Texas Alliance for Life Voter Guide 2008 General Election – Qualifications & Comments by Candidates Judicial Contests
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
Dale Wainwright (R)
American Cancer Society, Tx Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce, Tx Medical Association PAC, Tx Restaurant Association, Christian Legal Society, Concerned Women of America, Tx Eagle Forum, Home School Association, Tx Rifle Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Tx Civil Justice League PAC, Tx Hospital Association, Tx Society of CPA-PAC, Tx Association of Realtors, Tx Beef PAC, Tx Public Policy Foundation, Tx Right to Life, Federalist Society, Second Baptist Church, Lakewood Church, Black Ministers Alliance (Houston), Shriners Hospital for Children (Burn Victims), Tx Fraternal Order of Police, Caring for Children Foundation of Tx, Inc, Christian Children's Fund, Numerous Newspapers (including Dallas Morning News, San Antonio, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Bryan College Station Eagle, etc.). (Partial list) Tx Boys Ranch, Cal Farley's Boys & Girls Ranch, Trinity Church (Lubbock), Bannockburn Baptist Church (Austin), American Family Association, Eagle Forum, Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, Rutherford Institute, Tx Right to Life, Kiwanis, Boys Scouts of America, American, Tx, and Austin Bar Foundations, United Way, CASAs (various), Campus Crusade for Christ. None and none that I recall. Democractic Party (member), Houston Police Patrolman's Association (endorsement), Houston Police Officers Association (endorsement), Houston Firefighters (endorsement), Governor Mark White (endorsement), Sheriff Don Sowell (Republican Sheriff of Grimes County) (endorsement), Sheriff Joe LaRive (Republican Sheriff of Galveston County) (endorsement), Tx Navy-
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
Phil Johnson (R)
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4
Paul Womack (R)
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals District, Place 3
Jim Sharp (D)
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Texas Alliance for Life Voter Guide 2008 General Election – Qualifications & Comments by Candidates Judicial Contests
Admiral Commissioned July 28, 1986, Tx Navy Association-Lifetime Member, Honorary Citizen-Shriner, TX, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center Commit For LifeGold Member, Lector- Holy Rosary Catholic Church, etc. Elder 1st Presbyterian Church, Tx Right to Life, Nehemiah Center, Bo's Place, LEAD, Children's Assessment Center, Junior League of Houston, Shepherd's Center, Salvation Army, Open Door Mission, College of Biblical Studies, End Hunger Network. Tarrant County Republican Party, Served as Chairman of Tarrant County Republican Party Judiciary Committee, Republican National Committee (contributions), Republican Party of Tx (contributions), Republican Forum Tarrant County (contributions), Arlington, Southeast, and Northeast Republican Clubs (contributions), National Rifle Association, State Rifle Association, State Bar of Tx, Northeast Tarrant Bar, Licensed member of Bars of Northern District of Tx, Western District of Tx, Eastern District of Tx, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court, Colonial Country Club (Ft. Worth), Forth Worth Club, First United Methodist Church (Hurst), endorsed by Rev. Scott Fisher of Metroplex Chapel and by Bill and Tamita Pasteur American Bar Association, American Bar Foundation, American Cancer Society, American Jewish Congress, CASA, Close Up Foundation, Dallas Arboretum, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, DAYL Foundation, Dallas Asian American Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association (DBA), DBA Law in the Schools Program, DBA E-Mentoring Program, DBA Transition to Law Program, Dallas Bar Foundation, Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, Dallas Lawyers Auxiliary, Dallas Life Foundation, Dallas Voluntary Attorney Program, Dallas Women Lawyers Association, Dallas Women’s Advocacy Awards, Dallas Women’s Foundation, Dallas
Justice, 1st Court of Appeals District, Place 5
Laura Carter Higley (R)
Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals District, Place 2
Bill Meier (R)
Justice, 5th Court of Appeals District, Place 3
Mary Murphy (R)
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Women’s Museum, Equal Access to Justice, First Methodist Church, For the Love of the Lake, Forest Hills Neighborhood Association, Girls, Inc., Grayson County Bar Association, Habitat for Humanity, Hispanic National Bar Association, Hunt County Bar Association, J. L. Turner Legal Association, Lance Armstrong Foudnation, Legal Aid of Northwest Tx, Lions International, M.D. Anderson, National Day of Prayer, Republican Candidates & Officials, Republican Groups, state and local, Rockwall County Bar Association, SMU Dedman School of Law, State Bar of Tx, St. John’s Episcopal School, St. Paul United Methodist Church, The Greenhill School, The Patrick Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Tx Bar Foundation, Tx Center for the Judiciary, Tx Eagle Forum, The Public Affairs Luncheon Club, University of Houston Law Foundation, University of Texas-Dallas, Vanderbilt University, Whiterock United Methodist Church, Wesley Rankin Home, Yellowston. Many law firms have contributed to my judicial campaigns. That information is on record with the Tx Ethics Commission. Christian Legal Society, St. Thomas More Society, Catholic Pro-Life Committee, Knights of Columbus, St. Patrick Catholic Church Knights of Columbus, Pro-Life Committee Co-Chairman '94-2000, Regular contributor to Montgomery County BirthRight and Pregnancy Assistance Center North, member Montgomery County Bar Association, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe, Montgomery County Dispute Resolution Center Board of Directors. ... many other civic & church groups. State Bar of Tx, Midland County Bar Association, First Baptist Church, Hardin-Simmons University Board of Development and Board of Trustees, Tx Bar Foundation,
Justice, 5th Court of Appeals District, Place 8
Kerry Fitzgerald (R)
Chief Justice, 9th Court of Appeals District
Steve McKeithen (R)
Justice, 11th Court of Appeals District, Place 2
Rick Strange (R)
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Hisky RC Club, Odessa Propbusters, IMAC, Midland Lee High School Orchestra Booster Club, Midland County Republican Women's Club. (Partial list): Tx Right to Life, Life House of Houston, Christian Community Service Center, Boy Scouts of America, Houston Police Officers Union, Houston Realty Breakfast Club, C Club, R Club, Weekley Family YMCA, University of Houston Law Alumni Association, Tx Supreme Court Historical Society. St. Martin's Episcopal Church, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Healthcare for the Homeless (Houston), Lord of the Streets, Connecticut College, Northwestern University, Tx Bar Foundation, Access to Justice (State Bar of Tx), Houston Bar Association, United Way of the Tx Gulf Coast, Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc, Medina Children's Home, Republican National Committee.
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals District, Place 4
Jeff Brown (R)
Justice, 14th Court of Appeals District, Place 6
Bill Boyce (R)
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