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Tracking Texas court races

A new-to-me website called Judgepedia has usefully compiled all the competitors in Texas judicial elections statewide at the appellate court and district court level, as well as information on county court at law and JP races by county.What an excellent resource! Very helpful. The court races I'll be watching most closely:Morris Overstreet (D) vs. Sherry Radack (R, incumbent), Houston's First Court of Appeals: Both these candidates boast major political connections and should generate sufficient resources to put up a fight. Overstreet formerly sat on the Court of Criminal Appeals and Radack is married to a member of the Harris County Commissioners Court. However it turns out, expect the outcome to be tight and the race to be hard-fought; IMO it's a critical, bellwether seat for Democrats' statewide, whether party strategists have figured that out yet or not...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 07, 2010 (boomark / email).