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On the recordJuly 29, 2010
I thank the Senator from Colorado, Mr. Udall, and his staff for arranging this opportunity for us to speak on what is a far more important issue than I would have imagined, oh, 20 years ago. Before I came to the Senate, in 2001, I was privileged to serve as Governor of my State for 8 years. I ran for that position in 1992, and my opponent was a very good man named B. Gary Scott. During the course of our campaign for the Governorship of Delaware, we had something like 30 or more joint appearances. All kinds of questions were raised by the audience members at those joint appearances, and we would respond to the questions that were raised. I do not recall one question in any of those joint appearances related to what kind of criteria we would use to consider nominees for the judgeships in the State of Delaware. As it turns out, some of the judgeships in Delaware, some of the courts in Delaware, have national importance, national prominence--the Court of Chancery, the Delaware State Supreme Court.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware
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Jul 29, 2010

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The speaker reflects on the importance of judicial nominations and criteria during his time as Governor of Delaware.

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