Having run for this office five times I know that it can be challenging and I commend those who are willing to run. To be fair, I wanted to have an opportunity to hear the messages of those who have put themselves forward as candidates.

I am convinced now that there is a clear choice in this race and I am pleased to endorse Assistant District Attorney Dan Higgins for District Attorney.

Dan has demonstrated over the years his leadership abilities in the office he now seeks to lead. I appointed Dan Chief of the five district courts in our jurisdiction in 2015. Recently I appointed him to a full time position in the Superior Court trying major felony cases.

No one in this race can match his thirteen years of experience as a prosecutor. Above all else, this job requires judgment. I have observed Dan exercise sound judgment for many years. He has an understanding of the human condition. He knows that some people end up in court out of human frailty and he helps them through diversion and treatment but others, career criminals, must be punished to the fullest extent of the law. He has the fortitude and integrity to make decisions without regard to which way the wind is blowing.