Local Elections: County Court Judge, Group 3

This is about the nonpartisan office County Court Judge, Group 3 for the election on August 26, 2008

Oscar A. Hotusing

Hotusing is the incumbent in this office. He was appointed by former Governor Jeb Bush in 2006. His campaign web site is fairly boring and uncontroversial as you would expect for a nonpartisan office. His background includes being a JAG officer in the army and working as an Assistant State Attorney. About the only interesting thing I could find on Hotusing was that he was the Judge on Rep. Bob Allen's solicitation trial.

Michelle Baker

Baker is the challenger in this race. According to her web site, she has been "a practicing attorney in Brevard County for 20 years." Her web site is kinda strange with odd statements like "I have wanted to be a judge for the latter part of my career--at least the past five years." Really? Wow, a whole five years, I can tell this is important to you. But seriously, the only thing interesting I found on her web site was that she speaks "at the Women’s Center to abused women" and is "a Board Member of Brevard County Legal Aid." From what I can tell, the Brevard County Legal Aid focuses on aid for domestic violence cases. That all sounds good.

Conclusion

This is a tough one because there just isn't that much information out there. Neither one of the candidates web pages are that informative. Since Hotusing was appointed by a republican and has a military background (not to mention my general distrust of all incumbents) I'm a little hesitant to recommend him. I like some of Baker's charity work (Women's abuse center, etc) but her web site is just a little strange. Since incumbents usually win anyway, I'll probably vote for Baker but if anyone has any additional information on this race please let me know - post a comment or something.