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Bruce Brown (Kansas)
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2029
Bruce Brown (Republican Party) is a judge for Division 10 of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Brown (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Division 10 judge of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Brown received his undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University and his J.D. from Pepperdine University.[1] Prior to his elevation to the bench, Brown worked for 25 years as an attorney. Brown also spent four years in the U.S. Army and is now in the U.S. Army Reserve.[2]
Awards and associations
- U. S. Army Court of Military Review
- Kansans For Life
- Kansas Bar Association
- Wichita Bar Association[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2024)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 10
Incumbent Bruce Brown won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bruce Brown (R) | 98.9 | 128,516 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 1,423 | ||
| Total votes: 129,939 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 10
Incumbent Bruce Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 10 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bruce Brown | 100.0 | 14,791 | |
| Total votes: 14,791 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Brown in this election.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2020)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 10
Incumbent Bruce Brown won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 10 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bruce Brown (R) | 100.0 | 143,363 | |
| Total votes: 143,363 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 10
Incumbent Bruce Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 10 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bruce Brown | 100.0 | 42,694 | |
| Total votes: 42,694 | |||
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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.[3] Incumbent Bruce Brown ran unopposed in the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 10 general election.[4]
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 10 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Bruce Brown Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2012
- See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012
Brown ran unopposed for re-election in 2012.[5] On November 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 99 percent of the vote and 105,854 votes.[6] He ran in the election as a Republican.[7]
Selection method
- See also: Partisan elections
In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[8] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[9]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[9]
- 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
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bruce Brown did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Bruce Brown did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Judge Profile: Bruce Charles Brown," accessed August 3, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Campaign Website
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedgsc - ↑ Sedgwick County Elections Office "Current Candidate Listings"
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 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
