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Phillip Journey
Phillip Journey (Republican Party) is a judge for Division 1 of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Journey (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Division 1 judge of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Journey earned his business degree from Washburn University and his J.D. from Oklahoma City University. Before his appointment to the Eighteenth Judicial District, Journey served as a state senator.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2024)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1
Incumbent Phillip Journey won election in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Phillip Journey (R) | 98.2 | 135,294 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.8 | 2,524 | ||
| Total votes: 137,818 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1
Incumbent Phillip Journey advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phillip Journey | 100.0 | 15,557 |
| Total votes: 15,557 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Journey in this election.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2020)
General election
General election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1
Incumbent Phillip Journey defeated Joni Cole in the general election for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phillip Journey (R) | 56.9 | 120,206 |
 | Joni Cole (D) | 43.1 | 90,919 | |
| Total votes: 211,125 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1
Joni Cole advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joni Cole | 100.0 | 26,316 |
| Total votes: 26,316 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1
Incumbent Phillip Journey advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas 18th District Court Division 1 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phillip Journey | 100.0 | 44,609 |
| Total votes: 44,609 | |||
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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 Phillip Journey ran unopposed in the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 1 general election.[3]
| Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 1 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Phillip Journey Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2012
- See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012
Journey ran unopposed for re-election in 2012.[4] On November 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 98.5 percent of the vote and 112,490 votes.[5]
Selection method
- See also: Partisan elections
In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[6] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[7]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[7]
- 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
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Phillip Journey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Phillip Journey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Journey for judge Facebook page
- ↑ 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: Unofficial 2012 Primary Election Results
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedgsc - ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014
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
