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Court's Partisan Split

Year	R's	D's
1997	8	1
2003	9	0

 

Current Court (May 2003)

Justice	Term Expires
Scott Brister (R) - Chief	2008
Leslie Yates (R)	2004
Charles Seymore (R)	2006
John Anderson (R)	2006
J. Harvey Hudson (R)	2006
Wanda Fowler (R)	2006
Richard Edelman (R)	2006
Eva Guzman (R)	2004
Kem Frost (R)	2008

 

Winning Fourteenth-District Races, 1996-2002

Justice (Party)	Race	Running Status	Money  Raised	Money From  Lawyers	Top Donor Source
John S. Anderson (R)	2000	Incumbent	$54,250	87%	Vinson & Elkins
Scott Brister (R)	2002	Incumbent	$62,236	85%	Vinson & Elkins
Richard H. Edelman (R)	2000	Incumbent	$35,475	98%	Vinson & Elkins
Wanda McKee Fowler (R)	2000	Incumbent	$58,639	84%	Vinson & Elkins
Kem Thompson Frost (R)	2000	Incumbent	$67,080	76%	Winstead Sechrest…
Kem Thompson Frost (R)	2002	Incumbent	$121,019	89%	Winstead Sechrest…
Eva Guzman (R)	2002	Incumbent	$88,125	89%	Law Office of John Nichols
Charles W. Seymore (R)	2000	Challenger	$104,060	90%	Vinson & Elkins
Leslie Brock Yates (R)	1998	Incumbent	$59,502	81%	Grayson & Hovenkamp
		TOTAL:	$650,386	87%

 

Top Fourteenth-District Donors

Source (PACs & Employees)	Amount
Vinson & ElkinsD	$48,550
Winstead Sechrest & MinickD	$31,750
Baker & BottsD	$28,050
Fulbright & JaworskiD	$22,400
Andrews & Kurth Mayer Day Caldwell & KeetonD	$16,550
Locke Liddell & SappD	$12,950
Haynes & BooneD	$10,600
Susman GodfreyD	$10,500
Bracewell & PattersonD	$10,125
Jackson WalkerD	$9,200
TOTAL:	$200,675

D = Defense; P = Plaintiff