Dallas Committee for a Qualified Judiciary Releases List of Qualified Judicial Candidates for 2010 Democratic Primary
DALLAS, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The non-partisan Committee for a Qualified Judiciary is announcing its slate of candidates in contested primary elections who have earned a rating as qualified to hold office in the Dallas County judiciary. The primary election in Dallas County will be held on Tuesday, March 2, with early voting beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
The only contested judicial primary elections are in the Democratic Party, therefore Republican Party candidates were not evaluated at this time. The CQJ will evaluate judicial candidates of both parties for the November 2010 general election prior to the early voting period, which begins on Oct. 18.
The CQJ invited each of the 40 candidates who filed in the 17 contested races in the Democratic Party primary to participate in the CQJ's evaluation process, and 37 of the candidates responded. Candidates were evaluated based on their legal abilities, integrity, judicial temperament and commitment to the fair and impartial administration of justice.
In addition to personal interviews, the CQJ's evaluation panels reviewed public records as well as questionnaires submitted by the candidates, and conducted reference and background checks. In many of the contested races, each of the candidates was found to be qualified.
A total of 30 judicial candidates have been endorsed as qualified by the CQJ in the Democratic primary. In alphabetical order, by Court, they are:
68th Judicial District |
Martin Hoffman |
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134th Judicial District |
David Kelton, Dale Tillery |
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203rd Judicial District |
Susan Anderson, Teresa Hawthorne, Davey Lamb |
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254th Judicial District |
David Hanschen, James Martin |
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256th Judicial District |
David Lopez |
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265th Judicial District |
Manny Alvarez, Mark Stoltz |
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291st Judicial District |
Susan Hawk |
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363rd Judicial District |
Tracey Holmes |
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304th Family District Court |
Nicolas "Nick" Quezada |
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Criminal District Court No. 7 |
Mike Snipes |
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County Court at Law No. 5 |
Mark Greenberg, Gerald Livingston |
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County Criminal Court No. 2 |
Lennox Bower, Julia Hayes |
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County Criminal Court No. 5 |
Hector Garza, John Loza, Etta Mullin, Ann Rust |
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County Criminal Court No 7 |
John Carlough, Elizabeth Crowder |
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County Criminal Court No. 8 |
Joseph Ramirez Miller, Tina Yoo |
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Count Criminal Court of Appeals No. 1 |
Kristin Wade |
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County Probate Court No. 1 |
John Peyton, Brenda Hull Thompson |
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The CQJ consists of 145 attorneys, business and civic leaders from all parts of Dallas County. The Committee was formed more than 25 years ago to provide useful, non-partisan information that allows citizens to make informed voting choices. More information about the CQJ may be found at www.cqjdallas.org.
For more information, contact Brian Melton at 214-780-1400, [email protected] or Mike Androvett at 214-559-4630, [email protected].
SOURCE Committee for a Qualified Judiciary
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