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2020 Judicial Comparison
Texas Supreme Court
Chief Justice
Amy Meachum (Democrat) | Nathan Hecht* (Republican) | Mark Ash (Libertarian) |
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SOCIAL |
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CAMPAIGN CONTACT | ||
Amy Clark Meachum Campaign P.O. Box 27351 Austin, Texas 78755 (512) 200-3273 | Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht Campaign P.O. Box 776 Austin, Texas 78767 (512) 482-8511 | |
CURRENT OCCUPATION |
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District Judge 201st Civil District Court Travis County 2011-present | Chief Justice Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice, 2013-present Texas Supreme Court Justice, 1989-present | Criminal law attorney, private practice |
UNDERGRADUATE |
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Southern Methodist University magna cum laude 1997 | B.A. Philosophy (honors) Yale University 1971 | |
JURIS DOCTORATE |
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University of Texas School of Law with honors 2000 | Dedman School of Law Southern Methodist University cum laude Hatton W. Sumners Scholar 1974 | |
YEAR STATE BAR LICENSURE |
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2000 | 1974 | |
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE - APPELLATE |
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Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court 2013-present Longest-serving member of the Court in Texas history; senior Texas appellate judge in active service Justice, Texas Supreme Court Place 2 1987-1989 Justice, Texas Fifth Court of Appeals 1987-1989 | ||
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE - OTHER |
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District Judge 201st Civil District Court 2011-present | Judge 95th District Court Dallas County 1981-1986 | |
LEGAL EXPERIENCE - NONJUDICIAL |
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COURTS ADMITTED TO |
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HONORS & AWARDS |
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PRIOR ELECTION RESULTS |
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2018 Texas General Election Judge, 201st Judicial District 100%; unopposed 2014 Texas General Election Judge, 201st Judicial District 100%; unopposed 2010 Texas General Election Judge, 201st Judicial District 100%; unopposed | 2014 Texas General Election Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court 59.69% v. William Moody (D), Tom Oxford (L) 2012 Texas General Election Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Place 6 53.72% (4-way race) 2006 Texas General Election Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Place 6 75.93% v. Todd Phillippi (L) 2000 Texas General Election Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Place 1 78.80% v. Mike Jacobellis (L), Ben Levy (G) 1994 Texas General Election Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Place 6 56.19% v. Alice Oliver Parrott (D) | |
MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS |
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2020 Texas State Bar 2nd place, 34.82% | 2020 Texas State Bar Winner, 53.02% | 2020 Texas State Bar 4th place, 5.83% |
OTHER INFORMATION |
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Sourced from public information | Sourced from public information | |
9/9/19 | 4/17/19 | |