Carl Yates

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Carl Yates

Missouri 23rd Judicial Circuit Court Division 1

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2018

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2016

Contact

Personal website

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Carl Yates is a judge for the 23rd Judicial Circuit Court in Missouri. Yates won the general election on November 8, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Missouri held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on August 2, 2016. The filing deadline for those wishing to run in the primary was March 29, 2016. Judges running in a retention election on November 8 had to file by August 23. Carl Yates defeated Joseph Rathert in the Missouri 23rd Circuit (Division 1) special election.

Missouri Circuit 23, Division 1, Special Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Carl Yates	52.48%	52,567
	Democratic	Joseph Rathert	47.52%	47,606
Total Votes				100,173
Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "State of Missouri 2016 General Election," November 8, 2016

Selection method

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.

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

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.

See also

• Courts in Missouri
• Local trial court judicial elections, 2016

External links

• Missouri Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Special Election November 8, 2016"
• Official campaign website
• Wes Yates on Facebook

Footnotes

Missouri courts

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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:

Courts in Missouri • Missouri judicial elections • Judicial selection in Missouri