Hon. Linda P. Gilmore

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</p><p><b>Linda Gilmore</b> is a judge for the <a href="/Kansas_Twenty-Sixth_Judicial_District" title="Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District">Twenty-Sixth Judicial District</a> in <a href="/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. She was appointed by Governor <a href="/Sam_Brownback" title="Sam Brownback">Sam Brownback</a> on <a href="/C2013#May" class="mw-redirect" title="C2013">May 2, 2013</a>, to replace <a href="/Kim_R._Schroeder_(Kansas)" title="Kim R. Schroeder (Kansas)">Kim R. Schroeder</a>, who was appointed to the <a href="/Kansas_Court_of_Appeals" title="Kansas Court of Appeals">Kansas Court of Appeals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup> She was elected to a full term in 2014 that expired on January 13, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-candidate_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Kansas_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Kansas judicial elections, 2014">Kansas judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Gilmore ran for re-election to the <a href="/Kansas_Twenty-Sixth_Judicial_District" title="Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District">26th District Court</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> She ran unopposed in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> primary on August 5, 2014.<br><b>General</b>: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
<sup id="cite_ref-candidate_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate-2">[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Gilmore received her undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the University of Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<ul><li><b>2013-2019:</b> Judge, <a href="/Kansas_Twenty-Sixth_Judicial_District" title="Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District">Twenty-Sixth Judicial District</a></li>
<li><b>2000-2013:</b> Attorney, <i>Gilmore, Shellenberger &amp; Maxwell, P.A.</i></li>
<li><b>1994-2000:</b> Attorney, <i>Miller &amp; Diepenbrock, P.A.</i><sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Kansas_District_Courts" title="Kansas District Courts">Kansas District Courts</a></li>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.kscourts.org/Districts/District-Info.asp?d=26"><i>Kansas Judicial Branch</i>, "26th Judicial District"</a></li></ul>
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