She already served on this exact court, winning a seat on the Fifth Court of Appeals in 2018 before losing re-election in 2024, and now she's running to get her old bench back.
Reichek grew up in Houston and studied sociology before earning her law degree from Texas Tech in 2003. She practiced as an attorney at firms including Waters & Kraus and Cole Reichek, then served as a justice on the Fifth Court of Appeals (Place 10) from January 2019 to December 2024. She also ran for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court in 2022.
Judges aren't allowed to take sides on these values — it's against judicial ethics rules. The best clue to how a judge thinks is the party they run with.