Kansas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Kansas Court of Appeals, Retention: Judge Kim R. Schroeder (Position 5) in 2026?

Here are the candidates for Kansas Court of Appeals, Retention: Judge Kim R. Schroeder (Position 5) on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for all voters in Kansas.

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.

Kim R. Schroeder

· Incumbent

Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals

Kim R. Schroeder is a judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals, appointed in 2013⁵⁴. He was a district judge in southwest Kansas for 14 years and practiced law in Hugoton before that⁴. He is on the November 3, 2026 ballot in a retention vote¹.

Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, since 2013⁵⁴
District judge, 26th Judicial District, 1999 to 2013⁴
Attorney and partner, Brollier, Wolf & Schroeder, Hugoton, 1982 to 1999⁴
Law degree (1982) and bachelor's degree (1979), Washburn University⁴
Appointed to the Kansas Court of Appeals in 2013⁵⁴. Court of Appeals judges are appointed by the governor and then face retention votes; the current term runs January 2023 to January 2027⁴.
Bar poll: Kansas Bar Association 2026 Judicial Retention Survey (a voluntary survey of licensed Kansas lawyers who have worked with the judge; not an endorsement). Results for Kim R. Schroeder: retention recommendation 89 percent and overall performance 87 percent on the survey's scale, where 50 is neutral³².

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