Several years after losing a nail-biter reelection campaign, former Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi of New York found himself on the other side of the Capitol on Wednesday to audition for another job: federal judge.
His nomination, if successful, would mark an unusual path from Congress to state court judge to U.S. district court judge, one that left him defending his qualifications during a confirmation hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Brindisi sought to distance himself from his former job as a rank-and-file House lawmaker, repeatedly emphasizing his current role as a New York state jurist.
