Down ballot stuff matters.
Two things:
1) this whole thing is absolutely abhorrent and is a symptom of a larger problem. Not what this is about, this is a process story.
2 ) This judge was literally on the ballot LAST WEEK. Except he wasn't because he was running unopposed and while the facebook slackactivism outrage machine was grinding on, nobody thought to even look or report on that. Last week.
Unopposed candidates will not appear on the ballot and will be automatically reelected following the November 8 election.
Also: there is still time for a write-in candidate to file. August 17th. Otherwise he sails to election again.
I didn't make a stink about this at the time, because I was putting my heart and soul into a Presidential Primary, and because of the nature of my work, I really can't comment on certain things in certain areas without putting my job at risk/becoming a news story myself.
Down ballot stuff matters.