PORT ANGELES — It’s been a bittersweet week for Chris Shea.
* He won the biggest case of his tenure as Clallam County prosecuting attorney.
* He’s facing the prospect of finding a new job.
On Thursday, a jury rendered a guilty verdict in the aggravated first-degree murder trial of Thomas Martin Roberts, whom Shea has built a case against for two years.
But today, Shea faces the prospect of losing his job as general election vote counting resumes.
At the end of the initial counting Tuesday, Shea trailed challenger Deb Kelly in his bid for re-election.
Preliminary results showed him with 44 percent of the vote to Kelly’s 56 percent.
“It’s the culmination of my career here, and yet it happened now,” Shea said after Thursday’s verdict against Roberts.
“I suppose timing is everything,” he said. “It would have been nice if it happened about three weeks ago.”
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