Shane T. Alexander

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Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court Division 1
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2028

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

August 6, 2008

Education

Bachelor's

University of Missouri, Columbia, 1990

Law

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1997

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Shane T. Alexander is a judge for Division 1 of the Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Alexander ran for re-election for the Division 1 judge of the Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Education

Alexander graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia, earning his Bachelor of Arts in history in 1990. He later graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law with his J.D. in 1997.[1]

Career

  • 2008-Present: Judge, 7th Circuit Court
  • 2006-2008: Municipal prosecutor, City of Smithville
  • 2004-2008: Municipal judge, City of Excelsior Springs
  • 2004-2008: Chief assistant prosecuting attorney, Clay County
  • 1999-2004: Assistant prosecuting attorney, Clay County
  • 1997-1999: Assistant prosecuting attorney, Buchanan County
  • 1990-1994: Surface warfare officer, United States Navy[1]

Elections

2022

See also:  Municipal elections in Clay County, Missouri (2022)

Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court Division 1

Shane T. Alexander was retained to Division 1 of the Missouri 7th Judicial Circuit Court on November 8, 2022 with 64.3% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
64.3
 
49,070
No
 
35.7
 
27,300
Total Votes
76,370

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.[2] Shane T. Alexander was retained in the Missouri 7th Circuit, Division 1 election with 64.30 percent of the vote. [3]

Missouri 7th Circuit, Division 1, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngShane T. Alexander64.30%
Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016

2010

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2010

Alexander stood for retention to the 7th Circuit Court in 2010.[1] He was retained on November 2, 2010, receiving 64.9 percent of the vote.[4]

Performance evaluation

Click here to read Alexander's performance evaluation from The Appellate Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee.

Judicial selection method

See also: Partisan elections

The judges of the Missouri Circuit Courts in Clay, Greene, Jackson, Platte, and St. Louis counties and the city of St. Louis are appointed by the governor with the help of a judicial selection commission.[5]

The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[6]

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.[6]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Shane T. Alexander did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

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  2. Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
  3. Emailed candidate list from Missouri Secretary of State's Office on September 20, 2016
  4. Missouri Secretary of State, "General Election results," 2010
  5. Your Missouri Judges, "Missouri Judges: The Non-Partisan Court Plan," accessed March 18, 2019
  6. 6.0 6.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named general