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Terry L. Pullman

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Terry L. Pullman

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Prior offices
Kansas 18th District Court Division 16

Education

Bachelor's

University of Oklahoma, 1975

Law

Washburn University School of Law, 1978


Terry L. Pullman was a judge for the Eighteenth Judicial District of the District Courts in Kansas. He was initially elected in 2000.[1][2] He died on November 27, 2019.[3]

Education

Pullman received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma and his J.D. from Washburn University School of Law.[1]

Career

Prior to his election to the court, Pullman worked as an attorney in a variety of positions. He has served in the USAF JAG Corps, as city prosecutor for the City of Wichita, and as a private practice attorney.[1]

Elections

2016

See also: Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 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.[4] Incumbent Terry L. Pullman ran unopposed in the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 16 general election.[5]

Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 16 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Terry L. Pullman Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2012

Pullman ran unopposed for re-election in 2012.[6] On November 6, 2012, he was re-elected to his seat after earning 99.1 percent of the vote and 104,925 votes.[2] He ran in the election as a Republican.[7]

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[8] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[9]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[9]

  • 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.

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