District Court Judge, Eighteenth Judicial District, Division 19 (Sedgwick County)
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Candidates:
Republican · Incumbent
Michael Hoelscher is a Sedgwick County district judge assigned to juvenile cases, appointed in 2015. A Washburn law graduate, he was a prosecutor in the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office and then worked in the Wichita City Attorney's Office.
Records: Legal Competence 6 for, Impartiality 1 for
Sources: sedgwickcounty.org2