Big Jolly Politics

How do voters determine who they want to represent them?  I think voters aren’t given enough credit for having the sense to vote based on what a candidate stands for, their passion for the job, and how well they think he or she will represent the common values they share.  Sure, we still have party politics but we’ve seen evidence of voters looking beyond party lines as critical issues and the need for effective representation dominate our lives. Recently in Massachusetts, Republicans, Independents and even Democrats came together to elect Republican Scott Brown into the Senate seat left open by the death of longtime Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy, shocking the political world.

(Note: I am running a series of Q&As for judicial candidates in contested Republican primaries. There are a lot of judicial races on the ballot in Harris County this election, and so this is intended to help introduce the candidates and their experiences to those who plan to vote in March. I am running these responses in the order that I receive them from the candidates. Charles Kuffner at Off the Kuff is running the same series for Democratic candidates.)