Bill Moody (judge) explained

William E. Moody has served as the presiding judge of the 34th District Court in El Paso since 1986.

2010 Election

Moody in October 2009 announced that he would seek the Democratic Party's nomination for the Texas Supreme Court. He intended to use a blimp to travel around the state and advertise his campaign.^[1]

2006 Election

Moody was the Democratic nominee for Place Two on the Supreme Court of Texas in the November 2006 general election.^[2] His opponent was the incumbent, Justice Don Willett. Moody sought to become the first El Pasoan to be elected to statewide office in Texas as well as the only Democrat on the Court, whose current membership is all Republican.^[3] In his campaign, he walked across Texas, which drew extensive press coverage.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} Moody was defeated in the general election.

Endorsements

Moody received the endorsements of the following Texas newspapers:

• The Amarillo Globe-News^[8]
• The Austin American-Statesman^[9]
• The Austin Chronicle^[10]
• The Daily Texan^[11]
• The Dallas Morning News^[12]
• The El Paso Times
• The Fort Worth Star-Telegram^[13]
• The Houston Chronicle^[14]
• The Lufkin Daily News^[15]
• The San Antonio Express-News^[16]
• The Victoria Advocate^[17]
• The Waco Tribune-Herald"^[18]
• In addition, Moody was the favored candidate of Texas lawyers in a non-partisan poll conducted by the Texas State Bar.^[19]

Notes and References

1. http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_13511039?source=most_emailed{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. http://www.moodyforjustice.com Campaign website
3. http://www.moodyforjustice.com/media_detail.sstg?id=11 Reprint from UTEP Prospector
4. http://www.moodyforjustice.com/media_detail.sstg?id=13 Reprint from Houston Chronicle, September 18, 2006.
5. http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/stategov/stories/MYSA091906.1B.walking.judge.2fd68fa.html San Antonio Express News, September 18, 2006
6. https://archive.today/20120728205713/http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_4364808 El Paso Times, September 19, 2006
7. http://www.moodyforjustice.com/media.sstg List of articles at campaign website
8. http://www.amarillo.com/stories/101506/opi_5802004.shtml Amarillo Globe & News, October 15, 2006
9. http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/10/16/16judicial_edit.html Austin American Statesman, October 16, 2006
10. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A412274 Austin Chronicle, October 20, 2006
11. http://www.moodyforjustice.com/media_detail.sstg?id=39 Reprint from The Daily Texan, October 23, 2006
12. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-supremes_12edi.ART.State.Edition1.3eca805.html Dallas Morning News, September 12, 2006
13. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/15778583.htm Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 17, 2006
14. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4288333.html Houston Chronicle, October 23, 2006
15. http://www.lufkindailynews.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2006/10/19/judge_endorsements.html Lufkin Daily News, October 19, 2006
16. http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/stories/MYSA101906.1O.supreme1ed.242be53.html San Antonio Express-News, October 18, 2006
17. http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/103/story/7864.html Victoria Advocate, October 22, 2006
18. https://archive.today/20061111112315/http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2006/10/26/10262006wacedit.html Waco Tribune-Herald, October 23, 2006
19. http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=14310&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm Results of the Texas Bar 2006 Judicial Poll, February 2006