3rd Court race shaping up

Republican Ken Law, chief justice of Austin’s 3rd Court of Appeals, has announced his bid for re-election. A former clerk of the 3rd Court, Law first won election to the court in 2002. Democrat J. Woodfin “Woody” Jones, a former justice on the 3rd Court, announced in 2006 that he would run for chief justice. Jones, now a partner in Austin’s Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend, says he still plans to run for the post. Back in 2000, Jones lost his bid for re-election to the 3rd Court to Republican David Puryear.
-- Mary Alice Robbins