When the Austin appeals court kept ruling against the State of Texas, the state's Republicans created a brand-new court for state cases, and Abbott installed three conservative judges on it. Scott Field is one of them.
After voters removed Field from that Austin court in 2018, Abbott appointed him to a brand-new district court in Williamson County. His latest Abbott appointment, to the 15th Court of Appeals, came in 2024 — so this November is the first time Field has faced voters since his defeat eight years ago.
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.