Missouri general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for 7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County), Circuit Judge Division 4, Retention: Judge David P. Chamberlain in 2026?

Here are the candidates for 7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County), Circuit Judge Division 4, Retention: Judge David P. Chamberlain 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.

David P. Chamberlain

· Incumbent

Circuit Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit (Clay County), Division 4

David P. Chamberlain has been a circuit judge in Clay County (7th Judicial Circuit, Division 4) since January 2019 and was the circuit's presiding judge in 2021 and 2022¹. He is on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot for a retention vote (yes or no)³. The Judicial Performance Review committee recommends that he be retained¹.

Circuit Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit Court (Clay County), Division 4, since January 2019¹
Presiding Judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit Court, 2021 to 2022¹
Associate Circuit Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit Court, May 2008 to January 2019; private practice before that¹
University: Southwest Missouri State University (bachelor's); University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D.)¹
Appointed to the 7th Judicial Circuit Court in January 2019¹. 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. His 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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