Racial and ethnic diversity of the judges serving on Texas trial courts improved in the wake of the 2018 elections.

That election season, Democrats ousted Republicans from benches in the Lone Star State’s major metro areas. While judicial watchers have grieved the loss of highly experienced judges, just because of the letter after their names on the ballot, statistics show that one consequence of the sweep was beneficial: greater diversity on the bench.

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