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Thursday, January 26, 2006
Ind. Courts - Perry County voters will decide a contested primary race for circuit court judge
The Tell City-Perry County News reports today, in a story by Vince Luecke:
For the first time in decades, Perry County voters will decide a contested primary race for circuit-court judge.Deputy Perry County Prosecutor Lucy Goffinet filed Monday for Indiana's 70th judicial circuit, handing a challenge to incumbent Judge and fellow Democrat James McEntarfer.
In the final year of his first six-year term, McEntarfer told The News Wednesday he will seek re-election to a second six-year term. Candidates have until Feb. 17 to place their names on Indiana's May 2 primary election.
A Cannelton native, Goffinet has been chief deputy prosecutor since 2004 and has experience as a deputy prosecutor in two other southwest-Indiana counties. She was a deputy prosecutor in Vanderburgh County from 2001 to 2004 and later served as a deputy prosecutor in Warrick County before accepting her job in Perry County. * * *
Serving as the county's judge, Goffinet said, has long been one of her career goals. “In my opinion, goals should be sought after no matter what the age and it has always been my goal to work in the Perry County Prosecutor's Office, and eventually become the Perry Circuit Court Judge,” Goffinet said. * * *
Contested races for county judge have been rare over the past three decades. In the May 1962 primary, David Huber of Cannelton beat fellow Democrat U. Marlin Ewing. Former Judge David Evrard, also a Democrat, beat incumbent Republican John Werner by 197 votes in 1970 and Evrard survived two challenges by Republican Lloyd Whitmer in 1976 and 1982.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 26, 2006 03:27 PM
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