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Sturns remains on the bench

By Shawn Matlock

Judge Louis Sturns held on to his seat as judge of the 213th District Court in the April 8 Republican runoff. It was reported that Judge Sturns won 57 percent of the vote, handing Tarrant County prosecutor Lisa Callaghan a sound defeat. In an election marked by questionable political advertising by Callaghan and attacks not only on Judge Sturns' qualifications but also his representation of criminal defendants, it seems the massive get-out-the-vote effort of the the local defense bar and pockets of the Republican party paid off for the judge. For a prominent Republican like Callaghan to go from having something like 47 percent of the vote in the general to losing to a winner with 57 percent of the votes is an impressive defeat by all accounts...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on April 09, 2008 (boomark / email).