Bar backs all Supreme, appeals court judges

Missouri voters should retain Supreme Court Judge George W. Draper III and all of the appeals court judges whose names appear on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.

That's the recommendation of The Missouri Bar's Judicial Performance Evaluations, based on an every-other-year survey of lawyers who argue cases before judges who get their jobs under the Nonpartisan Court Plan.

The survey answers resulted in a recommendation for voters to reject the retention of only one judge - St. Louis County Associate Circuit Judge Dale Hood. Mid-Missouri voters have no say on Hood's future.