You will be voting for a new Door County circuit court judge at next April’s election. Judge D. Todd Ehlers, Door County’s Circuit Court Judge in Branch One, announced Wednesday that he has submitted to the Wisconsin Elections Commission his Notification of Non-candidacy. Ehlers chose not to run for re-election next year with his term expiring on July 31, 2024. Ehlers succeeded Judge John Koehn in 2000 and is serving his fourth term as judge. He will retire after 24 years and be the third longest-serving judge in Door County history.
Judge Ehlers, a Sevastopol native and graduate of St. Norbert College and Marquette University Law School, practiced law in Sturgeon Bay for 16 years before becoming a judge.
Ehlers says in the news release “It has been my extreme pleasure to have served the citizens of Door County and the State of Wisconsin as one of their circuit court judges for the past 23 years. What greater privilege and honor could there be than to have the chance to return to the community where you were born and raised to work and serve for almost 40 years,” he said. “I want to thank my judicial colleagues, court reporters, judicial assistants, and other court staff, and clerks of court and their deputy clerks for their comradery and assistance during my years of service.”
The election to succeed Judge Ehlers will be held next April with the new judge taking office on August 1, 2024.
