Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
Both a former prosecutor & public defender
- 7 total seats
- 0 current vacancies
- 3 prosecutors
- 1 public defender
- 1 Justice is both a former prosecutor & public defender
- 0 Justices have other indigent defense experience
- 0 civil rights lawyers
How Members of the Kansas Supreme Court are Selected:
Appointment, Retention Election
The governor appoints justices from a list submitted by the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission, which consists of representatives from each congressional district. Justices serve a one-year term and then face a retention election to secure a full six-year term. Subsequent retention elections occur in the next even-year general election after their six-year term ends.
Selection method sources:
Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map