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Court's Partisan Split

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

 

Current Court (May 2003)

Justice	Term Expires
Rex Davis (R) - Chief	2006
Bill Vance (D)	2008
Tom Gray (R)	2004

 

Winning Tenth-District Races, 1996-2002

Justice (Party)	Race	Running Status	Money   Raised	Money From  Lawyers	Top Donor Source
Rex D. Davis (R)	1996	Incumbent	$82,882	31%	David Weeks & Co.
Rex D. Davis (R)	2000	Incumbent	$79,800	42%	Dawson & Sodd
Thomas W. Gray (R)	1998	Open	$93,939	42%	Dawson & Sodd
William R. Vance (D)	1996	Incumbent	$16,431	64%	Beard & Kultzen
William R. Vance (D)	2002	Incumbent	$6,100	84%	Vinson & Elkins
		TOTAL:	279,152	41%

 

Top Tenth-District Donors

Source (PACs & Employees)	Amount
Dawson & Sodd	$26,500
Fulbright WinnifordD	$11,300
First City Financial Corp.	$9,750
Vinson & ElkinsD	$9,600
Fulbright & JaworskiD	$7,730
Pakis Giotes Beard & PageD	$7,200
Fulbright WinnifordD	$6,300
Campbell Cherry Harrison Davis & DoveP	$5,300
David Weeks & Co. (political consultant)	$5,057
Malesovas & MartinP	$4,500
Naman Howell Smith & LeeD	$3,600
TOTAL:	$96,837

D = Defense; P = Plaintiff