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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Incumbent Welch exits race for Monroe Circuit Court judge"
Sarah Morin reports ($$) in the Bloomington Herald-Times in a story that begins:
Monroe Circuit Judge David Welch announced Tuesday that he will no longer seek a fourth term, alluding to members of his own Democratic Party dissuading him from doing so.More from the story:His four-sentence statement comes less than a week after he said in a prepared statement he would run for re-election.
Welch refused to give details or further comments on his decision to withdraw from the judge’s race or how party members dissuaded him.
“The essence of my decision is in that statement,” Welch said when reached by phone.
Monroe County Democratic Party Chairwoman Lee Jones said Welch called Sunday to inform her of his decision. She said she was astounded, and that no party official had dissuaded him from re-election.
He was first elected as a judge in 1990.Judge Welch is the husband of state representative Peggy Welch.Bloomington attorney Fred Turner announced Tuesday that he is interested in running as a Democrat for the judge’s seat currently held by Welch.
As of Tuesday, no one had officially filed for the seat with the county clerk’s office.
Party chairwoman Jones said she expects a big May 6 primary, which is usually the case when there’s an open judge’s seat because they don’t come open very often.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 6, 2008 11:37 AM
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