Newest Champaign County Judge

There was a recent appointment to fill a Champaign County circuit judge vacancy. Full News-Gazette story here. Quick excerpts:

Prosecutor picked for judge’s seat
A central Illinois federal prosecutor with civil law experience has been named as Champaign County’s newest circuit judge.

Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman announced Thursday that Jason Bohm will take the seat being vacated next week by Mike Jones, who is retiring after 21 years on the bench...

Bohm said he plans to run for election in 2020 to the judgeship to which he’s being appointed.

Jones’ seat is a resident judgeship, meaning that whoever wants it has to run for election only in Champaign County and not the other five counties of the 6th Judicial Circuit: DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and Piatt. Once elected, circuit judges run for retention in all the counties every six years.

Bohm said he’ll run as a Republican.