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Sandill and Copeland Face Off for Harris County’s 164th District Court

October 19, 2020 Natalie Posgate

Democrat incumbent Ravi K. Sandill is currently defending his seat as judge of Harris County’s 127th District Court against Republican challenger Nile Copeland. 

Sandill, a 12-year veteran of the bench, has presided over more than 250 trials and has handled more than 15,000 matters since he became a district judge. He’s also a cancer survivor, the first South Asian jurist in Texas and was the first judge in the nation to issue a standing order for continuance for adopting and expectant parents. 

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