The Delaware General Assembly confirmed Superior Court Judge Jan R. Jurden as the court’s newest president judge on a 19-2 vote.

Only Sens. Harris B. McDowell III, D-Wilmington North, and Colin R.J. Bonini, R-Dover South, voted against confirmation. Although Bonini declined to discuss the reasoning behind his vote, McDowell called Jurden’s decision in the Richards case “a mistake.”