Porter County Superior Court Judge, No. 4

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McCarthy is the City Attorney for Hobart and has nearly 20 years of legal experience in Northwest Indiana, including serving as legal counsel to municipalities and as a judge pro tempore across the region, per the campaign site. She previously spent a decade leading behavioral health programs and advocating for crime victims and their families, per the campaign site. She was named a 2022 Northwest Indiana Most Influential Woman Lawyer, per the campaign site.

Christopher A. Buckley

Republican

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Buckley has served as Porter County Superior Court Judge since 2021 and previously served as Lowell Town Court Judge from 2016 to 2020, per Buckley campaign site. He teaches as an adjunct professor at Valparaiso University School of Law and chairs Indiana's statewide Problem-Solving Courts Committee, presiding over Porter County's adult mental health problem-solving court, per Buckley campaign site. He served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps as a motor transport operator and machine gunner with the Third Battalion, Third Marines, per Buckley campaign site.