Lawmakers approved funding for two new judges positions in Sedgwick County District Court, which may make the ballot in time for the fall primary.
Timing is the key. The funding has passed the House and the Senate but has to go through an omnibus committee, which doesn’t meet until next month. The budget then needs to be approved by the Governor. To get on the ballot, the Kansas Supreme Court would have to certify the positions by April 15. Judges are hoping the Supreme Court could go ahead and certify the positions with a provision that the funding must pass.
Still, it’s a tight race to make the June 10 filing deadline to run for one of the new offices.