Christina Dunn Gyllenborg, a Johnson County district court judge since 2012, faces a retention vote on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.

Voters will decide whether to retain Gyllenborg in the 10th Judicial District, Division 9. The race is nonpartisan. Gyllenborg is certified for the ballot, according to BallotReady. She was retained in 2014 with 71.3 percent of the vote, according to Ballotpedia.

Governor Sam Brownback appointed Gyllenborg to the district court on July 23, 2012, according to the Johnson County District Court.

Candidate information

  • Born: 1968, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Education: High school diploma, Bishop Miege High School (1987); bachelor's degree in business, University of Kansas (1991); juris doctor, University of Kansas (1994)
  • Appointed: July 23, 2012, by Governor Sam Brownback
  • Previous retention: Nov. 4, 2014 (71.3 percent yes)

Experience and public service

Before joining the bench, Gyllenborg spent a decade as an assistant district attorney in Johnson County from 1994 to 2004, according to BallotReady. She then worked at Gyllenborg & Dunn from 2004 until her 2012 appointment, according to the same source.

Earlier in her career, she served as a congressional intern in the office of Sen. Robert J. Dole, then the U.S. Senate majority leader, in 1991, according to court records. She also worked as a law student intern prosecutor at Johnson County from 1992 to 1994, according to the Johnson County District Court.

Gyllenborg's professional memberships include the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the Johnson County Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, according to the Johnson County District Court. She has served as secretary-treasurer of the bar association's board of directors since 2010 and as treasurer of the Johnson County Bar Foundation's board of trustees since 2010.

She served on the bar association's ethics and grievance committee from 2007 to 2012 and its criminal law bench/bar committee starting in 2004. She was also a member of the Earl E. O'Connor American Inn of Court from 2010 to 2015 and an instructor at the Johnson County Regional Police Academy from 2000 to 2004.

The Olathe Daily Digest did not interview the candidate for this profile. Information comes from the Johnson County District Court, Ballotpedia and BallotReady. No issue responses, campaign statements or endorsements were available at the time of publication.