Members elected to judicial district nominating commissions

TOPEKA—Judicial District Nominating Commissions nominate persons for appointment to the office of district judge and to the office of district magistrate judge in judicial districts that have adopted the nonpartisan method for the selection of judges.

There are currently 17 nonpartisan judicial districts: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 21st, 25th, 28th, 30th, and 31st.

The Clerk of the Supreme Court has recently conducted elections for lawyer members whose terms are expiring on March 1, 2004. There were vacancies in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 21st, 28th, and 30th judicial districts.

The election results:

• 1st (3 positions) John R. Kurth, William E. Pray, and John C. Tillotson

• 3rd (2 positions) Terry E. Beck and Melissa A. Wangemann

• 4th (2 positions) Eric Godderz and R. Scott Ryburn

• 5th (2 positions) William T. North and W. Irving Shaw

• 7th (1 position) Janine A. Cox

• 10th (4 positions) Lewanna Bell-Lloyd, Victor A. Bergman, Mark Hinderks, and Paul J. Morrison

• 11th (2 positions) Sara S. Beezley and Larry A. Prauser

• 21st (2 positions) Anne Burke Miller and James W. Morrison

• 28th (3 positions) Mark J. Dinkel, Norman R. Kelly, and Brian W. Wood

• 30th (1 position) Alan C. Goering