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Judges on the Missouri ballot in November 2026

Missouri voters see 50 retention questions, 22 county-level judicial races in the counties we track on the November 3, 2026 ballot in the races The Ballot Brief tracks. Retention questions are a yes-or-no vote on keeping a sitting judge; elected seats work like any other race.

Judicial retention votes: yes or no on keeping a judge

Missouri uses the Nonpartisan Court Plan: the Governor appoints Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges (and circuit/associate circuit judges in the plan's designated circuits) from a list submitted by a judicial nominating commission. Each judge's name then appears alone on a separate nonpartisan judicial ballot as a yes/no retention question after roughly one year in office, and again at the end of each term (12 years for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges, 6 years for circuit and associate circuit judges in the plan circuits). A majority yes vote retains the judge; if not retained, the seat is filled again through the nominating-commission process.

Missouri Supreme Court

Paul C. Wilson

Retention: yes or no

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

Virginia W. Lay

Retention: yes or noEastern District

Rebeca Navarro-McKelvey

Retention: yes or noEastern District

Angela Turner Quigless

Retention: yes or noEastern District

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District

Matthew P. Hamner

Retention: yes or noSouthern District

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District

Lisa White Hardwick

Retention: yes or noWestern District

Missouri Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit (Platte County)

Myles A. Perry

Retention: yes or no6th Judicial Circuit (Platte County)

Missouri Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County)

David P. Chamberlain

Retention: yes or no7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County)

Missouri Circuit Court, 16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Kenneth R. Garrett, III

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Patrick C. Edwards

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Lauren D. Barrett

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Cory L. Atkins

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Kevin D. Harrell

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Missouri Circuit Court, 21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Richard M. Stewart

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

John Borbonus

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Mary Elizabeth Ott

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Amanda B. McNelley

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Jeffery McPherson

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Lorne Baker

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Matt Hearne

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Ellen Wyatt Dunne

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Missouri Circuit Court, 22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Clinton Robert Wright

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Elizabeth Byrne Hogan

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Katherine M. Fowler

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Annette Llewellyn

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Joseph P. Whyte

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Timothy J. Boyer

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Scott A. Millikan

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Calea Stovall-Reid

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Madeline Orling Connolly

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Heather J. Hays

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

David A. Roither

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Michael F. Stelzer

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Missouri Circuit Court, 31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County)

Nathan Taylor

Retention: yes or no31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County)

Missouri Associate Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit (Platte County)

Susan M. Casey

Retention: yes or no6th Judicial Circuit (Platte County)

Missouri Associate Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County)

Karen L. Krauser

Retention: yes or no7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County)

Missouri Associate Circuit Court, 16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Abbie Rothermich

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

R. Travis Willingham

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Kea S. Bird-Riley

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Mary Frances Weir

Retention: yes or no16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)

Missouri Associate Circuit Court, 21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Julia Pusateri Lasater

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Nicolette Antonia Klapp

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Justin W. Ruth

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Jason K. Lewis

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Kelly Snyder

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Mondonna L. Ghasedi

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Chastidy Dillon-Amelung

Retention: yes or no21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)

Missouri Associate Circuit Court, 22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Michael R. Dauphin

Retention: yes or no22nd Judicial Circuit (City of St. Louis)

Missouri Associate Circuit Court, 31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County)

Philip M. Fuhrman

Retention: yes or no31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County)

Margaret Palmietto

Retention: yes or no31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County)

Source: sos.mo.gov, as of 2026-09-04.

County and trial-court judicial races we track

Trial judges, county courts and other judicial offices from the county pages we have built (21 counties so far). Each link opens that race's page.

Circuit Judge, 32nd Judicial Circuit, Division 1 Bollinger County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit, Division 4 Boone County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 36th Judicial Circuit Butler County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit, Division 4 Callaway County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 26th Judicial Circuit, Division 3 Camden County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 32nd Judicial Circuit, Division 1 Cape Girardeau County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 36th Judicial Circuit Carter County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 19th Judicial Circuit, Division 2 Cole County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 19th Judicial Circuit, Division 3 Cole County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 42nd Judicial Circuit, Division 2 Crawford County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 42nd Judicial Circuit, Division 2 Dent County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 42nd Judicial Circuit, Division 2 Iron County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 23rd Judicial Circuit, Division 2 Jefferson County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 26th Judicial Circuit, Division 3 Laclede County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 26th Judicial Circuit, Division 3 Miller County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 26th Judicial Circuit, Division 3 Moniteau County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 26th Judicial Circuit, Division 3 Morgan County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 32nd Judicial Circuit, Division 1 Perry County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 42nd Judicial Circuit, Division 2 Reynolds County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 36th Judicial Circuit Ripley County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Division 1 St Charles County · 1 candidate
Circuit Judge, 42nd Judicial Circuit, Division 2 Wayne County · 1 candidate

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