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Magistrate, Trimble County

District 2

Vote for
1
Term
4 years
Candidates
1
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: Magistrates sit on the fiscal court, the county's governing body, which adopts the county budget and ordinances with the county judge/executive. Trimble County has four, each elected by one magisterial district.

Open seat: Magistrate Melissa Gibson Cornish is not on the ballot. On the ballot in the South Bedford, Burrows and North Bedford precincts (sample ballot).

Matt Gossom

Republican

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