Mike Padden
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| Member of the Washington Senate from the 4th district | |
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| Preceded by | Jeff Baxter |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Christian |
| Spokane County District Court Judge, Position 3 | |
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| Preceded by | Raymond Tanksley Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John O. Cooney |
| Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 4th district | |
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| Preceded by | Walt O. Knowles |
| Succeeded by | Mark Sterk |
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| Born | Michael John Padden Script error: No such module "person date". |
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| Party | Republican |
| SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Laura Joanna (Derr) Padden |
| Children | 5 |
| Gonzaga University (BA, JD) | |
| Profession | City Attorney State Representative County District Court Judge State Senator |
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Michael John Padden (born November 13, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician from Spokane Valley, Washington. He was a member of the Washington State Senate representing Washington's 4th Legislative District.
Padden is well known as a "faithless elector", a presidential elector who casts his vote for someone other than for whom he has pledged to vote. In the 1976 U.S. presidential election, Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate and incumbent, had lost the race to Democrat and former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. Rather than vote as pledged, for President Ford, Padden instead cast his vote for Ronald Reagan, who had lost the Republican nomination to Ford earlier that year.[5][6]
He entered the Washington House of Representatives in January 1981 and served there until 1995 when he was appointed to serve as a district court judge in the Spokane County District Court.[7] On June 13, 2006, Padden announced he would not run for re-election as judge.[8] In 2007, evidence surfaced that Padden used his influence as a judge to help direct more than $7.5 million in fees and interest payments to a former employer.[9] At Padden's request, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct has issued a statement confirming that it examined complaints about Padden's 1999 selection of a former client as the official collection agency for District Court but found nothing to support an ethics violation. The commission typically acknowledges complaints only if it imposes discipline or sanctions. The agency, however, refused to disclose how it arrived at its conclusion or what the initial examination entailed.[10]
Padden was elected to the Washington Senate in November 2011.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Commissioners Judge Padden Is Best Conservative Legislator Appointed To Fill Vacancy On District Court Bench; Will Resign From House Immediately". spokesman.com. March 24, 1995. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Judge's clout cost citizens". spokesman.com. January 7, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mike Padden (R) - Candidate for WA State Senate - Dist. 4". khq.com. August 28, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Legislative Manual, 2021-2022" (PDF). Washington Legislature. 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pinkus, Matt (December 27, 1976). "Should Presidential Election System Be Reformed?". The Telegraph.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff & News Services (December 13, 2004). "Washington Officially Casts Its 11 Electoral Votes For Kerry". Komo News. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NHTSA Judicial Outreach Liaisons - National Conference of Specialized Court Judges [ABA Judicial Division]". American Bar Association. January 1, 2000.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Camden, Jim (June 14, 2006). "District judge to step down". The Spokesman Review.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Clouse, Thomas (January 7, 2007). "Judge's clout cost citizens". The Spokesman Review.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Clouse, Thomas (May 13, 2011). "Padden takes on ethics issue". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
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