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Judges and Judiciary

Aug. 31, 2012

Doubts, support for the Alliance of California Judges lurked behind OC assistant PJ election

The controversial Alliance of California Judges was an important, but not dominant, factor in the election of Orange County Superior Court's new assistant presiding judge.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - Orange County judges say they chose Glenda Sanders to be their new assistant presiding judge Monday because they wanted someone to run the court efficiently and represent it effectively at the state level.


But another issue in the race, some judges acknowledge, was the fact that Sanders' opponent, Andrew P. Banks, is a leader in the controversial Alliance of California Judges. <...

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