I'm Back!

For 10 months I have traveled all over Texas campaigning for statewide office. The demands of the campaign did not leave time to write much more than speeches, ad copy, and answers to candidate questionnaires. I wrote a few blog posts and comments but they were all about the race.

I missed posting on AsThe Island Floats. Now the campaign is over and I am back.

I lost 49% to 51% to Justice Linda Yanez in the Democratic Primary race for Place 8 on the Texas Supreme Court. For my first statewide race I did not think that was too bad. I won 198 counties out of 251. Three counties in the Panhandle did not conduct primary elections. I am not sure if there are any residents in those particular counties.

I had a wonderful time campaigning across this state. I made many wonderful new friends and reconnected with ones I had not seen in years. I learned things about campaigning statewide in Texas I could not have learned any other way than to just do it. I will defintitely put my new found knowledge to use in the future.

Losing is not as fun as winning but I am not unhappy about how things turned out. I am certain that something better will come along for me. And knowing that my primary opponent Linda is fully capable of doing a good job on the campaign trail and in the office is like the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down. I am confident that the mission of my campaign will be acheived even if it is accomplished by someone other than myself.

Judicial ethics do not allow judges to endorse other candidates. I can tell you that I am supporting everyone on my party's ticket. Linda and I were friends before the race and are friends now. I look forward to working with her to improve our justice system.

I see brighter days in store for my party, my state, my country and my branch of government.These are the times we have been hoping, praying and working for.

For now I get to write again and continue presiding over criminal and civil trial dockets..

Comments

[PDiddie]

Congratulations on running such a spirited contest, Judge Criss.

I do hope we see your name again on the statewide ballot very soon.

[Allan]

Judge Criss, both you and your father Lloyd are a valuable asset to the Democratic Party.....

We hope to see your name on another statewide ballot in the future.

[Alyssa Burgin]

It was an honor to follow you several times on the list of speakers throughout the state, Susan, and I, too, look forward to seeing your name in a statewide race again. Keep up the good work in Galveston, one of my favorite cities.

[Medelman]

What a great job you did in your campaign. It is certainly a great accomplishment to have gotten such a great showing as you did. Job well done!

[David Volk]

Susan, it was a pleasure meeting you at the convention on Saturday and your speech was great! I am going to write a short article about you for the online encylopedia Citizendium (http://en.citizendium.org), using your websites and links at the primary sources. This might aid you in future elections. If possible, I would like to get an image of you that I could use for the article, along with an email giving me permission to reuse the image from the copyright holder. I hope you do run for state office again.

I apologize if this is not the place for this request, but it is the only connection I could find.

Thanks for your time,

David E. Volk
Jamaica Beach, TX