Missouri general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for 6th Judicial Circuit (Platte County), Associate Circuit Judge Division 4, Retention: Judge Susan M. Casey in 2026?

Here are the candidates for 6th Judicial Circuit (Platte County), Associate Circuit Judge Division 4, Retention: Judge Susan M. Casey on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in 6th Judicial Circuit.

This is a retention vote: voters decide yes or no on keeping this judge for another term. Judges may not promise how they would rule, so we show experience and record instead of issue positions.

Susan M. Casey

· Incumbent

Associate Circuit Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit (Platte County), Division 4

Susan M. Casey has been an associate circuit judge in Platte County (6th Judicial Circuit, Division 4) since February 2024; before that she was a senior law clerk to federal and Missouri appellate judges¹. She is on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot for a retention vote (yes or no)³. The Judicial Performance Review committee recommends that she be retained¹.

Associate Circuit Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit Court (Platte County), Division 4, since February 2024¹
Before the bench: senior law clerk or staff attorney for a U.S. District Court judge in the Western District of Missouri, for a Missouri Court of Appeals judge and for a Missouri Supreme Court judge; adjunct assistant professor of law at the University of Notre Dame¹
University: University of Missouri (bachelor's and J.D.); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (master's)¹
Appointed to the 6th Judicial Circuit Court in February 2024¹. Under Missouri's Non-Partisan Court Plan, judges are nominated by a judicial commission, selected by the governor, and must stand in a retention election after their first 12 months on the bench and at the end of each term². Her name is on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot for a retention vote³.
Bar poll: The Judicial Performance Review committee recommends that the judge should be retained.

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