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Judges keep jobs with healthy margins

By JENALEA MYERS, Herald Staff Writer

Two district court judges and a magistrate judge received a majority of Franklin County votes for retention.

Fourth District Court judge Thomas H. Sachse received about 68 percent of votes for retention, or 6,924 votes.

Sachse was appointed as district judge in 1991. He handles a docket of primarily domestic relations and felony cases in Franklin County and has the highest caseload in his judicial district.

District Court judge Eric W. Godderz, Garnett, received about 65 percent of votes for retention, or 6,108 votes.

Godderz was appointed as district judge in March 2007. He sits in Anderson County, where he handles primarily a civil docket with some criminal cases.

District Court Magistrate Judge Kevin L. Kimball, Richmond, received nearly 75 percent of votes for retention, or 7,519 votes.

Kimball was appointed as district magistrate judge in 2005. He has a mixed docket of criminal, traffic, juvenile offender, child in need of care, civil and other cases in Franklin County.

For the first time, Kansas voters were able to see evaluations of judges up for retention.

Recommendations were prepared by the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance based on many sources, including surveys of attorneys and non-attorneys who have appeared before or had other professional experience with the justices and judges up for retention.

All area judges were recommended for retention.

The 4th District Judicial Court includes Franklin, Anderson, Osage and Coffey counties.

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