Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District
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The Kansas 18th District Court resides in Kansas in Sedgwick County. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...
Jurisdiction
This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]
| “ | District courts are created by the Constitution. They are the trial courts of Kansas, with general original jurisdiction over all civil and criminal cases, including divorce and domestic relations, damage suits, probate and administration of estates, guardianships, conservatorships, care of the mentally ill, juvenile matters, and small claims. It is here that the criminal and civil jury trials are held.[2] | ” |
Judges
Elections
Kansas is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kansas, click here.
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2025
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Kansas judicial elections, 2014
- Kansas judicial elections, 2012
- Kansas judicial elections, 2010
Selection method
- See also: Judicial selection in the states
- See also: Partisan elections
In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[3] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[4]
- 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.
Judicial elections in Kansas
- See also: Kansas judicial elections
Kansas is one of eight states that use partisan elections to initially select judges and then use retention elections to determine whether judges should remain on the bench. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.
Primary election
Only district court judges in districts that hold partisan elections participate in the primary. The candidate with the most votes from each party in the primary goes on to represent that party in the general election.[5]
The districts with partisan election of judges are:
General election
Appellate judges and appointed district court judges participate in retention elections. Candidates in the districts above advance from the primary election.
Retention election
In retention elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the justice in office for another term. If a candidate receives a majority of "yes" votes, that person is retained for another term. If not, that position will become a vacancy upon the term's expiration.[7]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "About district courts," accessed May 12, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State: Election Standards - Election Administration Scroll to p."II-5"
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, Nominating Commissions
- ↑ Kansas State Library, "Kansas Constitution, Article Three," accessed April 28, 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
