Three seats were up for election in the Texas Supreme Court, which handles civil cases, and three in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Democrats haven’t been elected to either court since the late 1990s.
without the permission of local prosecutors. A Democrat has not been elected to the court since the late 1990s.In Place 3, Lehrmann beat Democratic challenger Erin Nowell, a justice on the 5th District Court of Appeals. This is Lehrmann’s third reelection to the Supreme Court; she was appointed to the court by Gov. Rick Perry in 2010.
Young, in Place 9, also won his first election after Abbott appointed him to the court in November 2021. Young, who previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, beat Julia Maldonado, a Democrat who presides over the 507th Family Court in Harris County.Keel ran uncontested for Place 2 on the Court of Criminal Appeals. She has been on the bench since 2016.
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