Why is a judge even involved?
To get face time on TV.
Get the name out there for a while so everybody knows it.
Then run for a state office, say Land Commissioner?
This guy reeks of dem politics and this is just truckloads of free air time.
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The County Judge in Texas presides over the County Commissioners. He has a few judicial duties, but he is a politician and this office is the top political office in the county.