TX Supreme Court • Chief Justice

Maggie Ellis

Democrat

Ellis was homeless as a child, the only one of eight kids to finish college — it took her 16 years — and she got through Baylor Law raising four teenagers, commuting from Austin to Waco every day. Now she's running to be the first woman ever to lead the Supreme Court of Texas.

Jimmy Blacklock

Republican

He grew up in Fort Bend County, graduated with highest honors from UT, went to Yale Law, and has worked inside Texas power — at Vinson & Elkins, the U.S. DOJ, and Greg Abbott's office — ever since.