Perhaps she voted no after she knew it would have no effect.
Doesn't matter. It's the principle of the thing. The ONLY objections the other side came up with to oppose Holmes was 1) He is pro-life, and 2) He is a Christian and had the audacity to write about it.
There were no problems with his legal qualifications whatsoever. The ABA gave him a "well-qualified" endorsement.
Hutchinson announced her opposition in advance of the vote. Look at it this way, if Texans were stupid enough to give us Lyndon Johnson, and give themselves Ma Richards, they certainly wouldn't want to break the mold when it came to KBH.