Governor not yet ready for the bench
Gov. Brad Henry says he won’t be trading in a business suit for judicial robes anytime soon.
Since the governor endorsed Barack Obama for president in April, it’s been speculated Henry may be trying to get some type of federal post if the U.S. senator from Illinois won the White House.
And when Henry accepted Obama’s invitation to watch election returns with him Tuesday night in Chicago, that speculation increased.
Henry on Thursday said he never talked with Obama about any post. He said he intends to fill the remaining 26 months of his term, saying he enjoys being governor.
And unlike his cousin, Robert Henry, who is chief judge of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, the governor didn’t show much interest when asked about a federal judgeship.
“I have no desire to be a judge at least at this stage in my life,” he said.
- Michael McNutt, Capitol Bureau
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