Mercer County, Missouri (Judicial)

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Mercer County is within the 3rd Judicial Circuit. The people of Mercer County are served by a Circuit Court and a Municipal Court.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri has jurisdiction in Mercer County. Appeals from the Western District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

Judges

Mercer County, Missouri

Circuit Court

Missouri 3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Associate judges

Former judges J. Brad Funk

Elections

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.

Election rules

Partisan election

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.[6][7][8]

Candidates who run unopposed are not printed on the official ballot.[9]

Retention election

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.[6]


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 3rd Circuit
  2. ↑ Your Missouri Courts, Grundy County
  3. ↑ Your Missouri Courts, Harrison County
  4. ↑ Your Missouri Courts, Mercer County
  5. ↑ Your Missouri Courts, Putnam County
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Your Missouri Courts, "Meet your Missouri judges," accessed April 26, 2014
  7. ↑ Missouri General Assembly, "Section 115.121," August 28, 2013
  8. ↑ Show-Me Courts, "Types of elections in Missouri," accessed April 26, 2014
  9. ↑ Greene County, "County clerk: Candidates & ballot issues," accessed May 15, 2014
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