Resources on Courts and Elections

Here is a summary of what was discussed on October 12 and resources to reach your own opinion.
Here are the web resources that John used.
The link below is for all the Texas Court Elections
www.texasbar.com/
on left hand side, select about the state bar then select Member directory and look up the candidates.
The link below has the pdf of the State Bar Poll for all the Texas judicial elections: CAVEAT, this poll was taken in the spring and included other primary candidates so sometimes there are ratings for 4 names. It is not clear to me just exactly what it means unless a candidate is rated very, very low compared to others.
www.texasbar.com/pollresults
The link below is for the rating by the Houston Bar Association
www.hba.org/folder-poll-results/qual08.pdf

The link below is good for the Texas Supreme Court candidates. It actually covers judicial elections nationwide but you can find Texas under the State Judicial Elections tab on the home page:
http://judgepedia.org/
Candidate web pages:
www.justicephiljohnson.com
www.lindayanez.com
www.reelectdalewainwright.com
www.samhoustonforjustice.com
http://libertarianpartycandidates.us/candidates/david-g-smith-2008-justice-supreme-court-place-7
www.wallacejefferson.com
www.judgejimjordan.com

News article on Linda Yanez
www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2793 on Linda Yanez