A candidate with significant political backing, including Attorney General Ken Paxton’s endorsement, will be the Republican nominee for a seat on Texas’ highest criminal court, according to The Associated Press.
Thomas Smith, an assistant attorney general in Paxton’s office, held a commanding lead in the GOP primary runoff for Place 3 on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals over Alison Fox, a staff attorney with years of experience working for this court, unofficial election results showed Tuesday. The two candidates had emerged neck-and-neck at the top of a four-way race in March, with Fox less than one percentage point ahead of Smith.
