Linda Kirby
Linda Kirby (Republican Party) is a judge for Division 17 of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. She assumed office in 2019. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Kirby (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Division 17 judge of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Kirby was a candidate for the Division 14 seat on the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District in Kansas. She was defeated in the primary election on August 2, 2016. She also ran for the Eighteenth Judicial District in 2014.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2022)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 17
Incumbent Linda Kirby won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Linda Kirby (R) | 100.0 | 100,290 |
| Total votes: 100,290 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 17
Incumbent Linda Kirby advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 17 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Kirby | 100.0 | 55,551 |
| Total votes: 55,551 | |||
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2018
General election
Linda Kirby won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 17 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 17
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Kirby (R) | 97.1 | 112,691 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.9 | 3,425 | ||
| Total votes: 116,116 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Republican primary election
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 J. Patrick Walters defeated Linda Kirby in the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 14 Republican primary.[3]
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 14 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 J. Patrick Walters Incumbent |
50.17% | 15,753 |
| Linda Kirby | 49.83% | 15,647 |
| Total Votes | 31,400 | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016 | ||
2014
See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2014
Kirby ran for election to the Eighteenth Judicial District.
Primary: She was defeated in the Republican primary on August 5, 2014, receiving 47.6 percent of the vote. She competed against Seth L. Rundle.
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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.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Linda Kirby did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Kirby's campaign website describes her as a "conservative Republican," and outlines the following values:[7]
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2014 Primary (official)," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Filing Information," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2016 Primary," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Unofficial Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Linda Kirby for Judge, "About Linda Kirby," accessed June 24, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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
