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The Missouri judicial elections consisted of a primary on August 7th and the general election on November 6th. The filing deadline was March 27th.

Missouri judicial elections summary, 2012

	Supreme	Appellate	Trial
Total candidates	1	8	69
Unopposed candidates	0	0	38
Judges facing retention	1	8	3
Judges retained	1	8	3
Judges re-elected			40
Judges not re-elected			0
New judges elected			9
Partisan or Nonpartisan		Partisan
Democratic winners			21
Republican winners			27

Supreme Court[edit]

Judge	Incumbency	Retention vote	Retention Vote %
DraperGeorge Draper A	Yes	1,623,830	69.8%A

Court of Appeals[edit]

Judge	Incumbency	Retention vote	Retention Vote %
MartinCynthia Lynette Martin A	Yes	570,210	72.2%A
Gaertner Jr.Gary Gaertner Jr. A	Yes	676,562	68.3%A
WittGary Witt A	Yes	549,600	71%A
MooneyLawrence Mooney A	Yes	654,181	67.1%A
Clayton, IIIRobert M. Clayton, III A	Yes	662,547	67.7%A
SullivanSherri Sullivan A	Yes	682,257	69.3%A
NewtonThomas Newton A	Yes	549,471	70.8%A
Francis, Jr.William W. Francis, Jr. A	Yes	381,856	72.6%A

Circuit Courts[edit]

Missouri 10th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ShepherdRachel Bringer Shepherd A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 11th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
PelikanDaniel Pelikan A	Yes	Division 7	59.5%A	100% A
BanasJack Banas A	No	Division 3	100%A	100% A
CunninghamJon Cunningham A	Yes	Division 5	100%A	100% A
ZerrRick Zerr A	Yes	Division 4	100%A	100% A
CundiffTerry R. Cundiff	No	St. Charles County	40.5%

Missouri 12th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
DaltonWesley Dalton A	No		100%A	100% A

Missouri 13th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CarpenterChristine Carpenter A	Yes	Division 1	100%A	100% A
CraneKevin Crane A	Yes	Division 3	100%A	100% A

Missouri 14th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HayesScott Hayes (Missouri) A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 15th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
RolfDennis A. Rolf A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 17th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HiginbothamChase Higinbotham	No	Division 1	100%A	35.8% D
CollinsWilliam B. Collins A	Yes	Division 1	100%A	64.2% A

Missouri 18th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KoffmanRobert L. Koffman A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 19th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BeetemJon Beetem A	Yes	Division 1	68.3%A	100% A
KretzerSteven M. Kretzer	No	Division 1	31.7%

Missouri 20th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
EckelkampCynthia M. Eckelkamp	No	Division 1	36.2%
WoodGael D. Wood A	Yes	Division 1	63.8%A	100% A

Missouri 23rd Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
PageLisa K. Page A	Yes	Division 5	100%A	100% A
StollMark T. Stoll A	Yes	Division 4	100%A	100% A
WilkinsRobert G. Wilkins A	Yes	Division 1	100%A	53% A
SchnaareStan Schnaare	No	Division 1	100%A	47% D
CardonaTroy Cardona A	Yes	Division 6	100%A	100% A

Missouri 24th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
PratteKenneth W. Pratte A	Yes	Division 2	100%A	100% A
MartinezSandy Martinez A	Yes	Division 1	100%A	100% A

Missouri 25th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LongColin Long	No	Division 1	100%A	42.2% D
HickleWilliam Hickle A	No	Division 1	100%A	57.8% A

Missouri 26th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MooreStanley Moore A	Yes	Division 1	100%A	100% A

Missouri 27th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
JourneyJames K. Journey A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 28th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BickelJames R. Bickel A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 29th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MoutonDavid B. Mouton A	Yes	Division III and Probate	100%A	100% A
CraneGayle Crane A	Yes	Division 1	100%A	100% A

Missouri 2nd Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SteeleRussell E. Steele A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 30th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BlackCynthia R. Black	No		23.6%
PrestidgeEmily A. Prestidge	No		100%A	30.1% D
HendricksonMichael Hendrickson A	No		41.8%A	69.9% A
WindersRichard D. Winders	No		17.6%

Missouri 31st Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HoldenCalvin Holden A	Yes	Division 5		77.8% A
CordonnierMichael Cordonnier A	Yes	Division 1		79.5% A
MountjoyThomas E. Mountjoy A	Yes	Division 4		80.4% A

Missouri 32nd Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LewisBenjamin F. Lewis A	Yes	Division 2	100%A	100% A

Missouri 33rd Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
DolanDavid A. Dolan A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 34th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CopelandFred W. Copeland A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 35th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MayerRobert Mayer A	No		100%A	58.7% A
MitchellStephen R. Mitchell	No		100%A	41.3% D

Missouri 37th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
EvansDavid Paul Evans A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 38th Judicial Circuit Court

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
OrrMark Orr A	Yes		100%A	100% A

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Missouri 39th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GoodmanJack Goodman A	No		100%A	100% A

Missouri 3rd Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
PeaceJack E. Peace A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 40th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
PerigoTimothy W. Perigo A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 41st Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TuckerFrederick Tucker A	Yes		100%A	52.7% A
PrewittPhilip Prewitt	No		100%A	47.3% D

Missouri 42nd Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BairdBrandi L. Baird A	Yes	Dent County	100%A	100% A
PearsonSid Pearson A	No	Division 1	100%A	100% A

Missouri 43rd Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BurrisBill Burris	No	Division 2	33.8%
ElliottR. Brent Elliott A	Yes	Division 2	66.2%A	100% A
ChapmanThomas N. Chapman A	Yes	Division 1	100%A	100% A

Missouri 44th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WadeDan Wade (Missouri)	No		39.8%
CarterR. Craig Carter A	No		60.2%A	100% A

Missouri 45th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Kunza MennemeyerChristina C. Kunza Mennemeyer A	No		56.3%A	50.4% A
Burkemper, Jr.T. Bennett Burkemper, Jr.	No		100%A	49.6% D

Missouri 4th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ProkesRoger M. Prokes A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 5th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KelloggDaniel F. Kellogg A	Yes	Division 4	100%A	100% A
RobbPatrick Robb A	Yes	Division 3	100%A	100% A
JacksonRandall R. Jackson A	Yes	Division 1	100%A	100% A

Missouri 8th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MillerDavid H. Miller A	Yes		100%A	100% A

Missouri 9th Judicial Circuit Court

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2012

Candidate	Incumbency	Division	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TschannenTerry A. Tschannen A	No		100%A	100% A

Ballot measure[edit]

Certified[edit]

The Missouri Judicial Appointment Amendment, Amendment 3 (2012) was a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment that appeared on the November 6, 2012 statewide ballot. The measure was defeated.

The amendment sought to grant the governor the power to appoint 4 persons to the Appellate Judicial Commission, the body responsible for choosing nominees for the Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court. The governor had the power to choose three of the seven total members.^[1]

The text of the ballot was:

“

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the current nonpartisan selection of supreme court and court of appeals judges to a process that gives the governor increased authority to: appoint a majority of the commission that selects these court nominees; and appoint all lawyers to the commission by removing the requirement that the governor's appointees be nonlawyers?^[2]^[3]

”

In the news[edit]

Missouri election recap, 2012[edit]

Missouri's retention election saw Justice George Draper retained to another 12 year term on the Missouri Supreme Court and eight of eight court of appeals judges retained to 12 year terms.

In the race for the 45th Judicial Circuit Court in Lincoln County and Pike Counties, attorney Christina C. Kunza Mennemeyer and associate judge T. Bennett Burkemper, Jr. both ran on November 6th to succeed Judge Dan Dildine, who will retire at the end of this year. Once the ballots were tallied there remained only an eight vote margin between Mennemeyer and Burkemper. Attorney Mennemeyer received 11,090 votes while Burkemper received 11,082 votes.^[4]

Missouri

After the results were in Burkemper announced on his Facebook page that “the results were disappointing but we have no regrets about the race we ran. We are beyond blessed to have a close family and amazingly supportive friends.”^[4]

Judge-elect Christina Mennemeyer will begin her term in early January 2013.

Missouri primary results[edit]

As featured in JP Election Brief: August primaries settling judicial races on August 16, 2012.

Last week wrapped up Missouri's judicial primary showing us the candidates who will go on to compete in the general election.

The following is a selection of contested races that will occur on November 6th:

17th Circuit Court

Belton attorney Chase Higinbotham will compete with Associate Circuit Court Judge William B. Collins for judgeship on the 17th Circuit.^[5]

23rd Circuit Court

Incumbent Judge Robert Wilkins will be challenged by Hillsboro attorney Stan Schnaare.^[5]

25th Circuit Court

Attorney Bill Hickle will run against Associate Circuit Court Judge Colin Long as both compete for the 25th Circuit judgeship.^[5]

30th Circuit Court

Associate Circuit Court Judge Michael Hendrickson will run against Marshfield attorney Emily A. Prestidge in the race for the 30th Circuit.^[5]

35th Circuit Court

Robert Mayer will run against Associate Circuit Court Judge Stephen R. Mitchell for a position on the 35th Circuit.^[5]

41st Circuit Court

Associate Judge Philip Prewitt was unopposed in the Republican primary, but will run against incumbent Judge Frederick Tucker in November.^[5]

45th Circuit Court

Attorney Christina C. Kunza Mennemeyer won the primary last week, but will run against Associate Judge T. Bennett Burkemper, Jr. in the race for the 45 Circuit.^[5]

Missouri Circuit Court races[edit]

As featured in JP Election Brief: An indictment, legal challenges, and First Amendment questions on July 19, 2012.

Former judge runs against 20th Circuit incumbent

Former Judge Cynthia M. Eckelkamp will run for her previously held position on the 20th Circuit Court this year against incumbent Judge Gael D. Wood.

Eckelkamp served as a circuit judge for Division 2 of the 20th Circuit Court from 2004 until 2010. She stepped down in 2010, after losing her party's primary in that year's election. Eckelkamp has a bachelor's degree from Vassar College and a J.D. from Washington University School of Law.^[6]^[7] This year she will run for Division 1, which is currently held by Judge Wood.

Judge Wood has been served as a judge for the 20th Circuit Court since 2001. He obtained a B.A. and J.D. from the University of Missouri.^[8]

Incumbent challenged in 17th Circuit

Incumbent Judge William B. Collins of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court is running against attorney Chase Higinbotham in the primary election on August 7th.

Judge Collins holds a BSBA in accounting from Rockhurst College and a J.D. from the University of Missouri. He was first elected as the Division 3 Associate Circuit Judge in 1994, and re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010.^[9]

Higinbotham holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from the University of Kansas. He runs his own law office in Belton, Missouri.^[6]

See also[edit]

News: Goodman announces candidacy for 39th Judicial Circuit, February 29, 2012
Missouri judicial elections

Footnotes[edit]

↑ stltoday "Mo. voters to decide on revising system for appointing judges," May 11, 2012
↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2012 Ballot Measures"
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Lincoln County Journal, "Voters elect John Cottle sheriff, Kunza Mennemeyer circuit judge," November 12, 2012
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 Missouri Secretary of State - Official Election Results 2012
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Cynthia M. Eckelkamp Campaign wesite Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "camp" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Judge Profile: Cynthia Marie Eckelkamp on Martindale.com
↑ Martindale.com, "Judge Profile: Gael D. Wood"
↑ William Collins Campaign page

Missouri courts

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:

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