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Judge of the Porter Superior Court · No. 4
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Christopher A. Buckley

Candidate for Judge of the Porter Superior Court, No. 4

RepublicanIncumbent

Background

Occupation
Judge, Porter Superior Court 4
Campaign website
buckley4judge.com

Judge of Porter Superior Court 4 since January 2021, after serving as Lowell Town Court judge from 2016 to 2020; he presides over the county's adult mental health problem-solving court and chairs Indiana's statewide Problem-Solving Courts Committee. A Marine Corps veteran and former adjunct law professor at Valparaiso University, he pleaded guilty in August 2026 to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge, has been off the bench since, and announced he was temporarily suspending his re-election campaign; he remains on the ballot.

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Photo: Candidate photo via the League of Women Voters' VOTE411 guide

Documented positions

Health & human services

  • Supports evidence-based mental health problem-solving courts

    From his campaign site's description of the adult mental health court he presides over.

    Keep Buckley Judge: Porter County Superior Court 4

    Campaign website · Committee to Re-elect Judge Buckley · buckley4judge.com

    “bringing compassion and evidence-based solutions to those who need it most”
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Courts & justice

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Christopher A. Buckley for Judge of the Porter Superior Court, No. 4, Indiana · The Gist