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Court
The Kansas Sixteenth Judicial District is a district court in Kansas with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases in the counties of Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, and Meade.[1]
Judges
Magistrate judges
Former judges
Courts
Clark County Courthouse
913 Highland PO Box 790
Ashland, KS 67831
Comanche County Courthouse
PO Box 722 201 S New York
Coldwater, KS 67029
Ford County Courthouse
101 W Spruce PO Box 197
Dodge City, KS 67801[1]
See also
External links
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
Elections
- See also: Kansas judicial elections
Kansas is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kansas, click here.
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2026
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2025
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Kansas judicial elections, 2014
- Kansas judicial elections, 2012
- Kansas judicial elections, 2010
Selection method
- See also: Partisan elections
In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[2] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[3]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[3]
- 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.
Election rules
Primary election
Only district court judges in districts that hold partisan elections participate in the primary. The candidate with the most votes from each party in the primary goes on to represent that party in the general election.[4]
The districts with partisan election of judges are:
General election
Appellate judges and appointed district court judges participate in retention elections. Candidates in the districts above advance from the primary election.
Retention election
In retention elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the justice in office for another term. If a candidate receives a majority of "yes" votes, that person is retained for another term. If not, that position will become a vacancy upon the term's expiration.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kansas Judicial Branch, "16th Judicial District," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State: Election Standards - Election Administration Scroll to p."II-5"
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, Nominating Commissions
- ↑ Kansas State Library, "Kansas Constitution, Article Three," accessed April 28, 2014
