Who is running for Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 1 in 2026?

Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Domestic Relations Division (Place 1)

Brian Huff is a circuit judge in the Domestic Relations Division of Jefferson County's 10th Judicial Circuit and is the incumbent for Place 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot¹⁷. He earlier served as presiding judge of the Jefferson County Family Court, where he told a U.S. House subcommittee in 2010 that he was appointed to the bench in 2005 and elected in 2006³; he lost his 2012 reelection bid². He earned his B.A. from the University of Alabama and his J.D. from the Birmingham School of Law².

• Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Domestic Relations Division, Birmingham Division, current¹
• Presiding Judge, Jefferson County Family Court (juvenile delinquency, children in need of services, abuse and neglect cases); appointed 2005, elected 2006, served until the end of his term after losing the November 2012 general election²³
• Helped create the Reclaiming Our Youth juvenile justice reform effort and the Birmingham School Offense Protocol while on the family court bench, per his 2010 testimony³
• Practiced family, juvenile and domestic relations law before taking the bench; B.A., University of Alabama; J.D., Birmingham School of Law²
• Appointed to the Jefferson County Family Court in 2005 and elected in 2006, per his own testimony to Congress³; defeated by Raymond Pearson Chambliss in the November 6, 2012 general election². Circuit Place 1 (Domestic Relations) was held by Judge Anne Lamkin Durward, appointed by Governor Ivey in 2020 and elected in 2022, until her death on May 29, 2023⁴. Huff now holds that seat¹⁷, but the announcement of his appointment to it was not located in the sources reviewed. He is unopposed on the 2026 ballot⁷.