Greer cheated. Election laws explicitly forbid judges from endorsing other judges running from office, or from misleading people about such endorsements. TheEmpireJournal.com shows a Greer mailing which clearly implies that he was endorsed by another judge. Greer has cheated in other campaign advertising as well.
Whether or not one agrees with all the restrictions on judicial campaigns, it should be pretty clear that a candidate who is allowed to use such tactics will have a major and unfair advantage over one who isn't.
I'm also curious how many judges who are running for reelection get less than 70% of the vote, given that opponents aren't allowed to criticize anything they've done.
Govan who ran against Greer got the 2nd highest number of votes for all races that were held on August 31, 2004. Govan got over 60,000 votes. Those voters KNOW WHAT A SCUMBAG GREER IS. They fell for his deceptive commercial that made it look like he was a criminal court judge. HIS COMMERCIAL HID THAT HE WAS A PROBATE-GUARDIANSHIP JUDGE. That's against the judicial canons. If was anyone but Greer, he'd already be under investigation by the elections commission. Greer gets pass after pass after pass and he is a DUNCE. He has connections though.