Eric Commer
Eric Commer is a judge for Division 28 of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. His current term ends on January 13, 2025.
Commer (Republican Party) is running for re-election for the Division 28 judge of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on August 6, 2024.
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Commer received his undergraduate degree from Sterling College and his J.D. from Washburn University.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2024)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 28
Incumbent Eric Commer is running in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 28 on November 5, 2024.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 28
Incumbent Eric Commer advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 28 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Commer | 100.0 | 16,110 |
| Total votes: 16,110 | |||
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2020)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 28
Incumbent Eric Commer won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 28 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Commer (R) | 100.0 | 138,075 |
| Total votes: 138,075 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 28
Incumbent Eric Commer advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 28 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Commer | 100.0 | 41,478 |
| Total votes: 41,478 | |||
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2016
Kansas held retention and partisan elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on August 2, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was June 1, 2016.[2] Incumbent Eric Commer ran unopposed in the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 28 Republican primary.[3]
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 28 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | ||
 Eric Commer Incumbent | ||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
2012
- See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012
Commer ran unopposed for re-election in 2012.[4] On November 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 99.1 percent of the vote and 102,666 votes.[5] He ran in the election as a Republican.[6]
Selection method
- See also: Partisan elections
In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[7] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[8]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[8]
- 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.
Campaign themes
2024
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2020
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Martindale.com Profile
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Filing Information," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2016 Primary," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State: Candidate Lists Select "2012 General"
- ↑ Sedgwick County Elections Office "November 6th, 2012 General Election Unofficial Results - Sedgwick County" November 7, 2012
- ↑ Sedgwick County Elections Office "Current Candidate Listings"
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Kansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Kansas
State courts:
Kansas Supreme Court • Kansas Court of Appeals • Kansas District Courts • Kansas Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Kansas • Kansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kansas
