What about weak voters?  In Fairbanks, we have one particular judge who is really just an overblown magistrate.  He hasn't held a private sector job since he moved to Alaska.  His job performance reveals someone who is content to bide his time waiting to collect on his retirement.  He lets the DA and monied interests do whatever they please and the only concern he has for defendants is whether they're creating work for one of his fellow lawyers.  Voters retained him by 66 to 34 percent.  Comparing results from the various judicial divisions in recent elections, it's obvious that so long as the rest of Alaska doesn't fill up with the sort of problem people that plague Anchorage and Mad Zoo, this won't change.