Missouri general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for 7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County), Associate Circuit Judge Division 6, Retention: Judge Karen L. Krauser in 2026?

Here are the candidates for 7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County), Associate Circuit Judge Division 6, Retention: Judge Karen L. Krauser on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in 7th 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.

Karen L. Krauser

· Incumbent

Associate Circuit Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County), Division 6

Karen L. Krauser has been an associate circuit judge in Clay County (7th Judicial Circuit, Division 6) since January 2012 and was previously Clay County's deputy chief prosecuting attorney¹. 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, 7th Judicial Circuit Court (Clay County), Division 6, since January 2012¹
Before the bench: Clay County Deputy Chief Prosecuting Attorney, and municipal judge of Excelsior Springs and Platte Woods¹
University: Park College, now Park University (bachelor's); University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D.)¹
Appointed to the 7th Judicial Circuit Court in January 2012¹. 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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