LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Brock Swartzle, a judge on the state appeals court, said he’s running for the Michigan Supreme Court.
Supreme Court candidates are nominated by political parties, although they don’t have a party designation on the ballot. Swartzle will seek the Republican nod.
Two seats will be on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The Democratic Party has endorsed Chief Justice Bridget McCormack and Elizabeth Welch, a Grand Rapids-area lawyer.
Justices nominated by the Republican Party have a 4-3 majority on the court. Justice Stephen Markman, a Republican, is retiring.
“We must always interpret and apply the law as written, not as we might have written it ourselves were we philosopher-kings,” Swartzle said on his website.
Swartzle was appointed to the appeals court by Gov. Rick Snyder in 2017 and won election in 2018. He served as a lawyer and chief of staff in the Michigan House and also worked in private law practice.
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