Ron Carrier

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Ron Carrier

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Missouri 31st Judicial Circuit Court Division 26 Associate Judge
Tenure
Present officeholder
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2016

Appointed

October 17, 2013

Education

Bachelor's

Drury University

Law

University of Missouri


Ron Carrier is an associate circuit court judge for the 31st Circuit Court in Missouri. He was appointed to the court by Governor Jay Nixon on October 17, 2013, effective January 1, 2014.[1][2] Carrier won a retention election on November 8, 2016.[3]

Education

Carrier received his undergraduate degree from Drury University and his J.D. from the University of Missouri.[1]

Career

  • 2014-Present: Associate Judge, 31st Circuit Court
  • 2002-2013: Chief counsel, Missouri Attorney General's Office
  • 1999-2002: Attorney, Missouri Attorney General's Office
  • 1996-1998: Prosecuting attorney, Greene County
  • 1990-1996: Assistant prosecutor, Greene County[1]

Awards and associations

  • Co-Prosecutor of the Year, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
  • John P. Ferguson Award for Child Advocacy, Child Advocacy Center of Springfield[1]

Elections

2016

See also: Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 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.[4] Ron Carrier was retained in the Missouri 31st Circuit, Division 26, Associate Judge election with 73.99 percent of the vote. [3]

Missouri 31st Circuit, Division 26, Associate Judge, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRon Carrier73.99%
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.[5]

The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[6]

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.[6]

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