Kansas judicial elections summary, 2014
| Kansas judicial elections, 2014 | |
| Overview | |
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| Total candidates: | 115 |
| Primary candidates: | 42 |
| General election candidates: | 105 |
| Incumbency | |
| Incumbents: | 99 |
| Incumbent success rate: | 99% |
| Competition - general election | |
| Percent of candidates in contested races: | 2% |
| Percent uncontested: | 30% |
| Percent retention: | 68% |
| Partisan victories | |
Republican 
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21 |
Democratic 
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11 |
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Judicial elections in Kansas include both partisan elections and retention elections. Judges on the Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas Court of Appeals are subject to retention elections. At the district court level, some judges are elected through retention, while others face partisan elections, depending on the district.
A total of 105 judicial candidates appeared on the general election ballot in Kansas. Of those, 72 judges ran in retention elections. Only one race in the general election was contested.
For general election results, see: Kansas judicial elections, 2014.
For primary election results, see: Kansas judicial primary elections, 2014.
Interesting races
- The sole contested judicial race in Kansas' general election resulted in the defeat of Judge Gregory L. Waller of the Eighteenth Judicial District. Public defender Seth L. Rundle won the seat with 53% of the vote. This marked only the second time since his 1993 appointment that Waller faced a contested election.[1]
- Supreme Court Justices Eric Rosen and Lee Johnson were retained with 52.6% of the vote, securing new terms on the bench.
See also
- Kansas judicial elections, 2014
- Kansas elections
- Portal:Judicial elections
- Judicial selection in Kansas
- Kansas
External links
Footnotes
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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
