Candidates for three Texas Supreme Court seats raised $2.8 million through the eve of Tuesday's election. Viable candidates include incumbent GOP Justices Don Willett and Nathan Hecht (who confronts a poorly funded Democrat). Incumbent Justice David Medina looks like the latest victim of the racial profiling that too many GOP primary voters inflict on candidates with Spanish surnames. Despite a huge cash advantage, Medina lost a Republican runoff to John Devine, whose top supporters now include a plaintiff attorney and a strip-club mogul.
The latest Lobby Watch delves into money, ethnicity and the Supremes here .
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