Los Angeles County held its judicial primaries on March 3, and one candidate took an unusual approach to attracting voters.
Candidates must list their current (or most recent) occupation in the ballot. Mike Cummins, a retired attorney, had briefly served as a judge in a smaller county in the early 2000s, but was no longer eligible to list his occupation as a judge. So he legally changed his name to Judge Mike Cummins.
The voters were not fooled. Cummins lost overwhelmingly to his opponent, Deputy DA Emily Cole.
And for those who were following the judicial hopes of former child actor Troy Slaten, alas, he too lost handily in his LA County primary this week.
The Interdependent Third Branch 