What is the biggest change the Texas Supreme Court needs?
The Texas Supreme Court needs justices committed to protecting and defending the Constitution. Tell the story of what inspired you to run for higher office? My inspiration comes from so many places. Much of my inspiration comes from the acts of sacrifice and political courage of women like Minnie Fisher Cunningham who fought for and gained suffrage in this state. When the women won the right to vote they only had a few weeks to register the women before the state primary. Cunningham knew that if there was not a high turnout the legislators opposed to suffrage would use the low turnout to justify repealing suffrage. She convinced Anne Blanton to run for the state education board as an incentive for women to vote. In those few weeks without the benefit of TV, cell phones or the internet they registered over 360,000 women and had a high enough turnout to affect the outcome in the gubernatorial election. Annie Blanton became the first woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas. When
