Gibson, North To Run for Judgeship

Beth Ann Gibson and Thomas North have filed to run for the position of judge of 92nd District Court, serving Mackinac and Luce counties, in the November 4 election.

One candidate will be elected to the nonpartisan six-year term. The deadline for candidates to file for the race was April 29.

The incumbent, Judge Gibson of Newberry, has served the court since 2005 and has also served by assignment the 91st District Court, the 11th Circuit Court, and the 6th Probate Court during her term. She sits on the Upper Peninsula Substance Abuse Advisory Council and served on the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Judicial Selection Committee in 2007.

Judge Thomas B. North of St. Ignace presided over 6th Probate Court from 1992 to 2006, serving Mackinac and Luce counties, and at times served as an assigned judge in 92nd District Court during that term. He has served on numerous state and local task forces, commissions, and organizations and was part of the Lieutenant Governor's Children's Commission, the recommendations of which led to a strengthening of Michigan's child protection laws. He has been a member of the Michigan Probate Judges Association, National College of Probate Judges, and Children's Charter Board of Directors.