Sen. Haines up for judgeship
By Wally EdgeState Sen. Philip Haines (R-Springfield) is under active consideration for appointment as a Superior Court Judge, sources say, a move that could force a special election for his State Senate seat as early as this November.
Haines, 58, served as a Burlington County Freeholder and County Clerk before winning an open State Senate seat in 2007. The appointment, which would be made by Gov. Jon Corzine, is not subject to senatorial courtesy and would likely win swift approval. Because the mandatory retirement age is 70, new Judges are typically not appointed after age 60.
Possible successors to Haines include: retiring Freeholder William Haines (who is not related to the Senator), Assemblywoman Dawn Addiego (R-Evesham), Assemblyman Scott Rudder (R-Medford), and former Medford Mayor Christopher Myers, who won 48% of the vote in his 2008 race for Congress against Democrat John Adler. South Jersey Democrats are already mounting a serious challenge to Addiego and Rudder, who are freshman legislators.
If Haines were to leave the Senate before early September, there would be a special election convention to fill the seat, a special convention for each party to nominate candidates, and a November special election to fill the remaining 26 months of Haines' term.
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