Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 - Texas Ballot Compare

Brett Busby

Republican Incumbent

On ballot as: BRETT BUSBY
Current role: Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, Place 8
Background: Duke University (high honors)
Columbia Law School
Board certified in civil appellate law
Seventh-generation Texan and third-generation Eagle Scout
Experience: Currently Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston
Appellate litigator and former partner at Bracewell
Clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Byron R. White and John Paul Stevens and Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat
Top priorities: "Every Texan deserves a fair hearing, and every decision must be grounded in the law, not politics, pressure, or personal preference"
Apply laws "faithfully to all who come before the Court—never rewriting those laws from the bench"
"Access to justice must be more than a principle; it must be a reality"
He is "taking bold action to increase the supply of legal help," including proposing licensing for "legal paraprofessionals and court-access assistants"
Tidbits: "Every Texan deserves a fair hearing, and every decision must be grounded in the law, not politics, pressure, or personal preference."
"We have to think creatively about how the legal system can serve more Texans"
Pro Life
Endorsements: Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Civil Justice League PAC
Texas Alliance for Life
Houston Police Officers' Union
Texas Home School Coalition
Texas Values Action
Campaign website: brettbusby.com

Democratic

On ballot as: GISELA D. TRIANA
Current role: Justice, Texas Third Court of Appeals, Place 6 (elected 2018)
Background: B.A. magna cum laude, University of Texas at San Antonio (1985)
J.D., University of Texas School of Law (1988)
Mother of five children
Experience: Judge, 200th District Court (14 years, from 2005)
Judge, Travis County Court at Law
Justice of the Peace
Municipal Judge, Austin
Trial Division director, Travis County Attorney's Office
Top priorities: Not found
Tidbits: Judicial philosophy: "We need judges who serve the whole community and make independent decisions based on the rule of law"
Pro Abortion
Endorsements: Texas AFL-CIO
Liberal Austin Democrats
University Democrats
Panhandle Democrats
EMILY's List
Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
Campaign website: justicetriana.com