In Re Hodgdon

¶ 1. Respondent Allen Hodgdon, an assistant judge for Essex County, appeals from a Judicial Conduct Board decision that he violated Canon 5(A)(3) of the Vermont Code of Judicial Conduct by failing to resign his judicial office upon becoming a candidate for the office of probate judge for Essex County. Respondent contends that: (1) Canon 5(A)(3) does not require an assistant judge to resign from office upon becoming a candidate for probate judge; (2) to the extent that it does contain such a requirement, Canon 5(A)(3) violates respondent’s constitutional rights under the federal and Vermont…