tennessee_Criminal_Courts" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Criminal Courts">criminal court</a> judge for the <a href="/Sumner_County_Criminal_Court,_Tennessee" title="Sumner County Criminal Court, Tennessee">Sumner County Criminal Court</a> in the <a href="/Eighteenth_Judicial_District,_Tennessee" title="Eighteenth Judicial District, Tennessee">Eighteenth Judicial District</a> of <a href="/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>. He was elected to the court on <a href="/C2006#August" class="mw-redirect" title="C2006">August 3, 2006</a>, and was re-elected on August 7, 2014. His current eight-year term ends in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-results_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Tennessee_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Tennessee judicial elections, 2014">Tennessee judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Gay ran for re-election to the <a href="/Sumner_County_Criminal_Court,_Tennessee" title="Sumner County Criminal Court, Tennessee">Sumner County Criminal Court</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> He ran unopposed in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a>&nbsp;primary on May 6, 2014.<br><b>General</b>: He won without opposition in the general election on August 7, 2014.
<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><sup id="cite_ref-results_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Gay received both his undergraduate degree and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the University of Memphis in 1973 and 1977, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<ul><li><b>2006-2022:</b> Judge, <a href="/Sumner_County_Criminal_Court,_Tennessee" title="Sumner County Criminal Court, Tennessee">Sumner County Criminal Court</a></li>
<li><b>1980-2006:</b> Assistant district attorney, <a href="/Sumner_County,_Tennessee_(Judicial)" title="Sumner County, Tennessee (Judicial)">Sumner County</a></li>
<li><b>1979-1980:</b> Assistant district attorney, <a href="/Shelby_County,_Tennessee_(Judicial)" title="Shelby County, Tennessee (Judicial)">Shelby County</a> <sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Tennessee_Criminal_Court" title="Tennessee Criminal Court">Tennessee Criminal Court</a></li>
<li><a href="/Sumner_County,_Tennessee_(Judicial)" title="Sumner County, Tennessee (Judicial)">Sumner County, Tennessee</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Tennessee" title="Judicial selection in Tennessee">Judicial selection in Tennessee</a></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts/judges"><i>Tennessee State Courts</i>, "Trial Court Judges"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/courts/general-sessions-courts"><i>Tennessee State Courts</i>, "General Sessions Courts"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/administration/judicial-resources/judicial-district-map"><i>Tennessee State Courts</i>, "Tennessee Judicial District Map"</a></li></ul>
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