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[PA] Bucks D.A. declares her candidacy for judge
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Feb 11, 2007 02:58am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer |
| News Date | Saturday, February 10, 2007 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Philadelphia Inquirer article.
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"Bucks County District Attorney Diane Gibbons, a career prosecutor who assumed the top job in 2000, is running for judge.
Gibbons, 48, this week entered a crowded field of candidates seeking a seat on the county court.
"I love my job, but it'll kill you after a while," Gibbons said jokingly. "I'm not burned out, but these opportunities are not going to be around every year, so you need to take advantage of them when they come."
Gibbons, a Republican, joins seven other lawyers who have already announced. They are Republicans Wallace Bateman, Elliot Kolodny, Carol Shelly and Daniel Silver, and Democrats Donna McKillop, Jahn Chesnov and Gary Gilman.
Whether they are vying at the polls for one or two judgeships may be in dispute. Two seats will be available this year, but one could be filled by Gov. Rendell instead of the voters.
The seats are being vacated by Judges Kenneth Biehn and Daniel Lawler.
The position of Lawler, who reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 this year, will be on the ballot. The disagreement centers on how to fill Biehn's seat.
Biehn does not reach the mandatory retirement age until 2009. But in December, he notified state officials that he intended to resign in July.
The Department of State, which oversees elections, has refused to place Biehn's vacancy on this year's ballot. It contends that, under the state constitution, Biehn would have to leave office at least 10 months before the November election for that to occur.
"It is the Department of State's opinion that the vacancy should not be filled until the next municipal election" in 2009, said spokeswoman Leslie Amoros. In the meantime, an interim judge would be appointed by Rendell, subject to confirmation by the state Senate.
That could open the door for a Democrat to join the Bucks County bench, which has a Republican majority." |
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