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Report and Photos from Karen Sage Victory Party in Race to Replace Retiring Judge Charlie Baird

By "Persian Cowboy"

Mary Tuma has an article in the Community Impact Newspaper about Karen Sage's impressive runoff victory over Mindy Montford in the race to replace retiring judge Charlie Baird (photo left with Karen at victory party) for Travis County District Court 299. Montford lost by a wide margin last night despite having come out ahead of Sage on primary day on March 2. The article notes that Montford had a lot of name ID because of her failed campaign in 2008 to become District Attorney in Travis County. During that earlier campaign she had received about $200,000 in donations from Dolph Briscoe and $1,000 from Republican Williamson County Attorney John Bradley, as well as a lot of other donations that allowed her name to become relatively well known to voters...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on April 17, 2010 (boomark / email).