Joseph Welsh

Joseph Welsh was a candidate for the Division 2 Magistrate seat on the Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District in Kansas. He was defeated in the primary election on August 2, 2016.

Elections[edit]

2016[edit]

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.^[1] Steven Santala defeated Joseph Welsh, Robert Smitherman, and De Ann Ricketts in the Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, Division 2 Magistrate Republican primary.^[2]

Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, Division 2 Magistrate Primary Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Steven Santala	51.19%	386
Joseph Welsh	24.14%	182
Robert Smitherman	13.79%	104
De Ann Ricketts	10.88%	82
Total Votes		754
Source: Kansas Secretary of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 19, 2016

Selection method[edit]

See also: Partisan elections

In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.^[3] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.^[4]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:^[4]

• 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.

See also[edit]

• Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District
• Kansas local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Footnotes[edit]

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