Chief Justice, Supreme Court - Texas Ballot Compare

Jimmy Blacklock

Republican Incumbent

On ballot as: JIMMY BLACKLOCK
Current role: Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
Background: Graduate of the University of Texas and Yale Law School
Experience: Justice since 2018
Gov. Abbott's general counsel 2015–2018
Texas Attorney General's Office 2009–2015
U.S. DOJ Civil Rights Division
Clerk to Judge Jerry Smith (5th Cir.).
Top priorities: His campaign says his commitment is "to apply the law fairly, equally, and according to its original meaning"
A judge should apply "the text of the law and the original meaning of the Constitution," never substituting his personal decisions "for the decisions already made by the People of Texas"
Campaign slogan: "Keep Texas Strong. Keep Texans Free. Defend the Constitution."
Tidbits: Judicial philosophy: Commitment is "to apply the law fairly, equally, and according to its original meaning"
Pro Life
Endorsements: Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Alliance for Life
Texas Right to Life
Texas Civil Justice League PAC
Houston Police Officers' Union
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Texas Home School Coalition
Texas Values Action
True Texas Project (primary)
Campaign website: jimmyblacklock.com

Democratic

On ballot as: MAGGIE ELLIS
Current role: Justice, Texas Third Court of Appeals
Background: Public school teacher
A.A.
B.S., UT Austin
J.D., Baylor Law School
First openly LGBTQ woman elected to a Texas appellate court
Experience: Board certified in Juvenile Law
Prosecutor, Travis County District Attorney's Office
Administrative law judge, State Office of Administrative Hearings
Private-practice attorney in juvenile and family law
Top priorities: "Brings fairness, seriousness, and humanity to every courtroom she enters"
"You can't serve people you don't see"
Her campaign says her philosophy borrows from Einstein: "in matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems"
Tidbits: Pro Abortion
Endorsements: AFL-CIO
Stonewall Democrats of Austin
The Caucus (Houston LGBTQ+ political advocacy group)
Austin Young Democrats
Coalition for Democratic Allies
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Bexar County Young Democrats
Liberal Austin Democrats
NxNW Democrats
Sabine Area Central Labor Council
EMILY's List
Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
Campaign website: maggieforjustice.com