The evidence suggests that Texas Democrats are beginning to believe they finally have a chance to win a statewide race again.
A Democrat hasn't accomplished that feat since 1994, but the fact that Texas Supreme Court races feature two Democratic primary competitions indicates a new sense of optimism has arrived.
In the Democratic primary for the seat held by Justice Dale Wainwright, Houston lawyer Sam Houston faces Baltasar Cruz of Dallas.
We strongly recommend Houston. Although he has the type of familiar name often exploited by candidates in Texas, Houston's résumé has substance. He is a West Texas native who has been practicing law for 20 years and has a "mixed civil litigation background."
Houston said the state's all-Republican high court rules almost exclusively for defendants, a complaint echoed by other Democrats seeking a job on the court....
In the Democratic primary race for the seat held by Justice Phil Johnson, Justice Linda Yañez of the 13th Court of Criminal Appeals is our recommendation. She faces state District Judge Susan Criss of Galveston.
Both candidates are adequately qualified, but Yañez is an exceptionally good candidate. ... Yañez's 15 years of appellate experience is excellent preparation for the Supreme Court. She has written 850 opinions.
The studious, serious judge is a former Harvard Law School instructor.
Criss is a former prosecutor, and her private practice experience involved criminal defense. Her trial court hears criminal and civil cases.
While Criss has produced innovative ideas as a trial judge, her strength is in criminal law and the Supreme Court deals strictly with civil cases.
Yañez is the Democrats' strongest option in this race.
So far, both Sam Houston and Linda Yanez have received the endorsements of the following newspapers:
The Dallas Morning News,
The Houston Chronicle,
The San Antonio Express-News,
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times and
The Longview News-Journal
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