I heard a judge was disciplined for voting for his endorsement during the party committee vote procedures, and then not resigning his committee position until he filed the nomination petitions? It does not seem like the judge did anything wrong. What is the story?

There is no question there was a somewhat shocking opinion dated March 16 by the Court of Judicial Discipline in the case of In re Lefever, Docket No.: 7JD20. The opinion is per curium. Though the language is harsh, the ultimate discipline was a reprimand with a $15,000 fine. This type of fine is very unusual for these kinds of cases.