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Texas: Court of Criminal Appeals


Judges of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1908-2012 (May be incomplete!)
William F. Ramsey 1908-11 W. C. 'Bill' Davis as of 1978-90 Fortunato P. Benavides as of 1991-92

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1992 Mar 10: Charles F. Baird (Dem), nominated; Sam Paxson (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Morris L. Overstreet (Dem), nominated; Gene Kelly (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Fortunato P. Benavides (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Joseph A. Devany (Rep), nominated; Jim Vollers (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Sue Lagarde (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Lawrence Meyers (Rep), nominated; Ed Gray (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Charles F. Baird (Dem), elected; Joseph A. Devany (Rep), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Morris L. Overstreet (Dem), elected; Sue Lagarde (Rep), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Lawrence Meyers (Rep), elected; Fortunato P. Benavides (Dem), defeated.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Charles F. Campbell (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Betty Marshall (Dem), advanced to runoff; Gene Kelly (Dem), advanced to runoff; Frances M. Northcutt (Dem), defeated in primary; Norman Lanford (Dem), defeated in primary; Bennie Ray (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Steve Mansfield (Rep), nominated; John S. Cossum (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Sam Bayless (Rep), advanced to runoff; Sharon Keller (Rep), advanced to runoff; Cathy Cochran Herasimchuk (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Apr 12: Betty Marshall (Dem), nominated; Gene Kelly (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Apr 12: Sharon Keller (Rep), nominated; Sam Bayless (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Steve Mansfield (Rep), elected; Charles F. Campbell (Dem), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Sharon Keller (Rep), elected; Betty Marshall (Dem), defeated.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Bob Perkins (Dem), nominated; Frances M. Northcutt (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Charles Holcomb (Dem), advanced to runoff; Gary Taylor (Dem), advanced to runoff; Norman Lanford (Dem), defeated in primary; Winston Cochran (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Frank Maloney (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Sue Holland (Rep), advanced to runoff; James Boone (Rep), advanced to runoff; Matthew Paul (Rep), defeated in primary; Susan Baetz Brown (Rep), defeated in primary; Janice Law (Rep), defeated in primary; Jeffrey B. Keck (Rep), defeated in primary; Glen E. Beaman (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Paul Womack (Rep), advanced to runoff; Pat Barber (Rep), advanced to runoff; Michael E. Keasler (Rep), defeated in primary; Brad Wiewel (Rep), defeated in primary; Ray J. McQuary (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Cheryl Johnson (Rep), advanced to runoff; Tom Price (Rep), advanced to runoff; John Bradley (Rep), defeated in primary; J. Gary Trichter (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Apr 9: Charles Holcomb (Dem), nominated; Gary Taylor (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Apr 9: Sue Holland (Rep), nominated; James Boone (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Apr 9: Paul Womack (Rep), nominated; Pat Barber (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Apr 9: Tom Price (Rep), nominated; Cheryl Johnson (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Sue Holland (Rep), elected; Bob Perkins (Dem), defeated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Paul Womack (Rep), elected; Charles Holcomb (Dem), defeated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Tom Price (Rep), elected; Frank Maloney (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Winston Cochran (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Charles F. Baird (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Michael E. Keasler (Rep), advanced to runoff; Vicki Isaacks (Rep), advanced to runoff; David Barron (Rep), defeated in primary; David A. Schulman (Rep), defeated in primary; Lloyd W. Oliver (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Cheryl Johnson (Rep), advanced to runoff; Harvey Hudson (Rep), advanced to runoff; Jerry E. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary; Murff F. Bledsoe (Rep), defeated in primary; Forrest Lumpkin (Rep), defeated in primary; William Harrison Ray (Rep), defeated in primary; Jeffrey B. Keck (Rep), defeated in primary; John C. Moncure (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Lawrence Meyers (Rep), nominated; Herb Hancock (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Apr 14: Michael E. Keasler (Rep), nominated; Vicki Isaacks (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Apr 14: Cheryl Johnson (Rep), nominated; Harvey Hudson (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Michael E. Keasler (Rep), elected; Charles F. Baird (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Cheryl Johnson (Rep), elected; Winston Cochran (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Lawrence Meyers (Rep), elected; Larry S. Perry (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2000 Mar 14: William R. Barr (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2000 Mar 14: Charles Holcomb (Rep), advanced to runoff; Guy Williams (Rep), advanced to runoff; Alan Curry (Rep), defeated in primary; Tom Greenwell (Rep), defeated in primary; John Boston (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Mar 14: Jim Wallace (Rep), advanced to runoff; Barbara Parker Hervey (Rep), advanced to runoff; Pat Barber (Rep), defeated in primary; Sally L. Ray (Rep), defeated in primary; W. B. 'Bennie' House (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Apr 11: Charles Holcomb (Rep), nominated; Guy Williams (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Apr 11: Barbara Parker Hervey (Rep), nominated; Jim Wallace (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Charles Holcomb (Rep), elected; Rife Scott Kimler (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Barbara Parker Hervey (Rep), elected; William R. Barr (Dem), defeated.
  • 2002 Mar 12: John W. Bull (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Pat Montgomery (Dem), nominated; Julius Whittier (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Mar 12: J. R. Molina (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Tom Price (Rep), advanced to runoff; Tim Taft (Rep), advanced to runoff; Carolyn Denero (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Paul Womack (Rep), advanced to runoff; David Richards (Rep), advanced to runoff; Steve Mansfield (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Cathy Cochran (Rep), advanced to runoff; Guy Williams (Rep), advanced to runoff; Connie J. Kelley (Rep), defeated in primary; Blair Davis (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Apr 9: Tom Price (Rep), nominated; Tim Taft (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Apr 9: Paul Womack (Rep), nominated; David Richards (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Apr 9: Cathy Cochran (Rep), nominated; Guy Williams (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Tom Price (Rep), elected; John W. Bull (Dem), defeated; Stephan Kinsella (Libertarian), defeated; Robert C. Owen (Green), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Paul Womack (Rep), elected; Pat Montgomery (Dem), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Cathy Cochran (Rep), elected; J. R. Molina (Dem), defeated; Ollie Ruth Jefferson (Green), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Lawrence Meyers (Rep), elected; Quanah Parker (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Cheryl Johnson (Rep), elected; Tom Oxford (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Michael E. Keasler (Rep), elected; J. R. Molina (Dem), defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Barbara Parker Hervey (Rep), elected unopposed; Quanah Parker (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Charles Holcomb (Rep), elected unopposed; Dave Howard (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2008 Nov 4: Tom Price (Rep), elected; Susan Strawn (Dem), defeated; Matthew E. Eilers (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2008 Nov 4: Paul Womack (Rep), elected; J. R. Molina (Dem), defeated; Dave Howard (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2008 Nov 4: Cathy Cochran (Rep), elected; William Bryan Strange III (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Lawrence Meyers (Rep), elected; J. Randell Stevens (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Cheryl Johnson (Rep), elected; Dave Howard (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Michael E. Keasler (Rep), elected; Keith Hampton (Dem), defeated; Robert R. Virasin (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2012 May 29: Barbara Parker Hervey (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 May 29: Elsa Alcala (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Barbara Parker Hervey (Rep), elected; Mark W. Bennett (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Elsa Alcala (Rep), elected; William Bryan Strange III (Libertarian), defeated.
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