§ 168.413aIncumbent circuit court judge; affidavit of candidacy

Sec. 413a.
    (1) Any incumbent circuit court judge may become a candidate in the primary election for
 the office of which he or she is an incumbent by filing with the secretary of state an affidavit
 of candidacy not less than 134 days before the date of the primary election. However, if an
 incumbent judge of the circuit court was appointed to fill a vacancy and the judge entered
 upon the duties of office less than 137 days before the date of the primary election but before
 the fifteenth Tuesday before the primary election, the incumbent judge may file the affidavit of
 candidacy not more than 3 days after entering upon the duties of office.
    (2) The affidavit of candidacy must contain statements that the affiant is an incumbent
 circuit court judge for the circuit in which election is sought, that he or she is domiciled within
 the circuit, and that he or she will not attain the age of 70 by the date of election, and must
 contain a declaration that he or she is a candidate for election to the office of circuit court
 judge.