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Court's Partisan Split

Year	R's	D's
1997	0	3
2003	1	2

 

Current Court (May 2003)

Justice	Term Expires
Josh Morriss (R) - Chief	2004
Donald Ross (D)	2006
Jack Carter (D)	2008

 

Winning Sixth-District Races, 1996-2002

Justice (Party)	Race	Running Status	Money  Raised	Money From   Lawyers	Top Donor Source
Jack E. Carter (D)	2002	Open	$107,184	54%	Nix Patterson & Roach
Josh R. Morriss (R)	2002	Incumbent	$101,491	25%	Atchley Russell Waldrop…
Donald R. Ross (D)	1996	Open	$61,286	73%	Wellborn Houston Adkinson…
		TOTAL:	$269,961	48%

 

Top Sixth-District Donors

Source (PACs & Employees)	Amount
Atchley Russell Waldrop & HlavinkaD	$15,192
Nix Patterson & RoachP	$10,750
Wellborn Houston Adkinson Mann Sadler & HillP	$10,300
Truman Arnold Co's (wholesale gasoline)	$9,700
Offenhauser & Co. (insurance)	$6,652
Century Bank	$5,450
Texas Medical Association	$5,263
Patton Haltom Roberts Mcwilliams GreerD	$5,250
Mike C. Miller, PCP	$5,000
Collom & Carney Clinic	$4,850
TOTAL:	$78,407

D = Defense; P = Plaintiff