The Nasty Battle for Court Eight

The vast majority of judicial races that I've observed during my time in Harris County are relatively dull events. The candidates tersely refer to each other as "my opponent" and tout their dueling resumes, but that's the extent of the battling for the most part. Things can be a little more heated during a contested primary, but those races rarely get as ugly as "Top of the Ballot" races like District Attorney or Sheriff, etc. The lack of viciousness in the judicial races is probably due to the fact that there are so many races to run in at the judicial level. In the 2018 election in Harris County, there are 15 criminal county court benches up for grabs and 13 criminal District Courts (plus 3 juvenile District Courts). There are so many different races available to those who want to be judge, that most of them don't even have contested primaries. But there are exceptions to every rule, and sometimes judicial races do get a bit nasty in the primar