Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.750: Circuit No. 43, number of judges — divisions — election.

1. As of January 1, 1983, there shall be two circuit judges in the forty-third judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Clinton, Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston, and DeKalb. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.

2. A circuit judge shall be elected for each division in 1982. Candidates for the office of circuit judge shall file by division.