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Kansas 18th District Court Division 2
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Kansas 18th District Court Division 12

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Wichita State University

Law

University of Kansas


Eric Yost (Republican Party) is a judge for Division 2 of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. He assumed office on January 13, 2025. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.

Yost (Republican Party) ran for election for the Division 2 judge of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.


Biography

Yost received his undergraduate degree from Wichita State University and his J.D. from the University of Kansas.[1] Prior to his election to the court, Yost was in private practice. He also served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, the Kansas State Senate, and as the Kansas Senate vice president.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2024)

General election

General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 2

Eric Yost won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 2 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Eric Yost (R)
 
98.6
 
135,488
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.4
 
1,904

Total votes: 137,392
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 2

Eric Yost advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 2 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Eric Yost
 
100.0
 
17,105

Total votes: 17,105
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Yost in this election.

2012

Yost ran unopposed for re-election on Nov. 6, 2012.[2] On Nov. 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 99.1 percent of the vote and 110,374 votes.[3]He ran in the election as a Republican.[4]

See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named court
  2. Kansas Secretary of State: Candidate Lists Select "2012 General"
  3. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named gsc
  4. Sedgwick County Elections Office "Current Candidate Listings"