(KNZA)--A third candidate has filed for a local district magistrate judge position.
According to the Kansas Secretary of State's Office, Scott Morris, of Holton filed May 20 as a Republican candidate for position 1 in the 22nd Judicial District.
Morris joins Doug Duncan and incumbent Laura Johnson-McNish, both Troy Republicans, in vying for the position.
Johnson-McNish was appointed last year to fill the unexpired term of longtime Magistrate Judge Roy Roper, who retired at the end of March.
There are three magistrate judge's in the 22nd Judicial District, which includes Brown, Doniphan, Marshall and Nemaha Counties.
Candidates have until noon, Monday to file.
The primary election will be held August 4, and the general election is November 3.
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