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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#2014"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li>
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<b>Rebecca Lyn Spencer</b> is an associate <a href="/Missouri_Circuit_Courts" title="Missouri Circuit Courts">circuit court</a> judge for Division 6 of the <a href="/Missouri_5th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 5th Judicial Circuit Court">5th Circuit Court</a> in <a href="/Buchanan_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Buchanan County, Missouri (Judicial)">Buchanan County</a>, <a href="/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>. She was elected to the court on November 4, 2014, for a term commencing on January 1, 2015, and expiring on December 31, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-2014election_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014election-1">[1]</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="/Missouri_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Missouri judicial elections, 2014">Missouri judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Spencer ran for election to the <a href="/Missouri_5th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 5th Judicial Circuit Court">5th Circuit Court</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> She ran unopposed in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a>&nbsp;primary on August 5, 2014.<br><b>General</b>: She defeated <a href="/Chad_Gaddie" title="Chad Gaddie">Chad Gaddie</a> in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 52.3 percent of the vote.
<sup id="cite_ref-2014election_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014election-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Spencer completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and earned her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.<sup id="cite_ref-martindale_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-martindale-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<ul><li><b>2015-2018:</b> Judge, <a href="/Missouri_5th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 5th Judicial Circuit Court">5th Circuit Court</a></li>
<li><b>2007-2014:</b> Municipal judge, City of Easton</li>
<li><b>1999-2014:</b> Prosecutor, <a href="/Buchanan_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Buchanan County, Missouri (Judicial)">Buchanan County</a></li>
<li><b>1999:</b> Admitted to the bar <sup id="cite_ref-2014election_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014election-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-martindale_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-martindale-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Missouri_judicial_elections" title="Missouri judicial elections">Missouri judicial elections</a></li>
<li><a href="/Missouri_counties" class="mw-redirect" title="Missouri counties">Missouri counties</a></li>
<li><a href="/Courts_in_Missouri" title="Courts in Missouri">Courts in Missouri</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Missouri" title="Judicial selection in Missouri">Judicial selection in Missouri</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1881"><i>Your Missouri Courts</i>, "5th Circuit"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.5thcircuit.net/judges/"><i>5th Judicial Circuit Court</i>, "Judges"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://spencerforjudge.com/"><i>Rebecca Spencer for Judge</i></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_473e3e02-22e5-5b1a-b927-32551396da9b.html"><i>News-Press Now</i>, "Insco files to run for judgeship," March 24, 2014</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=7418"><i>Your Missouri Courts</i>, "Missouri Municipal Courts Directory"</a></li></ul>
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