Judges Appointed By Jay Nixon
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This page lists judges appointed by Jay Nixon (D) during his term as governor of Missouri. At the end of his term in January 2017, the total number of Nixon appointees was 104. For a more extensive profile, visit Nixon's page here.
Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population. Some Missouri judges are outside of that coverage scope. As a result, this page does not provide an exhaustive list of all judges appointed by Gov. Nixon.
Appointment process[edit]
In Missouri, the governor make a judicial appointment after candidates are recommended by a judicial nominating commission. After the governor appoints a judge, she or he must run for retention in the next general election more than one year after taking office.[1]
Appointed judges
The tables below list the governor's appointees to the courts across the state.
State Courts
Supreme Court
| Name | Court | Active |
|---|---|---|
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George Draper |
Missouri Supreme Court |
2011 - |
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Paul C. Wilson |
Missouri Supreme Court |
2013 - |
Court of Appeals
| Name | Court | Active |
|---|---|---|
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Lisa Van Amburg |
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District |
2012 - 2018 |
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Angela T. Quigless |
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District |
2012-04-12 - |
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James M. Dowd |
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District |
2015-06-03 - |
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Robert M. Clayton III |
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District |
2011-07-18 - |
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Philip M. Hess |
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District |
2013-11-21 - |
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Gary Gaertner Jr. |
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District |
2009-11-02 - |
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Colleen Dolan |
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District |
2016 - |
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Lisa P. Page |
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District |
2015 - |
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Mary W. Sheffield |
Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District |
2012-12-03 - |
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William W. Francis Jr. |
Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District |
2010-04-16 - |
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Anthony Rex Gabbert |
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District |
2013-04-03 - |
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Gary D. Witt |
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District |
2010 - |
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Mark D. Pfeiffer |
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District |
2009 - |
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Karen Mitchell |
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District |
2009 - |
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Cynthia Lynette Martin |
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District |
2009 - |
|
Edward Ardini |
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District |
2016 - |
Local Courts
| Name | Court | Active |
|---|---|---|
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Rachel Bringer Shepherd |
Missouri 10th Judicial Circuit Court |
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Grant C. Gorman |
Missouri 11th Judicial Circuit Court Division 2 |
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Erin Burlison |
Missouri 11th Judicial Circuit Court St. Charles County |
|
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Richard Scheibe |
Missouri 12th Judicial Circuit Court |
|
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Michael S. Wright |
Missouri 12th Judicial Circuit Court |
|
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Michael Bradley |
Missouri 13th Judicial Circuit Court |
|
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Christine Carpenter |
Missouri 13th Judicial Circuit Court Division 1 |
|
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Christine Carpenter |
Missouri 13th Judicial Circuit Court Division 1 |
2017 - |
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Jeff Harris |
Missouri 13th Judicial Circuit Court Division 2 |
|
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Patrick W. Campbell |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 10 |
2013 - |
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Jennifer M. Phillips |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 12 |
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Charles H. McKenzie |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 13 |
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Kevin D. Harrell |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 18 |
2012 - |
|
Mark Styles Jr. |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 19 |
|
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Kenneth R. Garrett |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 2 |
2013 - |
|
Kenneth R. Garrett |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 26 Associate Judge |
2010 - 2013 |
|
Jeffrey C. Keal |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 28 Associate Judge |
2013 - |
|
Janette Kay Rodecap |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 29 Associate Judge |
2014 - |
|
Mary F. Weir |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 31 Associate Judge |
|
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Susan Long |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 34 Associate Judge |
|
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Jim Kanatzar |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 5 |
|
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J. Dale Youngs |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 6 |
|
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S. Margene Burnett |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 7 |
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Bryan Round |
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 8 |
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Meryl L. Lange |
Missouri 17th Judicial Circuit Court Division 3 |
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Ada Brehe-Krueger |
Missouri 20th Judicial Circuit Court |
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Douglas R. Beach |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court |
2018 |
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Mondi Ghasedi |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court |
|
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Brian May |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court |
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Jason Dodson |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court |
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Joseph S. Dueker |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court |
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Richard Stewart |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court |
|
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John F. Kintz |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court |
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Nancy M. Watkins |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court |
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Stanley Wallach |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court Division 12 |
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Kristine Allen Kerr |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court Division 14 |
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John D. Warner Jr. |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court Division 15 |
2020-08-25 |
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Joseph Walsh |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court Division 17 |
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Gloria Clark Reno |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court Division 19 |
2020-04-01 |
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Sandra Farragut-Hemphill |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court Division 3 |
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Robert Heggie |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court Division 42 Associate Judge |
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Thea A. Sherry |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court Division 5 |
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Ellen H. Ribaudo |
Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court St. Louis County |
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Kevin Harrell |
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court |
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Rex Burlison |
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Division 10 |
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Christopher McGraugh |
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Division 15 |
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Michael W. Noble |
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Division 22 |
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Paula Perkins Bryant |
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Division 23 |
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Nicole Colbert-Botchway |
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Division 24 Associate Judge |
2015 - 2020-12-31 |
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James E. Sullivan |
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Division 31 |
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Michael F. Stelzer |
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Division 6 |
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Travis Partney |
Missouri 23rd Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge |
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Patricia A. Riehl |
Missouri 23rd Judicial Circuit Court Division 5 |
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Joe Goff Jr. |
Missouri 24th Judicial Circuit Court Associate judge |
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Wendy L. Wexler Horn |
Missouri 24th Judicial Circuit Court Division 2 |
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Kenneth G. Clayton |
Missouri 25th Judicial Circuit Court |
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David Gregory Warren |
Missouri 25th Judicial Circuit Court |
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Ronda L. Cortesini |
Missouri 25th Judicial Circuit Court |
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Aaron Martin |
Missouri 26th Judicial Circuit Court |
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Peggy Richardson |
Missouri 26th Judicial Circuit Court |
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Gary Troxell |
Missouri 28th Judicial Circuit Court |
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Thomas P. Redington |
Missouri 2nd Judicial Circuit Court |
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James A. Hackett |
Missouri 30th Judicial Circuit Court |
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James M. Owen |
Missouri 30th Judicial Circuit Court Division 2 |
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Margaret Holden Palmietto |
Missouri 31st Judicial Circuit Court |
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Becky Borthwick |
Missouri 31st Judicial Circuit Court |
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Douglas Andrew Hosmer |
Missouri 31st Judicial Circuit Court Division 23 Associate Judge |
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Ron Carrier |
Missouri 31st Judicial Circuit Court Division 26 Associate Judge |
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Jason Brown |
Missouri 31st Judicial Circuit Court Division 3 |
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D. Blake Pearson |
Missouri 33rd Judicial Circuit Court |
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Joshua D. Underwood |
Missouri 34th Judicial Circuit Court |
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Frederick Tucker |
Missouri 41st Judicial Circuit Court |
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Sanborn N. Ball |
Missouri 42nd Judicial Circuit Court |
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Brandi L. Baird |
Missouri 42nd Judicial Circuit Court Dent County |
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Benjamin Thompson |
Missouri 42nd Judicial Circuit Court Reynold County Division 3 |
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J. Bartley Spear |
Missouri 43rd Judicial Circuit Court |
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Daniel L. Chadwick |
Missouri 43rd Judicial Circuit Court |
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R. Brent Elliott |
Missouri 43rd Judicial Circuit Court Division 2 |
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Cynthia O. MacPherson |
Missouri 44th Judicial Circuit Court |
2014 - 2018 |
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Elizabeth A. Bock |
Missouri 44th Judicial Circuit Court Douglas County |
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Patrick S. Flynn |
Missouri 45th Judicial Circuit Court Lincoln County |
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Tiffany Yarnell |
Missouri 46th Judicial Circuit Court |
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James W. Van Amburg |
Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court |
2020-12-31 |
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Thomas C. Fincham |
Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court Division 1 |
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Abe Shafer V |
Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court Division 3 Associate Judge |
2014 - |
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W. Ann Hansbrough |
Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court Division 4 Associate Judge |
2014 - 2021 |
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Dennis C. Eckold |
Missouri 6th Judicial Circuit Court Division 5 Associate Judge |
2010 - |
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Janet Lee Sutton |
Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court Division 2 |
2013 - |
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Louis Angles |
Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court Division 7 Associate Judge |
2013 - |
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Timothy Flook |
Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court Division 9 Associate Judge |
|
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James Carey Thompson |
Missouri 8th Judicial Circuit Court |
Judicial selection process[edit]
- See also: Judicial selection in Missouri
| Judicial selection in Missouri | |
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| Missouri Supreme Court | |
| Method: | Assisted appointment |
| Term: | 12 years |
| Missouri Court of Appeals | |
| Method: | Assisted appointment |
| Term: | 12 years |
| Missouri Circuit Courts | |
| Method: | Assisted appointment or partisan elections |
| Term: | 6 years |
Judicial selection refers to the process used to select judges for courts. At the state level, methods of judicial selection vary substantially in the United States, and in some cases between different court types within a state. There are six primary types of judicial selection: partisan and nonpartisan elections, the Michigan method, assisted appointment, gubernatorial appointment, and legislative elections. To read more about how these selection methods are used across the country, click here.
This article covers how state court judges are selected in Missouri, including:
- Missouri Supreme Court,
- Missouri Court of Appeals,
- Missouri Circuit Courts, and
- Limited jurisdiction courts
Selection of state judges in Missouri occurs largely through merit selection, specifically the assisted appointment method in which the governor selects a nominee from a list provided by a nominating commission. Appointed judges serve a short initial term and later run in yes-no retention elections if they wish to serve full terms.[2]
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| Appellate state court selection in the United States, by general selection method[3] |
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| State courts and their selection methods across the U.S., including the District of Columbia[3] | |||
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| Method | Supreme Court (of 53)[4] | Courts of Appeal (of 46) | Trial Courts (of 147) |
| Partisan elections (PE) | 8 | 6 | 39 |
| Nonpartisan elections (NPE) | 13 | 16 | 34 |
| Legislative elections (LE) | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Gubernatorial appointment of judges (GA) | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Assisted appointment (AA) | 22 | 18 | 46 |
| Combination or other | 3[5] | 1[6] | 17[7] |
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State profile[edit]
| Demographic data for Missouri | ||
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 6,076,204 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 68,742 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 82.6% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 11.5% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.4% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 3.9% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 88.4% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 27.1% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $48,173 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 18.2% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Missouri. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern[edit]
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Missouri
Missouri voted Republican in all six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020.
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See also[edit]
| Missouri | Judicial Selection | More Courts |
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External links[edit]
- Office of the Governor
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Missouri," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Judicial Selection in the States: Missouri," accessed September 7, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection," archived February 2, 2015
- ↑ Both Oklahoma and Texas have two state supreme courts: one for civil matters and one for criminal matters.
- ↑ Michigan and Ohio use nonpartisan general elections with candidates selected through partisan primaries or conventions. In the District of Columbia, judges are selected in the same manner as federal judges.
- ↑ Judges of the North Dakota Court of Appeals are appointed on an as-needed basis by the supreme court justices.
- ↑ Most courts that use combination/alternative methods (for example, mayoral appointment) are local level courts. These courts are often governed by selection guidelines that are unique to their specific region.
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
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