{Louisville, Kentucky}...Citizens for Better Judges has endorsed Jefferson Circuit Judge James Shake in the contested primary for a vacant seat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Shake is one of several candidates seeking to succeed Judge Tom Wine, who resigned to run for commonwealth’s attorney. Earlier this week, the judicial nominating commission named Irv Maze, Ruth Ann Cox Pence and Harold Gwyn Wren, all of Louisville, for appointment to the seat. Governor Steve Beshear will appoint one within 60 days to serve until the vacancy is filled by election. The candidates are competing to serve the final two years of Wine’s term. The winner will have to run again in 2014 for a full eight-year term.
