Eric Yost

Eric R. Yost (born September 4, 1955) is an American politician, attorney and judge.

Yost was born in Wichita, Kansas. He went to Wichita State University as an undergraduate, studying journalism.

After graduating from Wichita State, Yost was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1978. He was re-elected in 1980, ultimately serving two terms in the House. In 1982, he left the House to attend the University of Kansas School of Law,

In 2018, disputes erupted over a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into alleged illegal behavior by several county commissioners regarding the firing of County Manager Mike Scholes. Yost was accused of violating attorney-client confidentiality when he warned Scholes that he was being fired for an illegal reason. Yost resigned soon thereafter as county counselor.

After leaving the county, Yost spent several years as a mediator, and was assigned cases by local judges to investigate and to make recommendations to the court. In 2024, Yost decided to run for district judge again in Sedgwick County, and was unopposed. Yost was sworn in for his sixth term as district judge in January, 2025, and is currently serving in the criminal department of the 18th Judicial District.