Are Black Women Judicial Candidates In Houston Being Targeted With Claims That They’re Not Qualified To Run For Office?

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated February 19, 2024

Houston, we have a problem. A new state law that was passed last year by the Texas legislature is now “being used to question the qualifications of three Black women running for Harris County judicial positions in the March primary,” the Houston Chronicle reports.

And three white male incumbent judges are trying to use the newly enacted law to eliminate potential Democratic challengers from appearing

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