Kevin J. O’Connor

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Kevin J. O'Connor

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Republican Party

Prior offices

Kansas 18th District Court Division 13

Successor: Chrystal Krier

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Kevin J. O'Connor (Republican Party) was a judge for Division 13 of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. O'Connor assumed office in 2015. O'Connor left office on January 13, 2025.

O'Connor (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Division 13 judge of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. O'Connor won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Biography

Education

O'Connor received his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1992.

Career

• 2015-2025: Judge, Eighteenth Judicial District
• 2013-2015: Assistant district attorney/section chief, Johnson County District Attorney's Office
• 2012-2013: City attorney, City of Derby, Kansas
• 2011-2012: Special assistant attorney general, Office of the Attorney General
• 2002-2010: Deputy district attorney, Office of the District Attorney

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2020)

General election

General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 13

Incumbent Kevin J. O'Connor won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 13 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kevin J. O'Connor (R)	100.0	144,519

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 13

Incumbent Kevin J. O'Connor advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 13 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kevin J. O'Connor	100.0	42,937

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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. Incumbent Kevin J. O’Connor ran unopposed in the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 13 general election.

Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 13 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Kevin J. O’Connor Incumbent (unopposed)

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

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

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

• 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.

Campaign themes

2020

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Footnotes

Kansas courts

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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:

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