Members of the Delaware Senate are set to vote Wednesday afternoon on Gov. Jack Markell’s nomination of former Superior Court Judge Joseph R. Slights III to serve as vice chancellor on the Court of Chancery, capping an unusual selection process that drew the ire of some downstate politicians.

The controversy centered on Slights’ ties to Kent County, the home of outgoing Vice Chancellor John W. Noble, a Democrat who was Kent County’s lone representative on the five-member bench.