Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Kansas held retention and partisan elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. In the primary election on August 2, there were 17 contested races. In a majority of the partisan races, only candidates from one party filed for election, and therefore the winners were effectively chosen in primary. Out of the 124 seats up for election in November, there were only five contested races. In District 15, there were two magistrate divisions with competitive races. There were also contested magistrate races in Districts 16, 17, and 20. Sixty-two judges ran for retention, where voters are asked to vote either "yes" or "no" as to whether the judge should remain in office. A judge must received a majority of "yes" votes in order to earn another term. The filing deadline for candidates who wish to run in this election was June 1, 2016.

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2016 Local Judicial Elections

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Elections Information

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District court judges

District 13

☑ 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

☑ 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:

☑ Paula Keller

☐ A. Danielle Gardner

☐ Ryan Murray

Division 6:

☑ James Schroeder

☐ Katherine Green

☑ 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:

☑ Richard McVey

☐ Travis Barnes

☑ 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:

☐ Remington Dalke

☑ Richard Burgess

☑ 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

☑ Gary L. Nafziger

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

☑ Maritza Segarra
☑ Michael F. Powers
☑ Ryan W. Rosauer

District 9

☑ Joe Dickinson

District 10

☑ James F. Vano
☑ Thomas M. Sutherland
☑ Robert Wonnell
☑ James Charles Droege
☑ Thomas E. Foster
☑ Brenda Cameron
☑ Sara Welch

District 11

☑ A.J. Wachter
☑ Jeff Jack

District 12

☑ Kim Cudney

District 25

☑ Michael L. Quint

District 28

☑ Jared B. Johnson
☑ Paul J. Hickman
☑ Rene Young

District 30

☑ William R. Mott

District 31

☑ Daniel D. Creitz
☑ Daryl D. Ahlquist

District magistrate judges

District 2

☑ Dennis L. Reiling
☑ Blaine A. Carter

District 4

☑ Taylor J. Wine
☑ Kevin L. Kimball

District 6

☑ Valorie Leblanc

District 8

☑ Charles A. Zimmerman

District 10

☑ Michael H. Farley
☑ Linda S. Trigg
☑ James E. Phelan

District 11

☑ Samuel Marsh

District 12

☑ Brian Grace
☑ Paul Monty

District 21

☑ William Malcolm
☑ Sheila P. Hochhauser

District 25

☑ Janna DeLissa

District 28

☑ Mary Thrower

District 31

☑ Leo Gensweider

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.

The districts with partisan election of judges are:

13th District 14th District 15th District 16th District 17th District 18th District 19th District

20th District 22nd District 23rd District 24th District 26th District 27th District 29th District

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.

Judicial selection method

District courts: Appointed

See also: commission-selection, political appointment method

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.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

• 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. These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

• 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

• Judicial elections, 2016
• Kansas judicial elections
• Judicial selection in Kansas

External links

• Kansas Secretary of State

Footnotes

Kansas courts

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