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To: Dale Baker who wrote (31325)	11/9/2006 9:10:05 PM
From: Sultan	Respond to of 541627

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To: Dale Baker who wrote (31325)	11/10/2006 1:14:55 AM
From: freelyhovering	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541627

This result is truly amazing. 41 out of 42 Democratic Country Judges defeated GOP--mostly incumbents--candidates. •Post a Job Dallas County judges lose seats in Democratic deluge Victories reflect general shift as GOP loses its grasp on area 09:03 AM CST on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 By MICHAEL GRABELL and GROMER JEFFERS JR. / The Dallas Morning News Old Red Courthouse, meet the new blue courthouse. Dozens of Republican judges will be turning in their robes next year, as the Democrats picked up 41 of 42 contested seats in Tuesday night's election. Local races He added that Democrats were rebounding. "You can look at what's happening in Dallas County and other places to see that progress is being made," he said. Looks like a sweep With 99 percent of the votes counted, Dallas County Democrats had captured 41 of the 42 races. County Criminal Court Judge Lisa Fox was the lone Republican judge holding on – with a six-vote lead in a race where more than 375,000 voted. While the races wavered within 2 percentage points throughout the night, the Republicans' early lead evaporated. "Traditionally, as election night goes on, Democrats creep up," former Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan Hays said. "It looks like it's going to be a sweep of the judge races." Several veteran judges, some with two decades of experience, lost their seats. Criminal District Judge Manny Alvarez, one of the first Hispanic judges in Dallas County, had been on the bench since 1995. Earlier in the night, Judge Alvarez put on a game face as the early voting results showed most Republican judges in tight races. But by the end of the evening, he was in shock. "I didn't expect it to be a sweep," he said. "It's like getting blindsided. It's not like a couple of us lost. ... It's going to be interesting to see in January. They've got to come in and pick up the ball." He noted that he has a death penalty case in February – Thomas Miller-El – and his opponent is a defense attorney who almost exclusively tries misdemeanor cases. As another sign of an end to old Dallas politics, Henry Wade Jr. – whose father's name runs through courthouse history as Dallas district attorney – appears to have lost by a slight margin in the race of the 292nd Criminal District Court. And Brenda Garrett Green, one of Dallas' first black judges, was trailing her opponent for family court judge.