MONROE - Green County District Attorney Gary Luhman will run for another term in the fall 2008 election.
Luhman, who has served nine terms as district attorney, starting in 1990, said he intends to serve the full four-year term, if elected and seek another term in 2012.
Luhman said he had considered running for the recently-created second Circuit Court judge position in Green County in the spring 2009 election.
"I really enjoy the role of being an advocate and criminal prosecutor, and I find the interaction with law enforcement officers, crime victims and witnesses to be both challenging and rewarding," Luhman said. "If I didn't enjoy doing this so much, I probably would have gotten out of criminal prosecution a number of years ago."
Luhman said running for Circuit Court judge against declared candidates Tom Vale and Timothy Burns would have taken more time away from his family.
"There comes a time when you have to set priorities and make decisions about what is important in life," Luhman said. "For 2009, running for circuit court judge didn't quite hit the top of my list."
Luhman said running for judge could also have raised ethical concerns, primarily because of the timing of the fall election cycle for the partisan office of district attorney and the time for circulating nomination papers for the nonpartisan office of judge.
Luhman has practiced law and lived in the area since he graduated from University of Wisconsin law school in 1982. He was in private practice in Monroe for two years and has served as assistant district attorney in both Green (1983-1988) and Lafayette (1988-89) counties.
Luhman, who has served nine terms as district attorney, starting in 1990, said he intends to serve the full four-year term, if elected and seek another term in 2012.
Luhman said he had considered running for the recently-created second Circuit Court judge position in Green County in the spring 2009 election.
"I really enjoy the role of being an advocate and criminal prosecutor, and I find the interaction with law enforcement officers, crime victims and witnesses to be both challenging and rewarding," Luhman said. "If I didn't enjoy doing this so much, I probably would have gotten out of criminal prosecution a number of years ago."
Luhman said running for Circuit Court judge against declared candidates Tom Vale and Timothy Burns would have taken more time away from his family.
"There comes a time when you have to set priorities and make decisions about what is important in life," Luhman said. "For 2009, running for circuit court judge didn't quite hit the top of my list."
Luhman said running for judge could also have raised ethical concerns, primarily because of the timing of the fall election cycle for the partisan office of district attorney and the time for circulating nomination papers for the nonpartisan office of judge.
Luhman has practiced law and lived in the area since he graduated from University of Wisconsin law school in 1982. He was in private practice in Monroe for two years and has served as assistant district attorney in both Green (1983-1988) and Lafayette (1988-89) counties.