Gibson named DuPage associate judge

DuPage County Judge Robert Gibson will remain on the bench after all.

Gibson, an appointed circuit judge who lost a primary bid to run for the seat in March, has been named associate judge in the 18th Judicial Circuit, officials announced Thursday.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois, Gibson was appointed by a vote of DuPage circuit judges.

Lombard Republican Patrick O’Shea and Bolingbrook Democrat Alice Wilson are squaring off in the Nov. 6 general election for the circuit position Gibson is vacating.