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Dimos emerged as the House's foremost defender of Tulane. Any abuses were not the fault of Tulane, he argued, but of lawmakers who had undermined the intent of an otherwise worthy program. Since then, most of the legislators have relinquished the scholarship-recipient selection process to committees of citizens at arm's length from the individual legislator.<ref>Ed Anderson, "Tulane scholarships survive," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' May 30, 1996, p. A-2.</ref>
Dimos emerged as the House's foremost defender of Tulane. Any abuses were not the fault of Tulane, he argued, but of lawmakers who had undermined the intent of an otherwise worthy program. Since then, most of the legislators have relinquished the scholarship-recipient selection process to committees of citizens at arm's length from the individual legislator.<ref>Ed Anderson, "Tulane scholarships survive," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' May 30, 1996, p. A-2.</ref>
=District judge, 1999 to 2006==
==District judge, 1999 to 2006==
Dimos resigned from the legislature when he was elected to the 4th Judicial District bench to succeed Republican Judge Robert William "Bob" Kostelka, who resigned from the 4th District state judgeship when he was elected without opposition to the state Second Circuit Court of Appeal. Dimos won the [[special election]] for judge that was held on March 27, 1999. In a low-turnout contest, he polled 5,430 votes (64 percent) to Republican Marshall Sanson's 3,081 votes (36 percent).
Dimos resigned from the legislature when he was elected to the 4th Judicial District bench to succeed Republican Judge Robert William "Bob" Kostelka, who resigned from the 4th District state judgeship when he was elected without opposition to the state Second Circuit Court of Appeal. Dimos won the [[special election]] for judge that was held on March 27, 1999. In a low-turnout contest, he polled 5,430 votes (64 percent) to Republican Marshall Sanson's 3,081 votes (36 percent).