Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
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Elections
General
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District court judges
District 13
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Division 2: Charles M. Hart (i)
☑ Division 3: David Ricke (i)
District 14
☑ Division 3: Jeffrey Gettler
District 15
☑ Division 1: Kevin Berens
☑ Division 2: Scott Showalter (i)
District 16
☑ Division 2: E. Leigh Hood (i)
☑ Division 3: Van Hampton (i)
District 17
☑ Preston A. Pratt (i)
District 18
☑ Division 1: Phillip Journey (i)
☑ Division 2: David Dahl (i)
☑ Division 3: Gregory Keith
☑ Division 6: Eric N. Williams
☑ Division 9: Chris Magana (i)
☑ Division 10: Bruce Brown (i)
☑ Division 11: James Fleetwood (i)
☑ Division 12: Kevin M. Smith (i)
☑ Division 13: Kevin J. O’Connor (i)
☑ Division 14: J. Patrick Walters (i)
☑ Division 16: Terry L. Pullman (i)
☑ Division 20: Stephen J. Ternes (i)
☑ Division 21: Jeff Dewey (i)
☑ Division 22: Deborah Hernandez Mitchell (i)
☑ Division 23: William Sioux Woolley (i)
☑ Division 24: Tyler Roush (i) Note: Roush was appointed to the seat after winning the primary and incumbent Timothy Henderson resigned.
☑ Division 25: Warren Wilbert (i)
☑ Division 26: Jeff Goering (i)
☑ Division 27: Jeff Syrios (i)
☑ Division 28: Eric Commer (i)
District 19
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Division 1: Nicholas St. Peter (i)
☑ Division 2: Christopher Smith
District 20
☑ Division 2: Steve E. Johnson (i)
☑ Division 3: Mike Keeley (i)
District 22
☑ Division 2: John L. Weingart (i)
District 23
☑ Division 1: Blake Bittel (i)
☑ Division 2: Glenn Braun (i)
District 26
☑ Division 2: Clint Peterson (i)
District 27
☑ Division 2: Timothy J. Chambers (i)
☑ Division 4: Patricia Macke Dick (i)
District 29
☑ Division 1: Robert P. Burns (i)
☑ Division 2: Michael A. Russell (i)
☑ Division 7: Courtney Mikesic
☑ Division 8: R. Wayne Lampson (i)
☑ Division 9: Daniel Cahill (i)
☑ Division 13: Renee Henry
☑ Division 14: Jennifer Orth Myers
☑ Division 16: Constance Alvey (i)
District magistrate judges
District 13
☑ Division 1: Kristin Hutchison (i)
☑ Division 2: Ross R. McIlvain (i)
District 14
☑ David A. Casement (i)
District 15
Division 1:
Division 6:
☑ Division 2: Mark J. Temaat (i)
☑ Division 3: John Cahoj (i)
☑ Division 4: Steve Unruh (i)
☑ Division 5: Richard J. Ress (i)
District 16
Division 4:
☑ Division 1: Philip J. Moore (i)
☑ Division 2: Rustin Martin (i)
☑ Division 3: Joey Duncan (i)
☑ Division 5: Keith Whitney (i)
District 17
Division 6:
- ☑ Michael Kirchhoff (i)
- ☐
Donna Rae Devlin - ☐ Lance McDowell
☑ Division 1: Jessie A. Thompson (i)
☑ Division 2: Jay E. Tate (i)
☑ Division 4: Renee Henke (i)
☑ Division 5: Paula D. Hofaker (i)
District 20
Division 2:
☑ Division 1: Verle Willey (i)
☑ Division 3: Marty K. Clark (i)
☑ Division 4: Timarie Ann Walters (i)
District 22
☑ Division 1: Roy M. Roper (i)
☑ Division 2: Angela Hecke (i)
District 23
☑ Division 2: Douglas Bigge (i)
☑ Division 3: Richard Flax (i)
District 24
☑ Division 1: Ken Schmidt (i)
☑ Division 2: Kenton Gleason (i)
☑ Division 3: Shelley Selfridge (i)
☑ Division 4: James R. Kepple (i)
☑ Division 5: Julie Cowell (i)
☑ Division 6: Dale Synder (i)
District 26
☑ Division 1: Margaret L. Alford (i)
☑ Division 2: Steven Santala (i)
☑ Division 3: Thomas Kemp (i)
☑ Division 4: Vernon Butt (i)
☑ Division 5: Paula J. Sosa (i)
District 27
☑ Cheryl I. Allen (i)
Retention
District court judges
District 1
☑ Gunnar A. Sundby
☑ Martin J. Asher
☑ Robert J. Bednar
District 2
District 3
☑ Rebecca Crotty
☑ Richard D. Anderson
☑ Teresa L. Watson
☑ Joseph Johnson
☑ Larry Hendricks
☑ Franklin R. Theis
☑ Frank Yeoman Jr.
☑ Steven R. Ebberts
☑ Nancy E. Parrish
☑ Mark S. Braun
District 4
☑ Douglas P. Witteman
☑ Eric W. Godderz
District 5
☑ Jeffry J. Larson
☑ Merlin G. Wheeler
District 6
☑ Terri Johnson
☑ Mark A. Ward
☑ Steve Montgomery
District 7
☑ Barbara Kay Huff
☑ James R. McCabria
☑ Paula B. Martin
District 8
District 9
District 10
☑ James F. Vano
☑ Thomas M. Sutherland
☑ Robert Wonnell
☑ James Charles Droege
☑ Thomas E. Foster
☑ Brenda Cameron
☑ Sara Welch
District 11
District 12
District 25
District 28
☑ Jared B. Johnson
☑ Paul J. Hickman
☑ Rene Young
District 30
District 31
District magistrate judges
District 2
☑ Dennis L. Reiling
☑ Blaine A. Carter
District 4
☑ Taylor J. Wine
☑ Kevin L. Kimball
District 6
District 8
District 10
☑ Michael H. Farley
☑ Linda S. Trigg
☑ James E. Phelan
District 11
District 12
District 21
☑ William Malcolm
☑ Sheila P. Hochhauser
District 25
District 28
District 31
Contested primary races
District court judges
District 14 (Division 3)
Republican primary
☑ Jeffrey Gettler
☐ Robert W. Lattin
District 15 (Division 1)
Republican primary
☐ Leslie Beims
☑ Kevin Berens
District 18 (Division 3)
Republican primary
☑ Gregory Keith
☐ Carl Maughan
District 18 (Division 14)
Republican primary
☐ Linda Kirby
☑ J. Patrick Walters (i)
District 18 (Division 21)
Republican primary
☑ Jeff Dewey
☐ Robert Holubec
☐ Quentin Pittman
District 18 (Division 24)
Republican primary
☐ Shawn Elliott
☐ Timothy Henderson (i)
☑ Tyler Roush
District 19 (Division 2)
Republican primary
☐ Tamara Niles
☑ Christopher Smith
District 29 (Division 7)
Democratic primary
☐ Vicki Meyer
☑ Courtney Mikesic
District 29 (Division 13)
Democratic primary
☑ Renee Henry
☐ Tony Martinez
☐ Deryl Wynn
District magistrate judges
District 15 (Division 2)
Republican primary
☐ Cheryl Stewart
☑ Mark J. Temaat (i)
District 15 (Division 5)
Republican primary
☐ Ronald Kendrick
☑ Richard J. Ress (i)
District 15 (Division 6)
Republican primary
☐ Kristi Hawkins
☐ Theodore Juenemann
☑ James Schroeder
District 16 (Division 4)
Republican primary
☐ Kari Kyle
☑ Richard McVey
☐ Ronald Dwane Shank
District 24 (Division 3)
Republican primary
☐ Kathleen Delaney
☑ Shelley Selfridge (i)
☐ Vicki Yost
District 24 (Division 6)
Republican primary
☐ Trevor Crowell
☑ Dale Synder (i)
District 26 (Division 2)
Republican primary
☐ De Ann Ricketts
☑ Steven Santala
☐ Robert Smitherman
☐ Joseph Welsh
District 26 (Division 3)
Republican primary
☑ Thomas Kemp (i)
☐ Amanda Wray
Results
| Kansas Fourteenth Judicial District, Division 3 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jeffrey Gettler |
63.07% | 2,282 |
| Robert W. Lattin | 36.93% | 1,336 |
| Total Votes | 3,618 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Fifteenth Judicial District, Division 1 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Kevin Berens |
53.46% | 3,789 |
| Leslie Beims | 46.54% | 3,298 |
| Total Votes | 7,087 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 3 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Gregory Keith |
51.63% | 15,547 |
| Carl Maughan | 48.37% | 14,563 |
| Total Votes | 30,110 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 14 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| J. Patrick Walters Incumbent |
50.17% | 15,753 |
| Linda Kirby | 49.83% | 15,647 |
| Total Votes | 31,400 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 21 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Jeff Dewey |
51.31% | 15,211 |
| Quentin Pittman | 39.06% | 11,578 |
| Robert Holubec | 9.63% | 2,854 |
| Total Votes | 29,643 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 24 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Tyler Roush |
45.58% | 14,472 |
| Shawn Elliott | 39.05% | 12,397 |
| Timothy H. Henderson Incumbent | 15.37% | 4,881 |
| Total Votes | 31,750 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Nineteenth Judicial District, Division 2 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Christopher Smith |
54.39% | 2,281 |
| Tamara Niles | 45.61% | 1,913 |
| Total Votes | 4,194 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Twenty-Ninth Judicial District, Division 7 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Courtney Mikesic |
63.40% | 7,506 |
| Vicki Meyer | 36.60% | 4,333 |
| Total Votes | 11,839 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Twenty-Ninth Judicial District, Division 13 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Renee Henry |
41.75% | 4,886 |
| Tony Martinez | 31.97% | 3,742 |
| Deryl Wynn | 26.28% | 3,075 |
| Total Votes | 11,703 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Fifteenth Judicial District, Division 2 Magistrate Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Mark J. Temaat Incumbent |
80.95% | 633 |
| Cheryl Stewart | 19.05% | 149 |
| Total Votes | 782 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Fifteenth Judicial District, Division 5 Magistrate Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Richard J. Ress Incumbent |
55.78% | 1,168 |
| Ronald Kendrick | 44.22% | 926 |
| Total Votes | 2,094 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Sixteenth Judicial District, Division 4 Magistrate Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Richard McVey |
59.18% | 361 |
| Ronald Dwane Shank | 37.21% | 227 |
| Kari Kyle | 3.61% | 22 |
| Total Votes | 610 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Division 3 Magistrate Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Shelley Selfridge Incumbent |
55.85% | 277 |
| Vicki Yost | 32.86% | 163 |
| Kathleen Delaney | 11.29% | 56 |
| Total Votes | 496 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Division 6 Magistrate Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Dale Snyder Incumbent |
68.16% | 548 |
| Trevor Crowell | 31.84% | 256 |
| Total Votes | 804 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, Division 2 Magistrate Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Steven Santala |
51.19% | 386 |
| Joseph Welsh | 24.14% | 182 |
| Robert Smitherman | 13.79% | 104 |
| De Ann Ricketts | 10.88% | 82 |
| Total Votes | 754 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
| Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, Division 3 Magistrate Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Thomas Kemp |
56.97% | 421 |
| Amanda Wray | 43.03% | 318 |
| Total Votes | 739 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
District map
Election rules
Primary election
Only district court judges in districts that hold partisan elections participate in the primary. The candidate with the most votes from each party (Democratic or Republican) in the primary go on to represent that party in the general election.[2]
The districts with partisan election of judges are:
Retention election
In retention elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the justice in office for another term. If a candidate receives a majority of "yes" votes, that person is retained for another term. If not, that position will become a vacancy upon the term's expiration.[4]
Judicial selection method
District courts: Appointed
In 17 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen through the commission-selection, political appointment method. These judges stand for retention after their first year in office and serve four-year terms if retained.[5][6]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[5]
- a state and district resident;
- a member in good standing of the state bar for at least five years; and
- under the age of 70. If a sitting judge turns 70 while on the bench, he or she may serve out the term.
District courts: Elected
- See also: Partisan elections
In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[6] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[5]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[5]
- a state and district resident;
- a member in good standing of the state bar for at least five years; and
- under the age of 70. If a sitting judge turns 70 while on the bench, he or she may serve out the term.
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Filing Information," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Election Standards - Election Administration," accessed December 7, 2015 Scroll to p."II-5"
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Kansas State Library, "Kansas Constitution, Article Three," accessed April 28, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
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