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CAESAR & HERALD ENDORSEMENTS/GARRISON DEFERS

By JAABLOG

    Democratic Chairman Mitch Ceasar announced today his endorsement of all five minority incumbent judges currently opposed for re-election. Ceasar as Chairman (14 years) has never endorsed in judicial elections. In explaining this unprecedented action, Ceasar explained that these judges "were not opposed  because of a lack of competence or scandal, but rather because of the color of their skin." Ceasar elaborated by noting "the historic number of candidates (42) makes the candidacies difficult to distinguish; therefore ethnic sounding names will have a disproportionate, and inappropriate impact."     Ceasar's personal endorsement was without the consultation of the judges, their staffs, or party members. "The only counsel I took was my own," Ceasar noted...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on July 13, 2010 (boomark / email).