Hoping to earn votes in his reelection bid, Councilman Corcoran endorsed the new vigilante "The Judge". Corcoran presented himself as a decent, law & order leader to boost popularity. Some considered him to have an unorthodox method of crime fighting by approving of the Judge, to which Corcoran just retorted that Commissioner Gordon approved of Batman's vigilantism. But he even went further: Corcoran illegally provided the Judge with police files and other information of some of Batman's high-profile rogues. Corcoran only cared about polls, reducing crime or doing his duty to protect the lives and property of Gotham's citizens. With more rogues being dealt with by the Judge, the more Corcoran's popularity grew.