Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 - Unexpired Term: who gets your vote?
What this role does
Reviews civil and juvenile appeals at Texas’s highest court for those matters.
- Decides appeals and applies the law; this is not the state’s highest criminal court.
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James P. Sullivan
Running for Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 - Unexpired Term · Texas
StateRep
Chari Kelly
Running for Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 - Unexpired Term · Texas
StateDem
Job fit
James P. Sullivan
- Governor Greg Abbott appointed Sullivan to the Supreme Court of Texas in January 2025. 1
- Before joining the Court, Sullivan served as Governor Abbott’s general counsel and as assistant solicitor general under then-Attorney General Abbott. 1
- Sullivan also worked as an appellate litigator in private practice and an adjunct professor at George Mason University. 1
Chari Kelly
- Kelly’s campaign biography says she was elected to the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals in 2018. 2
- Her campaign biography reports court work involving COVID-19, environmental concerns and criminal justice reform. 2
- Kelly served as an Army JAG captain, was certified to defend soldiers accused of capital crimes and was a paratrooper. 2
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Sources
- TJB | SC | About the Court | Justices | Justice James P. Sullivan · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience
- Meet Chari · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience