Posted on Tuesday, 5th August 2008 by Keith Almli

By dennislennox, Section News
Posted on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 12:33:45 PM EST

One of the little-covered races that will be on tomorrow’s primary ballot is the open 4th District Court of Appeals judgeship, which spans 58 counties from Lansing to Port Huron, north through sunrise coast, west towards Traverse City, north across the Mackinac Bridge and west towards the Michigan-Wisconsin border.There are four candidates vying to replace retiring Judge Bill Schuette, a former Republican congressman from Midland: Trial lawyer Michael Kelly and Lansing Judge Paula Manderfield are the liberals and Jim Howell, a former Republican state representative from Saginaw County, and Lansing barrister Eric Doster are the conservatives. Out of the four candidates, the top two will move on to compete in the November general election.

With far-lefties like Kelly — whose Irish name is golden because everyone knows a Mike Kelly and many voters will assume he’s related to legendary former Attorney General Frank Kelley — and Manderfield in the race, it’s important conservatives support a candidate with a proven track record who can win in November.

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Photo: Jim Howell and Governor John Engler

When I go to vote tomorrow, I’m going to be supporting a candidate who has faced voters before and won in staunchly Democratic districts. I’m going to be voting for a candidate who knows how to campaign — a candidate who will strictly interpret the law and won’t legislate from the bench.

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I’ll be casting a vote for Jim Howell, the experienced conservative candidate — who’s been endorsed by retiring Judge Schuette.

Howell served his country in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Air Force. He walked a beat as a policeman in Saginaw and put himself through law school. As a state representative, Howell was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

As the Detroit News said when it endorsed him: “He has long experience in private practice, served as a police officer and sheriff’s deputy before becoming an attorney and now is an assistant in the state Attorney General’s Office. A Republican lawmaker, Howell took a generally conservative approach but proposed legislation to revise a Supreme Court decision that he thought was unfair to injury claimants, which shows an admirable streak of independence.”

Others supporting Howell include:

  • Court of Appeals Judge Bill Schuette
  • Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan
  • Court of Appeals Judge Patrick Meter
  • Former House Speaker Rick Johnson
  • Former State Representatives Lauren Hager, Ken Bradstreet and Scott Hummel
  • State Representatives Ed Gaffney, John Moolenaar and Tom Casperson
  • State Senators Bruce Patterson and Tony Stamas
  • Former State Senator Michael Goschka
  • Police Officers Association of Michigan
  • Michigan Association of Chiropractors
  • Michigan Bankers Association
  • Michigan Orthopaedic Society

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