Original sentence: The reported basis of that negative rating was her lack of judicial experience - she had at that time been sitting on the Third District Court of Appeal of California (an intermediate appellate court below the California Supreme Court) since 1994
Edited sentence: The reported basis of that negative rating was her lack of judicial experience, though she had at that time been sitting on the Third District Court of Appeal of California (an intermediate appellate court below the California Supreme Court) since 1994