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Association: Name: The Law and Society Association URL: http://www.lawandsociety.org
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Sullivan, II, Ronald. "Judges Changing Political Parties in Texas Judicial Elections" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Jul 06, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p96148_index.html>

Sullivan, II, R. W. , 2006-07-06 "Judges Changing Political Parties in Texas Judicial Elections" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p96148_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: There are two questions surrounding judges changing political parties that are addressed in this research. First, how often do judges and justices act strategically by changing their partisan label in judicial elections? The scholarly literature has provided an indication of judges changing political parties. This research goes a step further by identifying the level of the Texas judiciary where party switching has occurred by jurists as well as, identifying any differences in the time period that jurist’s changed political parties. The second question addresses the context that surrounds a judge’s decision to switch political parties. One of the contextual factors addressed is the voting behavior of a jurist’s electoral district. Another factor that is addressed for the district courts is the population size of the electoral district where judges changed political parties. Gubernatorial appointments are used to identify if jurists changing political parties were more likely to be originally elected or appointed to their position on the bench. These contextual factors, while not providing definitive answers as to why judges and justices switch political parties, help to shed light on some of the factors surrounding their decision to switch parties. The assessment of judicial candidates changing party labels will be studied between 1980 and 2000. This time period was selected because of the nature of the partisan change occurring in Texas. The levels of the Texas Judiciary addressed consist of Texas District Courts, Texas Court of Appeals, Texas Supreme Court and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

Political Parties and Elections: A Comparative Examination of the Republican and Democrat Party in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana

How Media Bias Affects Attitude Change: Studying Individual-Level Effects of Political Commentary on Changing Party Evaluations during the UK Election Campaign in 2005