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Scott Brister
Scott Brister, Republican, is on the November 3 ballot for Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals. An official page says this person holds that office now.
- Running for
- Chief Justice, 15th Court of Appeals
- Party
- Republican
- Holds this office now
- Incumbent
- On the ballot
- On the state list: 2026 ballot certification
From official pages
Scott Brister, Republican, is certified for chief justice of the 15th Court of Appeals. The court says Governor Abbott appointed him as its first chief justice effective September 1, 2024, and that he previously served on the Texas Supreme Court and on other Texas trial and appellate courts. The Ethics Commission office-sought line says Supreme Court justice, Place 9, which does not match this ballot, so that line was not used.
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Scott Brister is chief justice of the 15th Court of Appeals, according to The Texas Tribune.1 He was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court in 2003 by then-Gov. Rick Perry and elected to a six-year term in 2004, and he previously sat on the 1st and 14th Courts of Appeals and served as judge of Harris County's 234th District Court, the Tribune reports.1 He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1980.1
According to the Tribune, Brister describes himself as an "impartial judge who applies the law, not personal beliefs or political preferences," and says he will follow the law as written and apply it faithfully and efficiently.1
Others in this race
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