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Nicole Colbert-Botchway
2021 - Present
2028
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Nicole Colbert-Botchway is a judge of the Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge. She assumed office in 2021. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Colbert-Botchway ran for re-election for judge of the Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge. She won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.
Education
Colbert-Botchway received both her bachelor's and J.D. degrees from Saint Louis University. She also earned an MBA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.[1]
Career
At the time of her judicial appointment, Colbert-Botchway was an administrative hearing commissioner for the state of Missouri. She previously served as a Missouri assistant attorney general and an assistant circuit attorney in St. Louis.[1]
Awards and associations
- Past president, Mound City Bar Association
- Past president, Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in St. Louis, Missouri (2024)
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge, Nicole Colbert-Botchway's seat
Nicole Colbert-Botchway was retained to the Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge on November 5, 2024 with 67.4% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
67.4
|
62,932 | ||
No |
32.6
|
30,498 | |||
Total Votes |
93,430 | ||||
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|
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Colbert-Botchway in this election.
2020
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge, Colbert-Botchway's seat
Nicole Colbert-Botchway was retained to the Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge on November 3, 2020 with 71.5% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
71.5
|
79,252 | ||
No |
28.5
|
31,608 | |||
Total Votes |
110,860 | ||||
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|
2016
Missouri held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on August 2, 2016. The filing deadline for those wishing to run in the primary was March 29, 2016. Judges running in a retention election on November 8 had to file by August 23.[2] Nicole Colbert-Botchway was retained in the Missouri 22nd Circuit, Division 24, Associate Judge election with 67.38 percent of the vote. [3]
| Missouri 22nd Circuit, Division 24, Associate Judge, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 Nicole Colbert-Botchway | 67.38% | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016 | ||
Judicial selection method
The judges of the Missouri Circuit Courts in Clay, Greene, Jackson, Platte, and St. Louis counties and the city of St. Louis are appointed by the governor with the help of a judicial selection commission.[4]
The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[5]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:
- a U.S. citizen for at least 10 years;
- a qualified state voter for at least three years;
- a resident of the circuit for at least one year;
- licensed to practice law in the state; and
- at least 30 years old.[5]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nicole Colbert-Botchway did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Nicole Colbert-Botchway did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Office of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, "Gov. Nixon appoints Administrative Hearing Commissioner Nicole Colbert-Botchway as Associate Circuit Judge for St. Louis City," July 2, 2015
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Emailed candidate list from Missouri Secretary of State's Office on September 20, 2016
- ↑ Your Missouri Judges, "Missouri Judges: The Non-Partisan Court Plan," accessed March 18, 2019
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri
State courts:
Missouri Supreme Court • Missouri Court of Appeals • Missouri Circuit Courts • Missouri Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Missouri • Missouri judicial elections • Judicial selection in Missouri
