The Ever Changing Election Field
As I mentioned with t his post back in February, the 2012 Election Season has begun preposterously early this time around, with most of the activity focusing on which Republicans are going to be vying to retake the criminal court benches lost to Democrats in 2008. Here we are five months later and the field has already changed significantly from back in February. I thought you all might like an up-to-date guide on how things look right now: The 174th District Court This race has become contested since we last checked in. Felony District Court Chief Joe Vinas has moved from the race for the 338th District Court (see below for more details on that) to face off against former-prosecutor and local attorney Robert Summerlin. The winner will face off against Ruben Guerrero on the Democratic side. The 176th District Court Last we looked here, no one had thrown their name in to be the Republican challenger to Incumbent Judge Shawna Reagin. Since then, former prosecutor and crimina