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Check out our more current page about the status of the 2010 elections.

Justices of the Texas Supreme Court are elected in normal, partisan elections to six-year terms. This year's Texas primary falls on March 2, 2010.

--This page will be expanded and updated as the election draws closer--

Place 3: (Retiring) Justice Harriet O'Neill

Justice O'Neill has announced that she will not be seeking reelection in 2010. The 2010 race for this seat will be a recent rarity on the Court — a truly open seat with no incumbent.

  • Jeff Brown (R) Justice, 14th Court of Appeals

  • Rick Green (R) Attorney

  • Debra Lehrmann (R) District Judge from Fort Worth

  • Jim Mosely (R) Justice, 5th Court of Appeals

  • Jim Sharp (D) Justice, 1st Court of Appeals

  • Rebecca Simmons (R) Justice, 4th Court of Appeals

  • Rick Strange (R) Justice, 11th Court of Appeals

  • William Strange (L) Attorney

Place 5: Justice Paul Green (elected 2004)

  • Paul Green (R) Incumbent

  • Bill Moody (D) District Judge from El Paso

  • Tom Oxford (L) Attorney

Place 9: Justice Eva Guzman (appointed 2009, replacing Justice Brister)

  • Jack Armstrong (L) Attorney

  • Blake Bailey (D) Attorney

  • Eva Guzman (R) Incumbent

  • Rose Vela (R) Justice, 13th Court of Appeals