Election 2008 Shorts

• The Associated Press looks at efforts by Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard and his supporters to get his re-election campaign out from under the shadow cast by the now-infamous Monaco photos.

• The Charleston Gazette covered a weekend debate of the Democratic Supreme Court candidates (sans Maynard), hosted by the Young Democrats at their annual convention.

• Secretary of State Betty Ireland predicts healthy voter turnout May 13, particularly for the Democratic primary. "Ireland says the motivating factor for those voters will be the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination between Illinois Senator Barack Obama and New York Senator Hillary Clinton," MetroNews reports. With audio.