Updating our entry from October 3 on the Muncie Star-Press stories about the Delaware Circuit Court race, including a story headlined "Judicial campaign marked by secretly taped conversation," is this afternoon's AP story on the Indianapolis Star site, headlined "Ex-sheriff quits courts job amid judge election flap." Some quotes:
MUNCIE, Ind. -- A former Delaware County sheriff has resigned his job as a court bailiff amid accusations he urged an alleged stalking victim to publicly criticize the judge's opponent before the November election.See also this morning's report in the Muncie Star-Press. Posted by Marcia Oddi at October 7, 2004 03:49 PMDelaware Circuit Court bailiff Steve Aul said Wednesday he resigned because the controversy had become a "distraction" in Democratic Judge Marianne Vorhees' campaign.
"I respect his decision," said Jeffrey Arnold, Vorhees' Republican opponent. "I know he and Marianne are very good friends and he has worked very hard on her campaign."
Aul, a Democrat who was sheriff in 1992-2002, also resigned as campaign manager for Vorhees, who was appointed in 2002 by Gov. Frank O'Bannon. Vorhees said her father would take over as her campaign manager.