I find most campaigns as evidence of a larger problem, since no one is beholden to the promises they make and it’s a marketing effort to hold or obtain power. Skipping out on the actual job you want to continue to hold in order to market yourself for re-election is a compelling reason to elect someone else.
County Circuit Judge Told She Can’t Beg Off Running Trials to Campaign for Reelection
The presiding judge of Multnomah County Circuit Court has rebuked a fellow circuit judge who asked her colleagues to fill in for her on trials so she’d have more time to spend on her reelection campaign.
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