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E. Leigh Hood

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E. Leigh Hood

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Prior offices
Kansas 16th District Court Division 2


Everett Leigh Hood is a former judge for the Sixteenth Judicial District Court in Kansas. He ran unopposed for re-election in 2016.[1] Hood retired from the court on June 1, 2020.[2]

Elections

2016

See also: Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 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 E. Leigh Hood ran unopposed in the Kansas Sixteenth Judicial District, Division 2 general election.[1]

Kansas Sixteenth Judicial District, Division 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png E. Leigh Hood Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012

Hood was unopposed for re-election in the primary on August 7, 2012.[4] On November 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 100 percent of the vote with 12,598 votes. He ran in the election as a Republican.[5]

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[6] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[7]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[7]

  • 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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