Primary Outlook: Tossup - Lean Salinas
General Election Outlook: Tossup - Lean Democratic
This will be an open seat in November with the retirement of Judge Martha Tanner (D). Like with all these judicial races...a little history.
Let's turn the clock back to 1992 and the Democratic Primary. The Democratic Primary that year featured 3 candidates: Albert McKnight, Michele Petty, and Martha Tanner. Albert McKnight was later a Justice of the Peace and ran into trouble when he was charged with indecent exposure. He was acquitted on those charges. (His attorney in that case was the recently deceased Jimmy Parks). Michele Petty is back again this year running for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court. Martha Tanner of course went on to win the primary and the 166th District Court. That's about all the history with this seat.
Who's running?
