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TX Chief Justice on Partisan Elections: ‘It just looks horrible’

January 13, 2021 Bruce Tomaso & Natalie Posgate

Texas’ system of selecting judges by partisan elections and campaign fundraising is fraught with problems and ought to be changed. That is the opinion of the current and past chief justices of Texas, as well as the findings of a statewide blue-ribbon commission. What are the chances that Texas sees substantive judicial elections reforms? The two chiefs and two prominent trial lawyers - David Beck and Chip Babcock - have the answer . . .

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