Other than White (4.33 / 3)

Burka says Dems "best shot is Jeff Weems" so send Jeff a little sumpin sumpin.

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by: George @ Fri Mar 05, 2010 at 16:28:58 PM UTC

I tend to think Jim Sharp (TSCpl3) is your best bet (0.00 / 0)

In both parties' primaries, there were several unopposed statewide races, and on your side, you had these unopposed statewide primary races:

Attorney General - D Barbara Radnofsky 483,885      
Railroad Commissioner - D Jeff Weems 481,902  
Supreme Court of Texas Place 3 - D Jim Sharp 489,413
Supreme Court of Texas Place 5 - D Bill Moody 478,151    
Supreme Court of Texas Place 9 - D Blake Bailey 472,004
Ct. Crim. App. Place 6 - D Keith Hampton 469,233

 
In place 3 for the Texas Supreme Court, Jim Sharp did surprisingly well.  He has a good ballot name, and he won the bar poll, and he's a sitting appellate judge.

Our race for place 3 on the Texas Supreme Court was a cluster-cuss with six candidates running to fill the spot a long-time incumbent had abandoned.  The GOP activists boosted Rick Green into the runoff, and somehow a Fort Worth family law judge bumped off four appellate judges to finish in second place.

If Rick Green does not ride the GOP activist wave into the nomination, I am not sure that your guy doesn't beat our candidate.  It seems like Dems do a bit better in statewide judicial races as compared to ticket-topping races.  If the GOP cannot get its runoff voters lined up behind Rick Green, I thik Jim Sharp may take this one.

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by: Token Republican @ Sat Mar 06, 2010 at 21:40:25 PM UTC

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