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Court's Partisan Split

Year	R's	D's
1997	1	2
2003*	2	1

* The 11th District also uses two retired Democratic "senior justices" to relieve case load as needed.
 
 

Current Court (May 2003)

Justice	Term Expires
William Arnot III (D) - Chief	2006
Jim Wright (R)	2008
Terry McCall (R)	2004

 

Winning Eleventh-District Races, 1996-2002

Justice (Party)	Race	Running Status	Money  Raised	Money From  Lawyers	Top Donor Source
William 'Bud' Arnot III (D)	2000	Incumbent	$12,125	91%	Vinson & Elkins
Terry McCall (R)	1998	Open	$75,976	22%	Himself
Jim R. Wright (R)	1996	Incumbent	$7,480	55%	Himself
		TOTAL:	$95,581	33%

 

Top Eleventh-District Donors

Source (PACs & Employees)	Amount
Terry McCall (self donation)	$22,153
Vinson & ElkinsD	$7,600
Baker & BottsD	$3,550
Fulbright & JaworskiD	$3,500
James Wright (self donation)	$3,000
Sterling Group (chemicals)	$2,500
Webber & Hanzlik (architects)	$2,500
Andrews & Kurth Mayer Day Caldwell & KeetonD	$1,500
Latimer Bowen (plaintiff lawyer's wife)P	$1,500
Skylar Sudderth (Brown Co. District Attorney)	$1,255
TOTAL:	$49,058

D = Defense; P = Plaintiff