Noting that Texas has tried many times to change how it elects judges, the most recent commission looking at judicial selection is telling the Texas Legislature it should do away with party affiliation in judge races.

But nearly half of the commissioners—mostly the lawmaker-members—didn’t agree with that idea, and the Texas Commission on Judicial Selection was split evenly down the middle on a recommendation to replace partisan judicial races using an appointment system followed by nonpartisan retention elections.

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