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Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey and Sumner County filings
Judgeship, commission, sheriff
Chronicle Staff Report
SEDGWICK COUNTY
COMMISSION, DISTRICT 2
Democrat
• Tim R. Norton, 61, Haysville; retired Target store manager,
Sedgwick County commissioner since 2001, former mayor and
City Council member in Haysville
Republican
• Craig Gabel, 48, Wichita; owner of Mike’s Steak House,
involved in the restaurant business on South Broadway for 43
years
COMMISSION, DISTRICT 3
Democrat
• Patrick Quaney, 76, Wichita; retired engineer, part-time substitute teacher, ran for Congress in 2002 and 2006 and for Wichita
City Council in 2007
• Marcey Gregory, 46, Goddard; sportswear store co-owner,
mayor of Goddard since 2007
Republican
• Karl Peterjohn, 58, Wichita; president, Kansas Taxpayers
Network, former member of Wichita library board
• Tom Winters, 61, Wichita; trucking company executive,
Sedgwick County commissioner since 1992
SHERIFF
Democrat
• Walt Kuykendall, 59, Wichita; former Wichita police lieutenant, served as police chief of Iola and interim chief for Valley
Center
Republican
• Mark Alexander, 50, Wichita; former sheriff’s deputy, works
in security for Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis
Campus, lost to Sheriff Gary Steed in 2004 while running as a
Democrat
• Dal Astle, 33, Wichita; lieutenant at Garden Plain Police
Department, also worked in sheriffs’ offices in Franklin, Johnson
and Sedgwick counties
• Carl Enterkin, 59, Wichita; lieutenant at Bel Aire Police
Department, also spent 24 years with the Wichita Police
Department before becoming chief in Garden Plain for three
years
• Bob Hinshaw, 50, Wichita; 29-year veteran of the sheriff’s
office, undersheriff since June 2006
• Robert Lee, 49, Mulvane; 27-year Wichita police veteran,
deputy chief since 2002
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Democrat
• Nola Foulston, 57, Eastborough; began her career as an assistant district attorney in 1977, then went into private practice
from 1981 to 1988, when she was elected to her first of five
terms in office
Republican
• Mark Schoenhofer, 47, Wichita; assistant district attorney
1993-1994, private practice
CLERK
Republican
• Sarah Skelton, 41, Wichita; painting firm co-owner, former Wichita school board member, vice president of Wichita
Pachyderm Club
• Kelly Arnold, 30, Wichita; land investor, chairman of
Sedgwick County Republican Party
Democrat
• Genine Ware, 42, Wichita; attorney for Court Trustee’s Office
at Sedgwick County Courthouse
TREASURER
Republican
• Ron Estes, 51, Wichita; county treasurer since 2005, former
engineer and productivity specialist for Koch Industries and
Bombardier
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Republican
• Bill Meek, 64, Goddard; register of deeds since 1998
Democrat
• Ramona Becker, 61, Bel Aire; Democratic precinct committeewoman
18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Note: Divisions for district judge designate the office and have
no geographical significance.
DIVISION 1
Democrat
• Carol Bacon, 60, Wichita; attorney since 1984, district judge
1993-2001
• Richard Sanborn, 54, Derby; attorney since 1981
Republican
• Jeff Dewey, 50, Wichita; attorney since 1984
• Phillip B. Journey, 52, Haysville; attorney since 1983, state
Senate since 2003
DIVISION 2
Republican
• Jim Burgess, 56, Wichita; district judge since 1988
DIVISION 3
Republican
• Dan Brooks, 61, Wichita; district judge 1993-97 and 2000present
Democrat
• Loren H. Houk, 58, Wichita; attorney since 1980
DIVISION 6
Republican
• Harold E. Flaigle, 58, Wichita; district judge since 2001
DIVISION 9
Democrat
• David Calvert, 66, Wichita; attorney since 1967
Republican
• Christopher Magana, 42, Wichita; attorney since 1992, assistant district attorney 1995-2000
DIVISION 10
Republican
• Bruce Brown, 47, Wichita; Municipal Court judge since 1998
• Sean Corrigan McEnulty, 47; attorney since 1986
Democrat
• Sharon L. Dickgrafe, 43, Wichita; attorney since 1989, assistant city attorney since 1992
DIVISION 11
Republican
• James Fleetwood, 56, Wichita; district judge since 1996
DIVISION 12
Republican
• Eric Yost, 52, Wichita, district judge since 1996
DIVISION 13
Democrat
• Richard T. Ballinger, 56, Derby; district judge since 1992
DIVISION 14
Republican
• J. Patrick Walters, 48, Wichita; attorney since 1992
Democrat
• Rebecca Pilshaw, 55, Wichita; district judge since 1993
• Ross Alexander, 60, Wichita; attorney since 1974
DIVISION 16
Republican
• Terry L. Pullman, 55, Wichita; district judge since 2001
DIVISION 20
Republican
• Clark V. Owens , 57, Wichita; district judge since 1991
DIVISION 21
Republican
• Douglas Roth, 54, Wichita; district judge since 2001
DIVISION 22
Democrat
• Joseph Bribiesca, 56, Wichita; district judge since 1994
DIVISION 23
Republican
• William S. Woolley, 49, Wichita; district judge since 2001
DIVISION 24
Republican
• Timothy H. Henderson, 46, Wichita; district judge since 2001
DIVISION 25
Democrat
• Karen L. Langston , 58, Wichita; attorney since 1975, chief
assistant district attorney 1988-2001, district judge 2001-2005
Republican
• Warren M. Wilbert , 56, Wichita; district judge since 1995
DIVISION 26
Republican
• Jeff Goering, 41, Wichita; district judge since 2005
DIVISION 27
Democrat
• Jama D. Mitchell, 44, Wichita; assistant Sedgwick County public defender since 1995
Republican
• Harold T. Pickler, 58, Wichita, attorney since 1977
• Jeff Syrios, 45, Andover, attorney since 1987
DIVISION 28
Democrat
• Don W. Riley, 66, Wichita; attorney since 1967
• Michael Foster, 63; attorney since 1973
Republican
• Eric Commer, 52, Wichita; attorney since 1980
• Jeff A. VanZandt, 48, Wichita; attorney since 1985
BUTLER COUNTY
COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2
Republican
• Randy Waldorf, 47, Augusta; banker, owner of Butler County
Title, District 2 county commissioner 2005-present, Augusta
City Council member for 10 years
COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3
Republican
• Bruce Harris, 63, El Dorado; retired from Kansas Gas Service,
Butler County economic development board member
• Marvin Dodson, 62, Towanda
SHERIFF
Republican
• Craig D. Murphy, 65, El Dorado; sheriff, 2003-present, former
Augusta police officer
• Kurt A. Spivey, 50, El Dorado; school resource officer at El
Dorado Middle School, law enforcement for 29 years including
police chief in Towanda for five years
ATTORNEY
Republican
• Jan Satterfield, El Dorado; county attorney 1999-present, assistant Butler County attorney, assistant city prosecutor for Wichita,
general practice attorney
CLERK
Republican
• Ron Roberts, 67, Andover; county clerk 2001-present, District
1 county commissioner for four years
TREASURER
Republican
• Ruth Fechter, 51, El Dorado; county treasurer, 2005-present
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Democrat
• Marcia McCoy, 52, El Dorado; register of deeds, 1991-present
HARVEY COUNTY
COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2
Republican
• Marge Roberson, 62, Newton; District 2 county commissioner
2003-present, owner of Roberson’s Retail Liquor Store for 25
years
COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3
Republican
• Ron Krehbiel, 66, Burrton; District 3 county commissioner
2000-present
ATTORNEY
Republican
• Michael J. Hoelscher, 39, Zimmerdale; assistant district attorney in Sedgwick County 2001-present
• David E. Yoder, 53, Newton; county attorney 2004-present
SHERIFF
Democrat
• T. Walton, 57, Newton; Newton Police Department for 20
years, Kansas Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year
2000, Kansas Investigator of the Year for Kauffman case in 2006
Republican
• Bruce A. Joliff, 48, Newton; instructor of police at Kansas Law
Enforcement Training Center in Hutchinson, Newton Police
Department for more than 20 years
• Arlis “A.J.” Wuthnow, 47, Moundridge; sheriff, 2007-present,
Newton Police Department for nine years, developed first K-9
Unit, Harvey County Sheriff’s Office since 1998
CLERK
Republican
• Joyce Truskett, 58, Newton; county clerk 2004-present
TREASURER
Republican
• E. Rebecca Noble, 45, Newton; treasurer 2001-present
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Republican
• Margaret A. Hermstein, 54, Newton; register of deeds 2001present
SUMNER COUNTY
COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2
Republican
• Jim D. Newell, 60, Wellington; District 2 county commissioner
2005-present
ATTORNEY
Republican
• Evan C. Watson, 43, Wellington; private practice attorney for
three years, deputy county attorney 2003-present, has run for
county attorney twice before
Democrat
• Kassie L. McEntire, 29, Wellington; county attorney, 2007present, former import-export worker with Coleman, nonprofit
immigration law clinic in Massachusetts
COUNTY SHERIFF
Republican
• Gerald R. Gilkey, 39, Peck; sheriff 2001-present, former sheriff’s deputy and police officer in Andover and Garnett
Democrat
• Edwin F. Amrein, 58, Wellington; Kansas Highway Patrol in
Butler, Sumner and Cowley counties for 31 years
COUNTY CLERK
Republican
• Shane J. Shields, 47, Wellington, county clerk 1997-present
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Republican
• Joyce Lowe, register of deeds