(KNZA)--A local magistrate judge has filed for election to the position she was appointed to last year.
According to the Kansas Secretary of State's Office, Laura Johnson-McNish, of Troy, recently filed as a Republican candidate.
She is among three magistrate judge's in the 22nd Judicial District, which includes Brown Doniphan, Marshall and Nemaha Counties.
Johnson-McNish primarily hears cases in Doniphan and Brown Counties.
She was appointed last year to fill the unexpired term of longtime Magistrate Judge Roy Roper, who retired at the end of March.
Johnson-McNish had served as Marshall County Attorney for more than 8 years prior to her appointment as magistrate judge.
Candidates have until noon, June 1 to file.
The primary election will be held August 4 and the general election is November 3.
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