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Court's Partisan Split

Year	R's	D's
1997	0	6
2003	3	3

 

Current Court (May 2003)

Justice	Term Expires
Ken Law (R) - Chief	2008
Mack Kidd (D)	2006
Bea Ann Smith (D)	2006
Lee Yeakel (R)	2006
Jan Patterson (D)	2004
David Puryear (R)	2006

 

Winning Third-District Races, 1996-2002

Justice (Party)	Race	Running Status	Money  Raised	Money From  Lawyers	Top Donor Source
Kenneth Mack Kidd (D)	2000	Incumbent	$56,189	76%	*Support the Court PAC
Wallace Kenneth Law (R)	2002	Open	$2,350	64%	Four $250 donors
Jan P. Patterson (D)	1998	Open	$296,684	79%	Leigh Kathryn Harvey
David Puryear (R)	2000	Challenger	$87,467	9%	Assoc. Republicans of TX
Bea Ann Smith (D)	2000	Incumbent	$41,456	78%	*Support the Court PAC
Earl Lee Yeakel (R)	2000	Incumbent	$73,920	72%	Clark Thomas & Winters
		TOTAL:	$558,066	67%

* Attorneys contributing to Third District judicial candidates.

Top Third-District Donors

Source (PACs & Employees)	Amount
*Support the Court PAC	$16,142
Mithoff & JacksP	$14,558
Vinson & ElkinsD	$13,710
Scott Douglass Luton McConnicoD	$11,129
Locke Liddell & SappD	$9,595
Graves Dougherty Hearon & MoodyD	$9,575
Leigh Kathryn Harvey (Lampasas lawyer)	$9,000
Associated Republicans of Texas	$8,414
McGinnis Lochridge & KilgoreD	$8,150
Clark Thomas & WintersD	$8,025
TOTAL:	$108,298

D = Defense; P = Plaintiff
* Attorneys contributing to Third District judicial candidates.