Kessler Adds Name to SupCo Maybe List

In the event of an open seat, Senate Judiciary Chairman Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, tells the Wheeling News-Register that he might consider running for the Supreme Court in 2008.

The terms of Justices Elliott “Spike” Maynard and Larry Starcher are up next year, but the newspaper explains that while "Maynard has indicated he will seek re-election in 2008, Starcher has not."

Charleston lawyer Michael C. Allen and Robert Bastress Jr., a professor at West Virginia University's law school, have filed precandidacy papers for the court. Both are Democrats.

As noted here earlier, Delegate Tim Manchin, D-Marion and a cousin of Gov. Joe Manchin, told MetroNews' Talkline that he is in the same posture as Kessler regarding a possible run.