WARREN COUNTY   •   Jennifer Bartlett, a longtime assistant Franklin County prosecutor, was appointed Wednesday as the new prosecutor in neighboring Warren County by Gov. Jay Nixon.
Bartlett succeeds Michael Wright, who was named by Nixon earlier this month to a new associate circuit judgeship in the county.
Bartlett, who lives in Marthasville, has worked for the Franklin County prosecutor's office since 2002. Â Before that, she was an assistant prosecutor for Warren County from 2000 to 2002 and a public defender in 1999-2000.
Nixon, a Democrat, crossed party lines to select Bartlett, a Republican, in the traditionally Republican county. Â The governor did the same with Wright, who had been prosecutor more than 20 years.
Typically governors choose someone from their own party to fill local-level vacancies.
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Bartlett was appointed to serve the remaining 11 months in Wright's final term as prosecutor. Â A new full four-year term will be filled in the November election.