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Court's Partisan Split

Year	R's	D's
1997	2	1
2003	2	0

* The 12th District had a vacant seat in January 2003.
 
 

Current Court (May 2003)

Justice	Term Expires
James Worthen (R) - Chief	2004
Sam Griffith (R)	2006

 

Winning Twelfth-District Races, 1996-2002

Justice (Party)	Race	Running Status	Money  Raised	Money From  Lawyers	Top Donor Source
Sam Griffith (R)	2000	Challenger	$26,324	66%	Holcomb Morrison & Griffith
James T. Worthen (R)	1998	Challenger	$114,846	3%	Himself
James T. Worthen (R)	2002	Open	$17,687	85%	Roberts & Roberts
		TOTAL:	$158,857	23%

 

Top Twelfth-District Donors

Source (PACs & Employees)	Amount
James T. Worthen (self donation)	$97,778
Sam G. Griffith (self donation)	$12,000
Bain Files Jarrett & BainF	$3,044
Roberts & RobertsP	$3,000
Citizens 1st Bank	$2,000
Zapata-Fender (oil & gas)	$2,000
Ritcheson Dollahite & LaufferD	$1,100
Wheeler & Russell	$1,000
Dawson & Sodd	$1,000
Harbour Smith Harris MerrittD	$1,000
TOTAL:	$123,922

^D = Defense; P = Plaintiff; F = Family