Perry appoints Lehrmann

No surprise at all.

Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Judge Debra Lehrmann to the Place 3 seat that Harriet O’Neill will soon vacate on the Texas Supreme Court. Lehrmann, a Fort Worth District Court judge, won the Republican nomination for that seat in a runoff against former state Rep. Rick Green, R-Dripping Springs.

This is exactly what I expected when Justice O’Neill announced she was stepping down. Any other outcome would have been a huge upset.

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