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John Cahoj

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Kansas 15th District Court Division 3 Magistrate
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2020

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2016


John Cahoj is a magistrate judge for the Fifteenth Judicial District Court in Kansas. He ran unopposed for re-election in 2016.[1]

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.[2] Incumbent John Cahoj ran unopposed in the Kansas Fifteenth Judicial District, Division 3 Magistrate general election.[1]

Kansas Fifteenth Judicial District, Division 3 Magistrate General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Cahoj Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012

Cahoj ran for re-election in the Fifteenth Judicial District.[3] On November 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 100 percent of the vote with 1,202 votes. He ran in the election as a Republican.[4]

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[5] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[6]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[6]

  • 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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