 The Senate Judiciary Committee voted yesterday to recommend confirmation of Portland attorney Stacey Newman to be a federal district judge. Newman was nominated by President Biden in April. She's currently a partner at Murray Plum and Murray in Portland and has previously served as both a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Newman would succeed District Court Judge John Levy, who announced earlier he would retire in May. The full Senate is likely to take up Newman's nomination before it recesses next month.