KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eric Zahnd, the longest-serving prosecutor in Platte County history, withdrew from the August primary election minutes before the filing deadline on Tuesday.
His First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Mark Gibson, filed for the office moments later, according to the Platte County Election Board website.
Zahnd told KSHB 41's Marlon Martinez that he has a special announcement coming Wednesday.
Voters elected Zahnd in 2002.
Zahnd was named Missouri’s Prosecutor of the Year in 2014 for his efforts to establish best practices for Missouri prosecutors.
He is one of only two Missouri prosecutors selected in the inaugural class of “Super Lawyers,” an honor given to the top attorneys in Missouri and Kansas.
Zahnd graduated with honors from William Jewell College and Duke University School of Law.
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