Appellate Law

Let the 2010 Judicial Races Begin!

By D. Todd Smith

Shortly after the election, I mentioned having heard rumblings that a sitting justice on the Third Court of Appeals may be leaving.  I haven't brought it up again because I hadn't confirmed it directly with the judge in question, but with this story, the news has been broken.

Congratulations to Kurt Kuhn on declaring his candidacy to replace Justice Jan Patterson (pictured), who has announced her intention to run for the district bench in Travis County.

Now that Kurt has begun the campaign process, I suspect others may be making similar announcements.  The last open-seat race in that court was quite interesting, with both parties fielding several primary candidates.

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on December 12, 2008 (boomark / email).