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Columbia state judge loses SC Court of Appeals race to Florence family court judge
John Monk, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Feb. 4 COLUMBIA, S.C. State Judge DeAndrea Benjamin of Columbia lost a race Wednesday for a much-prized seat on the S.C. Court of Appeals to a Florence family court judge.
The vote tally that gave the Court of Appeals victory to Family Court Judge Jerry Jay Vinson was 95-63, with 158 of the General Assembly s 170 lawmakers voting.
The post pays $193,143 a year.
The race was one of the highest-profile contests of the numerous state judges posts voted on Wednesday by the lawmakers. South Carolina is just one of two states where members of the Legislature elect judges to the family court, state court, the Court of Appeals and the State Supreme Court. ....

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