Joseph Welsh

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Republican Party

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 1.1 2016
* 1.1.1 Selection method
* 2 See also
* 3 Footnotes

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]

1. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Filing Information," accessed December 7, 2015
2. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2016 Primary," accessed June 2, 2016
3. ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014

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