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Cowley County is within the Kansas Nineteenth Judicial District

The people of Cowley County are served by a district court and municipal courts.

The United States District Court for the District of Kansas has jurisdiction in Cowley County. Appeals from the District of Kansas go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

Judges[edit]

Cowley County, Kansas

District Court[edit]

Kansas Nineteenth Judicial District

• LaDonna Lanning
• Christopher Smith
• Nicholas St. Peter (Chief judge)^[1]

See also[edit]

• Kansas counties
• Courts in Kansas

External links[edit]

• Kansas Judicial Branch, "19th Judicial District," accessed June 3, 2014

Footnotes[edit]

Elections[edit]

See also: Kansas judicial elections

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

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

Election rules[edit]

Primary election[edit]

Only district court judges in districts that hold partisan elections participate in the primary. The candidate with the most votes from each party in the primary goes on to represent that party in the general election.^[1]

The districts with partisan election of judges are:

General election[edit]

Appellate judges and appointed district court judges participate in retention elections. Candidates in the districts above advance from the primary election.

Retention election[edit]

In retention elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the justice in office for another term. If a candidate receives a majority of "yes" votes, that person is retained for another term. If not, that position will become a vacancy upon the term's expiration.^[3]