Patton faces Lott Jr. in the general election. Lott was not opposed in the Republican Primary. The winner in the general election will take the bench seat now held by retiring Circuit Judge Helen Shores Lee.
Reginald L. Jeter will face attorney John Tindle in the general election to decide who will replace Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff Circuit Judge Gene Verin, who is retiring. Neither Jeter nor Tindle were unopposed in their primaries.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge Clyde Jones did not have opposition in the Democratic Party Primary for re-election, but he does face a Republican, Michael Jonathan Glover Jr., in the November general election.
The winner in the general election for Place 26 will fill the judgeship being vacated by retiring Criminal Circuit Judge Tommy Nail.
Jefferson County District Judge Eric M. Fancher, Sr. was unopposed in the Democratic primary for re-election, but he will face Cynthia Vines Butler, who was unopposed in the Republican Primary, in the general election.