Thomas C. Fincham
Thomas C. Fincham was a judge for Division 1 of the Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court. He left office on December 31, 2023.
Fincham ran for re-election for the Division 1 judge of the Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
Career
Fincham was an associate judge for the 6th Circuit from 2010 to 2013. Before that, he was a judge for the municipality of Richmond in Ray County.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Platte County, Missouri (2022)
Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court Division 1
Thomas C. Fincham was retained to Division 1 of the Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court on November 8, 2022 with 66.9% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
66.9
|
23,751 | ||
No |
33.1
|
11,742 | |||
Total Votes |
35,493 | ||||
|
|
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] Thomas C. Fincham was retained in the Missouri 6th Circuit, Division 1 election with 67.24 percent of the vote. [3]
| Missouri 6th Circuit, Division 1, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 Thomas C. Fincham | 67.24% | |
| 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
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thomas C. Fincham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kansas City infoZine, "Missouri Governor Nixon Appoints Northland Attorney As Associate Circuit Judge in Platte County," May 27, 2010
- ↑ 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
