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MR. WINTERS: Well, in the vast majority of
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instances they have been, end that is properly so. And
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it has even been so, universally true, that there have
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been charges that there is no substance to the non-
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competitive election, that it has been, as they say,
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freezing them in office. Well, that is not true,
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because there have been a couple of instances in which
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a judge who came up that way was not reelected. It is
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enough to prove that it can work, that it is not a mere
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empty gesture and yet not enough to interfere with the
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general principle that it does offer the kind of security
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that a good lawyer wants to have before he gives up his
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practice.
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MRS. BOTHE: How many states have a nominating
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system with a judge running against his record?
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MR. WINTERS: Well now, there are two thing's
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there, one, the nominating system, and the other, tenure
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by non-competitive election. And some states have both.
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Some states have the one and some have the other. If
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you add all of those together, there are about a dozen,
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I think I could name them from memory. For example, my
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