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! t doesn't matter that an over-
whelming majority of Michi-
gan voters cannot name a
single justice on the Michigan
Supreme Court.
Jessica Cooper is confident she
can convince a majority of the
state's voters to elect her to that
body.
Judge Cooper, of Oakland
County Circuit Court, describes
herself as a compulsive cam-
paigner with the ability to win.
She believes presiding over a re-
cent Jack Kevorkian trial helped
her gain name recognition.
"I don't know any other judge
(running for the Michigan
Supreme Court) whose ability on
the bench has been viewed on
A decision within days for Judge Hilda
national television," Judge Coop-
Gage.
er said.
Getting on the ballot, howev-
er, is more than half the chal- State Court of Appeals judge
from Grand Rapids; and Cynthia
lenge.
D. Stephens, a Wayne
Candidates for the Michi-
446
County Circuit. Court
gan Supreme Court
judge.
must first receive a par-
Republican names
tisan nomination be-
most associated with
fore their name can
the race include in-
appear on the ballot.
cumbent James H. Brick-
Already, a wide field of can-
ley; Maura D. Corrigan, a
didates is vying for party i
Court of Appeals judge; Ger-
support in an effort to win
ry Boston, a Cooley Law
one of two seats on the court.
School professor; Joan Young,
Party nominations will occur in
an
Oakland County probate
September when the Democrats
and Republicans hold their state judge; and Hilda Gage, an Oak-
land County Circuit Court
conventions.
judge.
Judge Gage said she has not
made a decision yet but will
make up her mind after the
weekend. The judge has been ap-
proached by several Republi-
cans, including Gov. John
Engler, who have asked her to
consider seeking the nomination.
Michigan Court of Appeals
Judge Helene White could add
another factor to the judicial
equation with a run as an inde-
pendent. If she does not receive
a nomination to the U.S. Court
of Appeals (she is the leading
judge on a short list of potential
candidates), Judge White said
she would consider running for
Judge Jessica Cooper: Name
a
seat on the Michigan Supreme
recognition from Kevorkian case.
Court.
A candidate can run as an in-
In the Nov. 5 general election,
four candidates, two from each dependent by acquiring 30,000
valid signatures on petitions by
party, will appear on the ballot.
In addition to Judge Cooper, late July. Justice Charles Levin,
the candidates who have ex- whose upcoming retirement will
pressed an interest in obtaining create a vacant seat on the sev-
the nomination from the Demo- en-member court, won his seat
cratic Party include Kathleen as an independent.
In a February edition of Inside
Jansen, a State Court of Appeals
judge from Macomb County; Michigan Politics, editor and
Marilyn Kelly, a State Court of publisher William Ballenger
Appeals judge from Oakland refers to a run by Judge White
SUPREME page 12
County; William B. Murphy, a

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