Kansas judicial elections, 2012

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Judicial elections, 2012
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The Kansas judicial elections consisted of a primary on August 7th and general election on November 6th.[1]

## Kansas judicial elections summary, 2012

|  |  Supreme  |  Appellate  |  Trial

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Total candidates  |  1  |  5 |  156
Unopposed candidates  |  0 |  0 |  39
Judges facing retention  |  1 |  5 |  104
Judges retained |  1 |  5 |  104
Judges re-elected |  |  |  35
Judges not re-elected |  |  |  0
New judges elected |  |  |  10
Partisan or Nonpartisan |  | Partisan/retention |
Democratic winners |  |  |  4
Republican winners |  |  |  41

## Supreme Court[edit]

Judge| Incumbency| Division| Retention vote| Retention Vote %

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MoritzNancy Moritz A| Yes| | 666,228| 70.9%A

## Court of Appeals[edit]

Judge| Incumbency| Division| Retention vote| Retention Vote %

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BrunsDavid E. Bruns A| Yes| | 658,691| 75%A
AtchesonG. Gordon Atcheson A| Yes| | 617,265| 71%A
PierronJoseph Pierron A| Yes| | 654,838| 74%A
Arnold-BurgerKaren Arnold-Burger A| Yes| | 625,724| 71%A
LebenSteve Leben A| Yes| | 639,388| 72%A

## District Courts[edit]

For District Court judicial elections, please visit: Kansas judicial elections, 2012 - District Court

## In the news[edit]

### Georgia group opposes Kansas candidate[edit]

As featured in JP Election Brief: Campaign ads and voter education on October 25, 2012.

In Sedgwick County, Kansas, an out-of-state political action group is opposing Judge Richard T. Ballinger of the 18th Judicial District. Georgia-based Super PAC Safe Nation issued a radio ad opposing the candidacy of Judge Ballinger, who is facing Zoe Newton in the upcoming election.

The ad mentions that Ballinger was issued a cease-and-desist order in 2006 for encouraging another judge to pursue a relationship with an employee, and concludes by telling listeners to "vote Zoe Newton."[2] The Ballinger campaign had previously released an ad mentioning Newton's lower scores on a local bar association survey.

Newton wrote of the Safe Nation ad, "I firmly believe that certain campaign practices, such as negative ads, are unseemly in the context of a judicial race…My campaign is not responsible for this ad, nor do I condone or approve of it."[2]

Ballinger responded by telling his supporters, "If we don’t beat back this PAC now, judicial elections in Wichita will be changed forever."[2]

### Kansas 2012 retention elections[edit]

As featured in JP Election Brief: 2012 Retention Elections on July 5, 2012.

Kansas will have some substantial ballots, with 79 judicial retention elections this year.

* Eric Rosen is the only justice of the Kansas Supreme Court facing retention.
* In the Court of Appeals, six judges seek retention: Karen Arnold-Burger, G. Gordon Atcheson, David E. Bruns, Richard Greene, Steve Leben, and Joseph Pierron.[3][4]

## External links[edit]

* Kansas Secretary of State, 2012 Election Fact Sheet

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Politics1, Online Guide to Kansas Politics
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Wichita Eagle, "Ga.-based super PAC runs ad slamming Judge Ballinger," October 24, 2012
3. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State: Candidate Lists Select "2012 General"
4. ↑ The Marysville Advocate, "Election includes county offices," January 25, 2012

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