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McHUGH IN 2012

By JAABLOG

 Her Honor? Attorney Katie McHugh is running for county court judge in 2012.  She's got her eye on two occupied seats, although she may opt for an open race depending on how things shake out over the coming months.  She joins Jonathon Marne, Bob Nichols, and Steve Schaet in the rapidly growing pool of announced 2012 contenders. The 2010 Incumbent Steamroller has proven to be an inspiration for those interested in democracy and American values.  The long standing hegemony of Jewish names in judicial elections seems to be a thing of the past,* and African-American and Hispanic candidates have shattered the glass ceiling still in place years after Miriam Oliphant's historic county wide victory at the polls.  Lawyers, single family homes, and minority communities have spoken, and Broward's notoriously arrogant and rude judges are starting to behave like their more respected colleagues in Miami and Palm Beach...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on September 01, 2010 (boomark / email).