Judicial District Nominating Commission election results

TOPEKA—Judicial district nomination commissions nominate persons for appointment to the office of district judge and to appoint persons to the office of district magistrate judge in judicial districts that have adopted the nonpartisan method for the selection of judges.

There are currently 17 nonpartisan judicial districts: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 21st, 25th, 28th, 30th, and 31st.

The Clerk of the Supreme Court has recently conducted elections for lawyer members whose terms are expiring on March 3, 2008. There were vacancies in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 21st, 25th, 28th, 30th, and 31st judicial districts.

Below are the election results with terms ending March 5, 2012.

LAWYER MEMBERS

• 1st (3 positions), J. David Farris, E. Roger Horsky, and John R. Kurth

• 2nd (1 position), Gary F. Conklin

• 3rd (2 positions), Terry E. Beck and Mary D. Feighny

• 4th (1 position), Steven B. Doering

• 5th (2 positions), William T. North and W. Irving Shaw

• 6th ( 2 positions), Richard M. Fisher, Jr. and Blake Hudson

• 7th (1 position), Janine A. Cox

• 8th (2 positions), Darrel W. Bryant and Douglas G. Thompson

• 9th (2 positions), Thomas A. Adrian and Robert W. Wise

• 10th (2 positions), Victor A. Bergman, Charles W. German, Kevin P. Moriarty, and Lee M. Smithyman

• 11th (2 positions), Sara S. Beezley and Larry A. Prauser

• 12th (2 positions), Daniel D. Metz and Darrell E. Miller

• 21st (1 position), James W. Morrison

• 25th (2 positions), Gene H. Gaede and John M. Linder

• 28th (3 positions), Lance H. Cochran, Catherine J. Craft, and Norman R. Kelly

• 30th (1 position), Alan C. Goering

• 31st (2 positions), James M. Immell and R. Kent Pringle