Given the question: Facts:   - party: republican    - alongside: josh shapiro and leslie richards    - predecessor: tom ellis michael marino      - birth date: 24 october 1961    - profession: attorney , politician    - spouse: elizabeth    - office: member attorney of montgomery county of the montgomery county board of commissioners district    - term end: january 7 , 2008    - name: bruce l. castor , jr. .    - website: -lsb- http://www.brucecastor.com brucecastor.com -rsb-    - birth place: abington , pa. .    - successor: incumbent risa vetri ferman    - occupation: lawyer    - alma mater: lafayette college washington and lee university    - residence: lederach , lower salford township    - children: two    - term start: january 7 , 2008 january 3 , 2000    - religion: presbyterian   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bruce castor .
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bruce l. castor , jr. -lrb- born october 24 , 1961 -rrb- is an american lawyer and republican politician from montgomery county , pennsylvania .castor was district attorney of montgomery county from 2000 to 2008 , when he took a seat on the montgomery county board of commissioners , the elected position he currently holds .in addition to his governmental role , castor is a partner in the ardmore , pa based law firm of rogers castor .he was exploring a bid for governor of pennsylvania in 2014 according to multiple reports , and a may 6 , 2013 report in the legal intelligencer additionally mentioned castor as a possible appointee to a vacant position on the pennsylvania supreme court .castor subsequently issued a public statement that he would not run for governor in 2014 , but would accept the supreme court appointment if it was offered.eventually , the incumbent governor of pennsylvania against whom castor contemplated a primary challenge , ended up being the only gop governor or gop us senate office in the united states in 2014 to change parties in the general election .this fact created widespread speculation that if the state republicans leaders , as had castor , recognized the un-electibility of the incumbent , the gop would have had a chance to hold the office with castor or another republican candidate .