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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Ind. Courts - Reports on some local court races

From the LCJ, a report by Harold Adams:

Democrats swept four contested judgeships in Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties last night, with two victories in Floyd County, one in Clark and another in Harrison.

In the Clark Circuit Court race, Democrat Dan Moore unseated short-term Republican incumbent Abraham "Abe" Navarro with 59 percent of the vote. Gov. Mitch Daniels had appointed Navarro to the bench in June to replace Democrat Daniel Donahue, who retired.

Navarro stumbled in his first week on the job when he fired two longtime Donahue staffers and unsuccessfully attempted to replace one of them with the Clark County Republican Party chairman.

Moore said last night that he believes he benefitted from Navarro's missteps. "It's just the kind of thing you don't expect from your court," he said.

But Moore said ideas he put forth for changing the court also helped him win. "We talked about longer hours and a good hard work ethic for the court. I think people want that."

In Floyd County, which had two newly created Superior Court judgeships up for grabs, Democrat Glenn Hancock, the incumbent judge of Floyd County Court, which is being converted to Superior Court 2, beat Republican Chris Lane, a deputy county prosecutor.

Hancock garnered 59 percent of the vote.

Democrat Maria Granger, a real-estate attorney, beat out Republican Richard Fox for the Floyd Superior Court 3 seat, getting 54 percent of the vote.

Granger said: "I really think that people believe in building the court on integrity, fairness and respect. I think they knew that … I was dedicated … to making sure that that happened."

In Harrison County, Democratic incumbent Roger Davis, narrowly won a third term by defeating Republican John Evans with 52 percent of the vote.

From the Greenecastle Banner Graphic, this story that begins:
In a tight race for Putnam County's Superior Court Judge, Denny Bridges beat out Craig Kenny by 2,677 votes. Bridges received 8,299 votes and Kinny had 5,622.
From the NWI Times, a story by Bob Kasarda that begins:
VALPARAISO | Porter County Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford was one of the few local Republicans who remained standing Tuesday following a strong turnout by Democratic voters.

The 63-year-old was re-elected to a fifth term against Democratic challenger William Suarez.

Also victorious Tuesday was incumbent Democratic Superior Court Judge David Chidester, who handily defeated Republican challenger Tim Vojslavek.

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