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Meyers began his service as a judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals in 1993. Columnist Ken Herman of  ''The Austin American-Statesman'' attributed Meyers's defeat for the Supreme Court largely to his party switch and voter tendency to vote a straight Republican ticket in Texas and the view by some Republicans that Meyers had not sided sufficiently with the prosecution in criminal cases.  Meyers said that his party bolt was motivated by the influence of the [[Tea Party movement]] on the Texas [[Republican Party|GOP]].<ref>Ken Herman, "Same guy, different party, loses,"  reprinted in ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' December 16, 2014, p. 4A.</ref>

Meyers began his service as a judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals in 1993. Columnist Ken Herman of  ''The Austin American-Statesman'' attributed Meyers's defeat for the Supreme Court largely to his party switch and voter tendency to vote a straight Republican ticket in Texas and the view by some Republicans that Meyers had not sided sufficiently with the prosecution in criminal cases.  Meyers said that his party bolt was motivated by the influence of the [[Tea Party movement]] on the Texas [[Republican Party|GOP]].<ref>Ken Herman, "Same guy, different party, loses,"  reprinted in ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' December 16, 2014, p. 4A.</ref>

Two Republicans, [[Mary Lou Keel]] of Austin and Ray Wheless of Allen in [[suburban]] Collin County, met in a runoff election on May 24, 2016, for the nomination to oppose Meyers in the November 8 general election. Keel had led the primary with 784,414 votes (39.4 percent) to Wheless's 704,772 votes (35.4 percent). Eliminated in the primary was Chris Oldner, who drew a critical 500,510 votes (25.2 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 1, 2016.</ref> Keel then narrowly defeated Wheless in the runoff, 185,257 votes (51 percent) to 178,272 (49 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, May 24, 2016. Keel unseated Meyers, who polled 970,066 votes while running unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Two Republicans, [[Mary Lou Keel]] of Austin and Ray Wheless of Allen in [[suburban]] Collin County, met in a runoff election on May 24, 2016, for the nomination to oppose Meyers in the November 8 general election. Keel had led the primary with 784,414 votes (39.4 percent) to Wheless's 704,772 votes (35.4 percent). Eliminated in the primary was Chris Oldner, who drew a critical 500,510 votes (25.2 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 1, 2016.</ref> Keel then narrowly defeated Wheless in the runoff, 185,257 votes (51 percent) to 178,272 (49 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, May 24, 2016</ref> Keel unseated Meyers, who polled 970,066 votes while running unopposed in the Democratic primary.

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