Court[edit]

The 28th Circuit Court is a circuit court in Missouri. It serves Barton, Cedar, Dade and Vernon counties.^[1]

Judges[edit]

• David Munton^[1]

Associate judges[edit]

• Barton: Charles Curless^[2]

• Cedar: Tom Pyle^[3]

• Dade: Gary Troxell^[4]

• Vernon: Neal R. Quitno^[5]

Former judges[edit]

• James R. Bickel
• Dennis Reaves

See also[edit]

• Missouri Circuit Courts
• Barton County, Missouri
• Cedar County, Missouri
• Dade County, Missouri
• Vernon County, Missouri

External links[edit]

• Your Missouri Courts, "Missouri 28th Judicial Circuit"

Elections[edit]

See also: Missouri judicial elections

Missouri is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Missouri, click here.

• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2025
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Missouri judicial elections, 2014
• Missouri judicial elections, 2012
• Missouri judicial elections, 2010

Selection method[edit]

See also: Partisan elections

The 141 judges of the Missouri Circuit Courts are elected to six-year terms in partisan elections, except in the cities of Springfield, St. Louis, and Kansas City. At the end of their terms, judges must face re-election.^[6]

The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.^[6]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

• a U.S. citizen for at least 10 years;
• a qualified state voter for at least three years;
• a resident of the circuit for at least one year;
• licensed to practice law in the state; and
• at least 30 years old.^[6]

Election rules[edit]

Partisan election[edit]

Trial judges who were elected in partisan elections may seek re-election at the end of their terms. They must run as a Republican, Democrat, or an independent. Partisan elections decide the majority of Missouri's judges. Judges first run in a party primary in August, with the winner of each primary moving on to the general election.^[7][8][9]

Candidates who run unopposed are not printed on the official ballot.^[10]

Retention election[edit]

Judges on the supreme court and appellate courts are subject to the nonpartisan court plan and run for retention. Trial judges in five counties also run for retention in accordance with this plan. Those counties are St. Louis, Jackson, Clay, Platte and Greene.^[7]

Footnotes[edit]