Yoder running for seat on state Supreme Court
by admin on 29/01/10 at 7:19 am
The Charleston Gazette
By The Associated Press
January 28 2010
One of West Virginia’s newer circuit judges is setting his sights on the only statewide office up for election this year.
Jefferson Circuit Judge John Yoder, a Republican, is running for Supreme Court justice.
Yoder was a two-term state senator when he won his judgeship in 2008. He previously served in the U.S. Justice Department and as a judge in Kansas.
Yoder lost a 2000 Supreme Court bid. He’s now vying to take on Justice Thomas McHugh. Gov. Joe Manchin appointed McHugh, a Democrat and retired justice, to the court last year.
