16 apply for 3rd Judicial District judge vacancy

TOPEKA—Sixteen Topeka attorneys have submitted their name to succeed Shawnee County District Judge Eric Rosen, who has been appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court. The deadline was 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The applicants will be interviewed by the Third Judicial District Nominating Commission November 4. The commission will then submit the names of at least two but not more than three persons to the governor for appointment. The governor will have 30 days in which to make the appointment. The new judge will stand for election in a retention vote in 2008.

Submitting applications for the position are Joseph D. Johnson, Shawn S. Leisinger, William C. Rein, Teresa L. Sittenauer, Jerold E. Berger, B.J. Hickert, Cheryl Lynne Whelan, James M. Crowl, Mark Stafford Braun, James E. "Jeb" Benfer, Brian Manuel Vazquez, Gary Carl West, John James Knoll, Athena E. Andaya, Lloyd C. Swartz and Wm. Scott Hesse.