Key legal question
Whether the investigating judge had to be recused for objective appearance of bias due to the complainant's political activity in judicial elections.
Extracted holding
No objective appearance of partiality was shown; participation in the political process for judicial elections does not, by itself, justify recusal.
Extracted reasoning
Only objectively established circumstances can create an appearance of prevention. In a system of periodic judicial elections, a party member's involvement in selecting or influencing candidates is not enough to doubt a judge's impartiality, and the appellant's special allegations were unproven.