East Cobb resident Jason Marbutt, a prosecutor in the Cobb District Attorney’s office, said Tuesday he is running for a vacant seat on the Cobb Superior Court.
Marbutt, who previously announced his candidacy for Cobb State Court, said in a release issued late Tuesday afternoon that he would campaign instead for the position that has been held by Stephen Schuster since 2005.
Schuster announced his retirement from the bench earlier this week.
“As a career prosecutor and Chairman of the Cobb Elder Abuse Task Force, I believe my experience in protecting our most vulnerable citizens, our mothers and fathers, and our grandmothers and grandfathers, is best suited for the Superior Court bench,” Marbutt said in a statement.
Superior Court judges preside over violent crimes and other felony cases. Judgeships are non-partisan and elections are held every four years.
Schuster is the second Cobb Superior Court Judge to step down this year, along with Lark Ingram, who is retiring after serving since November 1995.
Cobb has 10 Superior Court judges. Other sitting judges up for re-election this year include Chief Judge Reuben Green and judges Kim Childs, Greg Poole, Mary Staley and Tain Kell.
Qualifying for those and other candidates in Cobb and across Georgia is from March 2-6.
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