Calhoun resident and Family Court Judge Larry Whited is seeking the 5th Circuit judgeship in 2016, now non-partisan races.
Whited has filed his pre-candiacy papers, with Spencer attorney Anita Ashley also filing pre-candiacy papers.
A third judge has now been established for the 5th district, and a judge will be elected from Calhoun-Roane, Jackson and Mason.
Whited said his longtime experience in the court system qualifies him for the judgeship.
He was practitioner with an office in Grantsville 1990-1996, served as Mental Hygiene Commissioner in Roane and Calhoun Counties and was
elected Prosecuting Attorney for Roane County and served in that capacity from 1997 until 1999.
Whited was appointed Family Law Master for Jackson, Roane, Calhoun and Gilmer Counties from 1999 until 2001.
Then appointed Family Court Judge by Governor Bob Wise for Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer and Doddridge Counties and served in that one-year capacity for a year.
Whited was elected Family Court Judge for a six year term serving Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer and Doddridge Counties from 2003 until 2008, and then re-elected for an eight year term until present.
Born at Flinttown, Roane County, he
graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1965, served in the United States Air Force 1965-1969, worked for Monongahela Power Company 1969-1985.
He graduated from West Virginia University in 1987 and
from Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee in 1990 with Juris Doctorate Degree, and was admitted to practice in West Virginia 1990.
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