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June 10, 2005

Burnt Orange Exclusive: Terry Keel to Announce for Third Court of Appeals Today

By Andrew Dobbs

A top-notch source has confirmed that Terry Keel, who is to be named one of Texas Monthly's 10 Worst Legislators this year, will not be running for reelection, but will announce his candidacy for the 3rd Court of Appeals at 1 PM today.

No word yet on which seat he'll seek, but remember that we already have elected two Democrats to this court and in 2004 (with George W. Bush on the top of the ballot) we reelected Jan Patterson and Diane Henson came within a hair's breadth of beating Republican Justice Bob Pemberton. We can beat Keel in this race.

In other news, at least three Democratic candidates had been in the process of organizing races against Keel for 2006 and will now most likely run for the open seat. This district is Republican, but much like Mark Strama's district it went for Sharp and Watson in 2002-- we can win it. Keep your eyes peeled about this great Democratic pickup opportunity.

More details as they come...

UPDATE: New word, some sources are saying Court of Criminal Appeals-- the statewide bench-- and not 3rd Court. This changes a lot of things, so stay tuned.

UPDATE II: From the Quorum Report:

"At the end of my current term, I will have served in the Texas House Of Representatives for 10 years. I will not seek reelection to my House seat. I intend to run instead for an appellate judicial position. I am not specifying the particular appeals court bench at this time because I have not yet completed the courtesy of personally speaking with the judges my candidacy will affect, but I will make a more detailed announcement on that later this summer."

Keel added that there are three seats coming up on the statewide Court of Criminal Appeals and two seats on the multi-county Third Court of Appeals centered in Austin. None of the seats on the two courts are currently open seats.

He mentioned that Republican Bill Welch had expressed interest in the open seat.

UPDATE III: Capitol Inside is reporting on the three Dems kicking around the race for Keel's seat: former Jim Dunnam staffer Hugh Brady, former Austin City Council candidate Gregg Knaupe and Democratic activist Duffy Keever. I'm familiar with and on friendly terms with Gregg and Duffy so I'll keep quiet on this one. Suffice it to say that my personal experience with the two I know and everything I've read about Brady lead me to believe that any one of them could win this seat.

On the GOP side Bill Welch, who ran for the seat in 1992 and lost in the primary to Susan Combs, and Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty are said to be considering a run. This is going to be a fun race, keep tuned to BOR for all your HD 47 news.

Posted by Andrew Dobbs at June 10, 2005 11:54 AM | TrackBack

Comments

This needs to be confirmed....I heard John Sharp filed papers with the TX Ethics Commission setting up an Exploratory Committee for Gov.

Keel knew he was the 2nd target after Baxter so he decided to go for a more Republican district in a different race.

Posted by: JOHN DE LORME at June 10, 2005 12:20 PM

I don't know that its more Republican-- probably about the same. Tends to vote GOP, but Democrats have a shot. The good news for him is that the district is dominated by Travis County and he's well known here. The bad news is that last year both of his brothers got beat in races everyone expected them to win. The Keel name isn't such a good thing nowadays.

Posted by: Andrew Dobbs at June 10, 2005 01:01 PM

John Sharp is being encouraged to run for Governor and is taking a serious look at it. But he has not filed an exploratory committee.

I suspect that if he decides to run, he'll run -- hard and fast and to win. There will be no need for an exploratory committee. That kind of false coyness doesn't fit his straightforward, honest style.

Posted by: Zangwell Arrow at June 10, 2005 01:21 PM

Sorry ... Sharp and honest??

Posted by: TxDem at June 10, 2005 01:25 PM

Per George Strong's blog, Sharp filed some paper work about running for Gov.

Keel knows his district is 42% 2002 demo and Sharp,Watson carried and Kirk got 47%. He is looking for greener(more Republican)pastures. I am sure he is gettingheat for the failed session of the legislature-no school money,no tax relief,no teacher pay increase.

Hope to see good,solid qualified Dems start announcing soon!

Posted by: John DeLorme at June 10, 2005 02:51 PM

I contacted people I know who are close to Sharp-- they say that the rumors are untrue. Sharp is kicking it around and will make a decision later this summer. My sources will know what is going on long before George Strong does (not to impugn on Mr. Strong, who is great, but his info is a bit misinformed).

Posted by: Andrew Dobbs at June 10, 2005 04:14 PM

better john sharp than chris bell.

Posted by: lonestar liberal at June 10, 2005 04:38 PM

Quorum Report has just reported that David Earle, Ronnie's son, is thinking about running for hd 47.

Posted by: David at June 10, 2005 05:02 PM

YES! I finally catch a political break (cuz it's all about me, you know).

Open seat and Dem candidates ready to make a move on it.

Posted by: Boadicea at June 10, 2005 05:35 PM

Among the names floated for HD47 in this post the only person that lives in and is registered to vote in HD47 is Gregg Knaupe.

Posted by: Rick Cofer at June 11, 2005 02:04 PM

It looks like the campaign has begun.

Posted by: David at June 11, 2005 02:16 PM

Hugh Brady has never been a staffer for Jim Dunnam. He has, however, worked for Glen Maxey.

There is an interesting article about him in Texas Lawyer.

Posted by: nadia at June 11, 2005 03:42 PM

Hugh hasn't been a staffer, but he has been retained by the House Dem Caucus (which Jim runs) as their counsel and is considered one of Dunnam's guys.

Posted by: Jobu at June 11, 2005 08:10 PM

Rick - you aren't still on the payroll...are you?

Dennis Speight is registered and lives in the district. Consider his name floated...

Posted by: david.holmes at June 13, 2005 12:27 AM

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June 10, 2005

Burnt Orange Exclusive: Terry Keel to Announce for Third Court of Appeals Today

By Andrew Dobbs