Glenn Braun

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Glenn Braun
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Kansas 23rd District Court Division 2
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2020

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2016
Appointed
May 10, 2012
Education
Bachelor's
Kansas State University
Law
Washburn University


Glenn Braun is a judge for the Twenty-Third Judicial District of Kansas. He was appointed by Republican Governor Sam Brownback on May 10, 2012, to replace Thomas L. Toepfer.[1]

Education

Braun received his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University and his J.D. from Washburn University.[2]

Career

Prior to his appointment to the bench, Braun was an attorney with Glassman, Bird, Braun and Schwartz. He also worked as an elected city attorney.[3]

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.[4] Incumbent Glenn Braun ran unopposed in the Kansas Twenty-Third Judicial District, Division 2 general election.[5]

Kansas Twenty-Third Judicial District, Division 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Glenn Braun Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012

Braun ran for re-election in the Twenty-Third Judicial District.[6] On Nov. 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 100 percent of the vote with 12,808 votes. He ran in the election as a Democrat.[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.

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