Live election results: Who will win 2022 Wyandotte County judge primary elections?
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Two judges in Wyandotte County faced primary challengers.
Division 16 Judge Wes Griffin was elected in 2008. He faced challenger Candice Alcaraz, an assistant district attorney with the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office.
Division 12 Judge Tony Martinez was elected in 2019. His opponent was David Patrzykont, an attorney and firefighter in Wyandotte County. If elected, he had said he would relinquish his firefighter duties.
The winners in Tuesday’s race will become the next judges as there are no opposing candidates running in November’s general election.
Six judges are running unopposed.
Unofficial results posted
Updated at 9:04 p.m.: Wyandotte County voters have elected the first Black woman to serve as district court judge in the county’s history. Candice Alcaraz, a prosecutor with the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office, defeated incumbent Judge Wes Griffin, according to unofficial final results.
Alcaraz received 11,796 votes to Griffin’s 5,361 for the division 16 judgeship.
Division 12 Judge Tony Martinez won a second-term by defeating challenger David Patrzykont, a private attorney and Kansas City, Kansas, firefighter.
Martinez received 12,397 votes to Patrzykont’s 4,877.
Polls in Wyandotte County close
Updated at 7 p.m.: Polls in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, are now closed and results will be coming in throughout the night. Voters who were in line at 7 p.m. may still vote. Eligible voters Tuesday cast ballots to decide which 10 district court judge candidates would fill the eight eligible positions.
This story was originally published August 2, 2022 at 7:00 PM.
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