Members of the Idaho Judicial Council interviewed 2nd District Magistrate Judges Michelle Evans, Victoria Olds and Moscow Attorney Mark Monson last week as they seek to fill the 2nd District Judge position that will be vacated with the pending retirement of Judge Jeff Brudie.
The council is expected to forward at least two names to Idaho Gov. Brad Little, who will make the final decision on whom to appoint for the remaining year on Brudie’s term.
While next year is an election year for all District Judges in Idaho, the person appointed to replace Brudie will not have to run because the appointment came less than a year before the May 2022 election. The appointee will have a term of their own from January 2023 to January 2027, and will not have to run for election until 2026.
Former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne appointed Brudie to the bench in 2001. (Lewiston Tribune)
