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Nicole Hughes

Nonpartisan · Michigan · 2026

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Judge of District Court, 12th District, Incumbent PositionMichigan · 2026Jackson County sample ballot
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Nicole Hughes was appointed to the 12th District Court bench by Governor Whitmer on April 1, 2026, per WILX News. She served nearly nine years as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Washtenaw County handling domestic violence, sexual assault and homicide cases, and previously worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the Michigan Department of Attorney General and as a law clerk for a Michigan judge, per her campaign site. She now presides over the court's Domestic Violence Treatment Court.

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