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Chris Magana
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2009 - Present
2029
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Chris Magana (Republican Party) is a judge for Division 9 of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Magana (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Division 9 judge of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Education
Magana received his undergraduate degree from Fort Hays State University and his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2009-Present: Judge, Eighteenth Judicial District
- 2000-2009: Attorney, Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman & Zuercher, LLC
- 1995-2000: Sedgwick County district attorney
- 1993-1994: Legal Services of Southeast Kansas[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2024)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 9
Incumbent Chris Magana won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 9 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chris Magana (R) | 98.9 | 132,711 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 1,422 | ||
| Total votes: 134,133 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 9
Incumbent Chris Magana advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 9 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chris Magana | 100.0 | 16,979 | |
| Total votes: 16,979 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Magana in this election.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2020)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 9
Incumbent Chris Magana won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chris Magana (R) | 100.0 | 145,090 | |
| Total votes: 145,090 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 9
Incumbent Chris Magana advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 9 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chris Magana | 100.0 | 42,457 | |
| Total votes: 42,457 | |||
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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 Chris Magana ran unopposed in the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 9 general election.[3]
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 9 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Chris Magana Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2012
- See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012
Magana ran unopposed for re-election in 2012.[4] On November 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 98.9 percent of the vote and 105,055 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
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Chris Magana did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Chris Magana did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chris Magana Court Website 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
