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Per the Chronicle: In Wednesday’s downtown forum [of Republican candidates for Harris County District Attorney], sponsored by the Houston Professional Republican Women, [Kelly] Siegler said she would make the district attorney’s office more transparent to defense lawyers and the public. “It will not be an office with prosecutors that win at all cost,” said the [...]
Mark Bennett | January 9, 2008
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett (not a real judge, but the county’s chief officer) has called for the Texas Attorney General to investigate Harris County D.A. Chuck Rosenthal. Chuck can, of course, rest assured that the investigation will be wholly apolitical and that his prosecution (if there is one — here at Defending People we [...]
Mark Bennett | January 4, 2008
. . . and is therefore wrong. Never go in against Troy McKinney when an election is on the line! Channel 2 News picked up the story of Chuck Rosenthal’s defective withdrawal from the Republican primary for Harris County District Attorney, but the other local news venues showed little interest; a reporter told me, “Party [...]
Mark Bennett | January 3, 2008
Here’s section 145.001 of the Texas Election Code: § 145.001. METHOD FOR WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE. (a) To withdraw from an election, a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot must request that the candidate’s name be omitted from the ballot.(b) To be effective, a withdrawal request must: (1) be in writing and be [...]
Mark Bennett | January 3, 2008
The Harris County Republican Party’s website shows only Jim Leitner running for the position of Harris County District Attorney, but I’m informed that Chuck Rosenthal’s withdrawal from the race had the statutory effect of keeping the Republican primary ballot open for an additional 48 hours — till Friday evening. Also, I’ve heard that Harris County [...]
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