When the new Republican majority in 2005 moved judicial elections from the summer primary season to the general election in November, some thought the change was meant to expose Democratic-appointed incumbents to the GOP tide.
But a Republican sponsor of a bill that would move judicial elections back to the summer said sponsors have put any political calculus aside in favor of saving counties the cost of having to stage runoffs only for judicial races around Thanksgiving.
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