Ellsworth County, Kansas (Judicial)
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Ellsworth County is within the Kansas Twentieth Judicial District
The people of Ellsworth County are served by a district court and municipal courts.
The United States District Court for the District of Kansas has jurisdiction in Ellsworth County. Appeals from the District of Kansas go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
Judges
District Court
Kansas Twentieth Judicial District
- Mike Keeley (Chief judge)
- Steve E. Johnson
Magistrate Judges:
See also
External links
- Kansas Judicial Branch, "20th Judicial District," accessed June 3, 2014
- Official website of Ellsworth County
Footnotes
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
Elections
- See also: Kansas judicial elections
Kansas is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kansas, click here.
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2025
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Kansas judicial elections, 2014
- Kansas judicial elections, 2012
- Kansas judicial elections, 2010
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 in the primary goes on to represent that party in the general election.[1]
The districts with partisan election of judges are:
General election
Appellate judges and appointed district court judges participate in retention elections. Candidates in the districts above advance from the primary election.
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.[3]