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Criminal-justice related elections to watch

As early voting begins today, I thought it'd be a good time to review criminal-justice related races around the state worth watching. Here are a few which are on my radar screen; what am I missing?Statewide JudgesCharles Kuffner and I have a bet: I think Texas' top vote-getting judicial candidates will outpoll gubernatorial candidate Bill White, while he insists White will outpoll them. While I wouldn't speculate that Texas Democrats will win any statewide seats this year, if history is any guide their biggest vote getters will be statewide judicial candidates, including Keith Hampton running against Michael Keasler for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Hampton's racked up a few newspaper endorsements, but even more critical may be the extent to which voters are aware of the CCA's recent dysfunction and aim their anti-incumbent ire at Keasler and other Republican judges...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 18, 2010 (boomark / email).