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Kansas judicial elections, 2010

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The Kansas judicial elections of 2010 consisted of a Primary Election on August 3, 2010 and a General Election on November 2, 2010 for district court judges in some districts and a retention election on November 2, 2010 for appellate court judges. In Kansas, judges of the Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas Court of Appeals are appointed by a merit system, while judges of the Kansas District Courts are either elected in partisan elections or appointed through merit selection, depending on the district.

Supreme court

Four Kansas Supreme Court justices were retained in 2010:

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Court of appeals

The terms of seven Kansas Court of Appeals judges expired in 2010.

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District courts

The terms of 69 Kansas District Court judges expired in 2010.[3]

District/Division Candidates Results
District 1, Division 3 Dan K. Wiley Retained with 63% of the vote.
District 1, Division 4 David J. King Retained with 62.5% of the vote.
District 1, Division 5 Michael Gibbens Retained with 62.9% of the vote.
District 2, Division 3 Jeffery Elder Retained with 66.9% of the vote.
District 3, Division 5 Evelyn Z. Wilson Retained with 66.4% of the vote.[4]
District 3, Division 10 Daniel L. Mitchell Retained with 66.11% of the vote. [4]
District 3, Division 11 Cheryl Rios Kingfisher Retained with 64.61% of the vote.[4]
District 3, Division 13 David Debenham Retained with 65.52% of the vote.[4]
District 4, Division 2 Phillip M. Fromme Retained with 60.5% of the vote.
District 5, Division 5 W. Lee Fowler Retained with 76.8% of the vote.
District 6, Division 1 Amy Harth Retained with 64.3% of the vote.
District 6, Division 2 Richard M. Smith Retained with 68% of the vote.
District 7, Division 1 Robert W. Fairchild Retained with 79.69% of the vote.[5]
District 7, Division 2 Sally D. Pokorny Retained with 76.29% of the vote. [5]
District 7, Division 6 Peggy Carr Kittel Retained with 76.92% of the vote.[5]
District 8, Division 1 Benjamin J. Sexton Retained with 73.3% of the vote.
District 8, Division 4 Steven L. Hornbaker Retained with 71.2% of the vote.
District 8, Division 5 David R. Platt Retained with 70.3% of the vote.
District 9, Division 2 Richard B. Walker Retained with 76.9% of the vote.
District 10, Division 1 Peter V. Ruddick Retained with 64.72% of the vote.[6]
District 10, Division 7 David Hauber Retained with 71% of the vote.[6]
District 10, Division 9 Allen R. Slater Retained with 71.48% of the vote.[6]
District 10, Division 10 Kathleen Sloan Retained with 64.78% of the vote.[6]
District 10, Division 11 Thomas H. Bornholdt Retained with 63.17% of the vote.[6]
District 10, Division 14 Kevin P. Moriarty Retained with 64.44% of the vote.[6]
District 10, Division 16 Neil B. Foth Retained with 70.09% of the vote.[6]
District 10, Division 17 Thomas Kelly Ryan Retained with 72.01% of the vote. [6]
District 11, Division 2 Oliver Kent Lynch Retained with 59.8% of the vote.
District 11, Division 3 Robert J. Fleming Retained with 65.1% of the vote.
District 13, Division 1 (R): Paul Dean, Terrence Huelskamp, James I. Murfin, Jan Satterfield[7] Jan Satterfield won with 43% of the vote. [8]
District 13, Division 4 (R): Mike Ward Retained without opposition.[3]
District 14, Division 1 (R): F. William Cullins Retained without opposition.[3]
District 14, Division 2 (R): Roger Gossard Retained without opposition.[3]
District 16, Division 1 (D): Daniel L. Love Retained without opposition.[3]
District 18, Division 4 (R): Robb Rumsey Retained without opposition.[3][9]
District 18, Division 5 (D): Gregory L. Waller Retained without opposition.[3][9]
District 18, Division 7 (R): Ben Burgess Retained without opposition.[3][9]
District 18, Division 8 (R): Timothy G. Lahey Retained without opposition.[3][9]
District 18, Division 15 (R): David Kaufman Retained without opposition.[3][9]
District 18, Division 17 (D): John Kisner, Jr. Retained without opposition.[3][9]
District 18, Division 18 (R): Tony Powell Retained without opposition.[3][9]
District 18, Division 19 (R): Mark Vining Retained without opposition.[3][9]
District 19, Division 3 (R): LaDonna Lanning, Chris Smith, E. Rodney Iverson and Robert "Bert" Wilson (D): Mark Krusor[7] Lanning defeated Krusor with 54.6% of the vote in the general election.[8][3][10]
District 20, Division 1 (D): Ron Svaty Retained without opposition.[3]
District 21, Division 2 Meryl D. Wilson Retained with 74.2% of the vote.
District 21, Division 3 David L. Stutzman Retained with 77.2% of the vote.
District 22, Division 1 (R): James A. Patton Retained without opposition[3]
District 24 (R): Bruce Gatterman Retained without opposition[3]
District 25, Division 1 Robert J. Frederick Retained with 74.4% of the vote.
District 25, Division 4 Wendel W. Wurst Retained with 74.5% of the vote.
District 26, Division 1 (R): Bradley E. Ambrosier Retained without opposition[3][11]
District 26, Division 3 (R): Kim R. Schroeder Retained without opposition[3][11]
District 27, Division 1 (D): Trish Rose, Randall H. McEwen Trish Rose won with 55% of the vote.[8]
District 27, Division 3 (R): Joseph McCarville Retained without opposition[3][12]
District 28, Division 2 Jerome P. Hellmer Retained with 76.9% of the vote.
District 28, Division 4 Patrick Thompson Retained with 75.6% of the vote.
District 29, Division 3 John McNally (D) Retained without opposition[3][13]
District 29, Division 4 (D): William P. Mahoney, Rick Rehorn William P. Mahoney won with 57% of the vote. [8]
District 29, Division 5 (D): J. Dexter Burdette Retained without opposition[3][13]
District 29, Division 6 (D): Kathleen M. Lynch Retained without opposition[3][13]
District 29, Division 10 (D): Jan A. Way Retained without opposition[3][13]
District 29, Division 11 (D): David W. Boal Retained without opposition[3][13]
District 29, Division 12 (D): Wesley K. Griffin Retained without opposition[3][13]
District 29, Division 15 (D): Ernest Johnson Retained without opposition[3][13]
District 30, Division 3 R. Scott McQuin Retained with 71.3% of the vote.
District 30, Division 4 Larry T. Solomon Retained with 70.8% of the vote.
District 31, Division 2 David Rogers Retained with 70.3% of the vote.

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District magistrates

The terms of 18 Kansas District Magistrates expired in 2010. Of those magistrates,

District/Division Candidates Results
District 2 Steven M. Roth Retained with 75.9% of the vote[3]
District 5 Douglas P. Jones Retained with 83.7% of the vote[3]
District 6 Rebecca Stephan Retained with 64.4% of the vote[3]
District 8 Thomas H. Ball Retained with 76.3% of the vote[3]
District 9 Steve Hilgers Retained with 71.9% of the vote[3]
District 10 Daniel Vokins Retained with 71.23% of the vote.[6]
District 12 Guy R. Steier Retained with 75.7% of the vote[3]
District 12 Bonnie J. Wilson Retained with 76.6% of the vote[3]
District 17 Deb Anderson Retained without opposition[3]
District 22 Steven Deiter Retained without opposition[3]
District 23 Lois Werner Retained without opposition[3]
District 25 Wade Dixon Retained with 81% of the vote[3]
District 25 Donna L. J. Blake Retained with 82.3% of the vote[3]
District 25 Richard H. Hodson Retained with 77% of the vote[3]
District 25 Ricklin Pierce Retained with 68.3% of the vote[3]
District 25 Christopher Sanders Retained with 74.7% of the vote[3]
District 30 Matthew Lynch Retained with 56.9% of the vote[3]
District 30 James Mathis Retained with 80.4% of the vote[3]
District 31 Thomas M. Saxton Jr. Retained with 71.2% of the vote[3]

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