David Bridges

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David Bridges was a Republican judge for Place 6 of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. He served on the court from 1996 to 2020. Bridges died while in office on July 25, 2020.^[1]

Bridges was running for re-election to the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals when he died. He had advanced from the Republican primary on March 3, 2020. Because of the timing of his death, Republican Party precinct chairs from his district were permitted to nominate a replacement candidate to the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020.^[2] The local Republican Party precinct chairs selected John Browning to replace Bridges on the general election ballot.^[3]

Biography

David Bridges graduated from Rains High School in 1973. Bridges served in the United States Army. He earned an associate degree from Tyler Junior College in 1978, a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from University of Texas at Tyler in 1980, and a J.D. from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 1984.

Bridges' career experience included working as a prosecutor for the Smith County District Attorney's office, as the assistant district attorney for Upshur County, and first as senior trial attorney and then as first assistant and chief of litigation for the State Bar. In 1996 Bridges won the primary for Rockwall County judge but withdrew when he won the Republican Party county nomination for the Dallas Court of Appeals.^[4]^[5]

Elections

2020

General election

General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Craig Smith defeated John Browning in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Craig Smith (D)	52.7	824,025
	John Browning (R)	47.3	740,422

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,564,447
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

David Bridges (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Craig Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Smith	100.0	269,932

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 269,932
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent David Bridges advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Bridges	100.0	178,812

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