3rd Court of Appeals • Chief Justice

Darlene Byrne

Democrat

For 17 years Byrne personally handled every foster-care case in Travis County — every child, every hearing — and built a court that the rest of the country came to study. Now she runs the appeals court that hears Hays County's cases, and she wants to keep running it.

Cory Liu

Republican

Liu argued at the U.S. Supreme Court for the group that ended affirmative action in college admissions — and now wants to run the appeals court that hears Hays County's cases.