Here is how the Supreme Court Nominating Commission voted on the three candidates recommended to Gov. Laura Kelly to appoint to the Kansas Supreme Court.
The ballots were made public Wednesday.
The panel of five lawyers and four nonlawyers was made up of Chair Gloria Farha Flentje, Ebony Clemons, Jennifer Cocking, Robert Frederick, Frances Gorman Graves, Thomas Lasater, Katie McClaflin, Carol Marinovich and Diane Oakes.
The committee recommended Douglas County District Judge Amy Hanley, Johnson County District Judge Christopher Jayaram and Leawood attorney Larkin Walsh.
They were chosen from among 15 candidates who sought to fill the seat that came open with the retirement of Justice Evelyn Wilson.
The governor will choose one.
Hanley, Jayaram and Walsh led the first three rounds of balloting until the fourth round, when Jayaram was locked in a tie with Johnson County District Judge Robert Wonnell for the third and final name to be recommended to the governor.
Jayaram edged Wonnell 5-4 in the tie-breaking vote.
Overall, Hanley amassed 33 votes over four rounds of voting compared to 32 for Walsh and 27 for Jayaram (not counting his fifth round tie-breaker).
Here’s how the nominating commission of five lawyers and four nonlawyers voted round by round (and the ballots for Round One, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4 and Round 5, if you want to see them).
Katie McClaflin
Overland Park
Elected by lawyers in 3rd Congressional District
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Round II (Vote for up to four candidates)
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Larkin Walsh
Round V Jayaram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Christopher Jayaram
Ebony S. Clemons
Wichita
Appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Cheryl A. Rios
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round II (Vote for up to five candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Amy Hanley
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Robert Wonnell
Round V Jayram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Robert Wonnell
Thomas J. Lasater
Wichita
Elected by lawyers in 4th Congressional District
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Laura Johnson-McNish
Cheryl Rios
Krystal Vokins
Robert Wonnell
Round II (Vote for up to five candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Amy Hanley
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Amy Hanley
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round V Jayram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Robert Wonnell
Gloria Farha Flentje
Wichita
Elected by lawyers statewide
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Anthony F. Rupp
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Round II (Vote for up to five candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Round V Jayaram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Christopher Jayaram
Frances Graves
Bartlett
Appointed by Kelly
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round II (Vote for up to five candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Robert Wonnell
Round V Jayaram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Christopher Jayaram
Carol Marinovich
Kansas City, Kan.
Appointed by Kelly
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Cheryl Rios
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Round II (Vote for up to five candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Round V Jayram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Christopher Jayaram
Jennifer Cocking
Elected by lawyers in 2nd Congressional District
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Meryl Carver-Allmond
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round II (Vote for up to five candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Amy Hanley
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round V Jayaram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Robert Wonnell
Diane Oakes
Lawrence
Appointed by Kelly
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Anthony Rupp
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round II (Vote for up to five candidates)
Carl Folsom III
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Round V Jayram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Christopher Jayaram
Robert J. Frederick
Lakin
Elected by lawyers in 1st Congressional District
Round I (Vote for up to six candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Cheryl Rios
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round II (Vote for up to five candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Kristen Wheeler
Robert Wonnell
Round III (Vote for up to four candidates)
Amy Hanley
Christopher Jayaram
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round IV (Vote for up to three candidates)
Amy Hanley
Larkin Walsh
Robert Wonnell
Round V Jayram/Wonnell tiebreak (Vote for one)
Robert Wonnell
