Your Questions, Answered

Kristina Lyke is an experienced legal professional seeking to serve as a district court judge. She has built her career around fairness, preparation, and respect for the law, bringing a thoughtful and even-tempered approach to every case she handles. With strong ties to the community and a reputation for professionalism, Kristina is committed to ensuring that every person who enters the courtroom is treated with dignity, consistency, and impartiality.

Kristina has extensive experience handling criminal, family, and civil matters, including jury and bench trials, motion hearings, and dispute resolution. She is also a certified mediator and parenting time coordinator, bringing both litigation and conflict-resolution experience to the bench.

Kristina believes in careful preparation, listening to all sides, applying the law faithfully, and issuing decisions grounded in fairness, due process, and respect for the facts presented.

Judges make decisions that directly affect families, public safety, individual rights, and community stability. Judicial elections are important because they determine who will uphold the law with fairness, professionalism, and integrity.

Judicial candidates must follow strict ethical rules that require impartiality and independence. Because of this, candidates cannot make promises about how they would rule on specific cases or commit to predetermined outcomes. However, they can share their professional experience, judicial philosophy, commitment to fairness, and approach to applying the law while maintaining the neutrality required of the judicial role.

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