LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A judge ruled to uphold Jason Corley as office holder for Lubbock County Commissioner for Precinct 2 on Friday.<\/p>\n
Arguments were heard Friday morning over whether Corley should be reinstated after Lubbock County Judge Curtis Parrish removed Corley from office earlier this month<\/a>. <\/p>\n Corley filed a lawsuit to get the office back after Parrish swore in Mark Meurer to finish out the rest of Corley\u2019s term. Texas 237th District Court Judge Les Hatch recused himself from this case.<\/p>\n Visiting Senior Judge Patrick Pirtle, formerly of the 7th Court of Appeals in Amarillo, heard the case in downtown Lubbock.<\/p>\n Judge Parrish found Corley triggered an automatic resignation when he announced an exploratory committee to look into a run for Congress back in mid-November. <\/p>\n Under the state\u2019s \u201cResign-to-Run\u201d law, an officeholder gives up that office if they declare candidacy for another office more than a year and 30 days before their term ends.<\/p>\n Corley claims he didn\u2019t resign because he didn\u2019t declare his candidacy until December.<\/p>\n Potter County Attorney Scott Brumley filed to intervene on Corley\u2019s behalf in this case, representing the state of Texas.<\/p>\n Corley sued Meurer asking for a state judge to declare him the current officeholder<\/a>. <\/p>\n