S. Margene Burnett

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S. Margene Burnett

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Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 7
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2028

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

November 27, 2013

Education

Bachelor's

University of Missouri

Law

University of Missouri, Kansas City

S. Margene Burnett is a judge for Division 7 of the Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Burnett ran for re-election for the Division 7 judge of the Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court. She won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Education

Burnett earned her undergraduate degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.[1]

Career

Awards and associations

  • 2011-2012: President, Missouri Association of Probate & Associate Circuit Judges
  • UMKC School of Law Alumni Association
  • Law Foundation of UMKC[1]

Elections

2022

See also:  Municipal elections in Jackson County, Missouri (2022)

Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 7

S. Margene Burnett was retained to Division 7 of the Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court on November 8, 2022 with 63.1% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
63.1
 
116,240
No
 
36.9
 
67,987
Total Votes
184,227

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.[2] S. Margene Burnett was retained in the Missouri 16th Circuit, Division 7 election with 66.86 percent of the vote. [3]

Missouri 16th Circuit, Division 7, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngS. Margene Burnett66.86%
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

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named nixon
  2. Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
  3. Emailed candidate list from Missouri Secretary of State's Office on September 20, 2016
  4. Your Missouri Judges, "Missouri Judges: The Non-Partisan Court Plan," accessed March 18, 2019
  5. 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named general