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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.

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*