Two Democratic candidates will face off for a Wyandotte County 29th Judicial District seat serving the Child in Need of Care Court. Without a Republican candidate, this race will be decided in the Aug. 6 primary.
This is a judicial seat that handles cases involving families trying to get custody for the children back from the Kansas Dept. of Children and Family Services. Many of them are lower income and minorities.
Allison Williamson has a history of working with CINOC cases as a private attorney representing parents and on the other side as a prosecutor in the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office.
Her competitor is the incumbent Judge Jane Sieve Wilson, who was appointed to the position by Gov. Laura Kelly in 2019. Prior to that, she was a legal advisor to the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Dept. and, before that, an attorney for Liberty Mutual Insurance.
I’ve misread the campaign signs for weeks, after moving into the area. I thought they said “Judge Jane STEVE Wilson” – and wondered if she was a transgender judge. :-O