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Oregon Supreme Court Justice Baldwin To Retire

Oregon Supreme Court Justice Richard Baldwin will retire in April.
Oregon Supreme Court
Oregon Supreme Court Justice Richard Baldwin will retire in April.

Oregon Supreme Court Justice Richard Baldwin will step down next spring. Baldwin had served as a trial court judge in Multnomah County for more than a decade when he was elected to Oregon's highest court in 2012.

It turns out he won't even complete his first six-year term in that role. According to the office of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Baldwin's retirement is effective next April. Brown’s announcement gave no explanation for Baldwin's decision to step down.

The governor will appointment a replacement to fill the remainder of Baldwin's term.

Copyright 2016 Northwest News Network

Chris Lehman
Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.