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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Michael Edward "Mike" Keasler
|image=Michael Keasler of TX.jpg
|birth_date=August 16, 1942
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] <small>(B.A, J.D)<small>
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6
|term_start=January 1999
|term_end=December 2020
|preceded=Charles F. "Charlie" Baird
|succeeded=Jesse F. McClure, III
|residence=Austin, Texas
|spouse=Nancy Lawson Keasler (married 1969)
|children=Christina Keasler ___
}}
'''Michael Edward Keasler''', known as '''Mike Keasler''' (born August 16, 1942),<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/59094/mike-keasler#.VJIwlsu_wfg|title=Judge Michael Keasler's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref> is a former judge of the nine-member Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state court of last resort in criminal cases in [[Texas]]. His service extended from 1999 to 2020.
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Keasler was first elected in 1998 and won second and third terms in 2004 and 2010.<ref name=ttribune/> He won re-nomination in the Republican [[primary]] on March 1, 2016, against Richard Davis, a former prosecutor and guest lecturer at [[Baylor University]] Law School]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. Keasler polled 1,100,566 votes (56.9 percent) to Davis' 834,528 votes (43.1 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 1, 2016.</ref>
==Background==
A resident of the capital city of [[Austin]],<ref name=votesmart/> Keasler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Texas]] at Austin and his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the UT Law School.<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/michael-keasler/|title=Judge Michael Keasler|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
Judge Keasler has been married since 1969 to the former Nancy Lawson, a teacher at St. Andrew's [[Episcopal]] Church in Austin. Their married daughter, Christina, is a financial analyst in Dallas. There are three grandchildren.<ref name=txcourts>{{cite web|url=http://www.txcourts.gov/cca/about-the-court/judges/judge-michael-keasler.aspx|title=Judge Michael Keasler|publisher=txcourts.gov|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
==Career==
In 1969, Keasler was named assistant district attorney for [[Dallas|Dallas County]], a position which he held until 1981, when he was appointed judge of the 292nd District Court in [[Dallas]] by then [[Governor]] [[Bill Clements]], the first Republican chief executive in Texas since [[Reconstruction]]. He remained on the 292nd trial court until 1998. From 1990 to 1997, Keasler was the dean of continuing judicial education in Texas. In 1993, he instituted the Texas College of Advanced Judicial Studies. In 1992, he became a faculty member at the National Judicial College.<ref name=txcourts/>
Keasler lost a bid in 1996 for the Republican nomination for the Court of Criminal Appeals<ref name=ttribune/> but rebounded in the 1998 Republican runoff electio], in which he defeated intraparty challenger, Vicki Barbee Isaacks (born 1957) of Denton County, 130,764 votes (62.8 percent) to 77,575 (37.2 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican runoff election returns, April 14, 1998.</ref> In the general election, Keasler unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[incumbent]], Charles F. "Charlie" Baird, also of Austin, 1,889,069 votes (54 percent) to 1,611,538 (46 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 3, 1998./ref> In 2004, Keasler defeated another Democrat, J. R. Molina, 3,990,315 votes (57.9 percent) to 2,906,720 (42.1) percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=General election returns, November 2, 2004|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref> In 2010, Judge Keasler defeated the Democrat Keith Hampton, also of Austin, 2,906,012 votes (60.5 percent) to 1,759,365 (36.6 percent. Another 139,299 votes (2.9 percent) went to the [[Libertarian Party]] candidate.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 2, 2010.</ref>
Keasler, who was age-limited at seventy-eight, left the Court of Criminal Appeals in December 2020, with two years remaining in his term. Governor [[Greg Abbott]] appointed as Keasler's successor Jesse F. McClure, III, an [[African-American]]., who had been defeated for reelection to a [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] district court judgeship in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rrhelections.com/index.php/2020/12/31/january-2021-judiciary-news/|title=January 2021 Judicial News: Texas|publisher=rrhelections.com|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Texas]]
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[[Category:Politiccians]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
|name= Michael Edward "Mike" Keasler
|image=Michael Keasler of TX.jpg
|birth_date=August 16, 1942
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] <small>(B.A, J.D)<small>
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6
|term_start=January 1999
|term_end=December 2020
|preceded=Charles F. "Charlie" Baird
|succeeded=Jesse F. McClure, III
|residence=Austin, Texas
|spouse=Nancy Lawson Keasler (married 1969)
|children=Christina Keasler ___
}}
'''Michael Edward Keasler''', known as '''Mike Keasler''' (born August 16, 1942),<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/59094/mike-keasler#.VJIwlsu_wfg|title=Judge Michael Keasler's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref> is a former judge of the nine-member Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state court of last resort in criminal cases in [[Texas]]. His service extended from 1999 to 2020.
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Keasler was first elected in 1998 and won second and third terms in 2004 and 2010.<ref name=ttribune/> He won re-nomination in the Republican [[primary]] on March 1, 2016, against Richard Davis, a former prosecutor and guest lecturer at [[Baylor University]] Law School]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. Keasler polled 1,100,566 votes (56.9 percent) to Davis' 834,528 votes (43.1 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 1, 2016.</ref>
==Background==
A resident of the capital city of [[Austin]],<ref name=votesmart/> Keasler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Texas]] at Austin and his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the UT Law School.<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/michael-keasler/|title=Judge Michael Keasler|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
Judge Keasler has been married since 1969 to the former Nancy Lawson, a teacher at St. Andrew's [[Episcopal]] Church in Austin. Their married daughter, Christina, is a financial analyst in Dallas. There are three grandchildren.<ref name=txcourts>{{cite web|url=http://www.txcourts.gov/cca/about-the-court/judges/judge-michael-keasler.aspx|title=Judge Michael Keasler|publisher=txcourts.gov|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
==Career==
In 1969, Keasler was named assistant district attorney for [[Dallas|Dallas County]], a position which he held until 1981, when he was appointed judge of the 292nd District Court in [[Dallas]] by then [[Governor]] [[Bill Clements]], the first Republican chief executive in Texas since [[Reconstruction]]. He remained on the 292nd trial court until 1998. From 1990 to 1997, Keasler was the dean of continuing judicial education in Texas. In 1993, he instituted the Texas College of Advanced Judicial Studies. In 1992, he became a faculty member at the National Judicial College.<ref name=txcourts/>
Keasler lost a bid in 1996 for the Republican nomination for the Court of Criminal Appeals<ref name=ttribune/> but rebounded in the 1998 Republican runoff electio], in which he defeated intraparty challenger, Vicki Barbee Isaacks (born 1957) of Denton County, 130,764 votes (62.8 percent) to 77,575 (37.2 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican runoff election returns, April 14, 1998.</ref> In the general election, Keasler unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[incumbent]], Charles F. "Charlie" Baird, also of Austin, 1,889,069 votes (54 percent) to 1,611,538 (46 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 3, 1998./ref> In 2004, Keasler defeated another Democrat, J. R. Molina, 3,990,315 votes (57.9 percent) to 2,906,720 (42.1) percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=General election returns, November 2, 2004|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref> In 2010, Judge Keasler defeated the Democrat Keith Hampton, also of Austin, 2,906,012 votes (60.5 percent) to 1,759,365 (36.6 percent. Another 139,299 votes (2.9 percent) went to the [[Libertarian Party]] candidate.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 2, 2010.</ref>
Keasler, who was age-limited at seventy-eight, left the Court of Criminal Appeals in December 2020, with two years remaining in his term. Governor [[Greg Abbott]] appointed as Keasler's successor Jesse F. McClure, III, an [[African-American]]., who had been defeated for reelection to a [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] district court judgeship in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rrhelections.com/index.php/2020/12/31/january-2021-judiciary-news/|title=January 2021 Judicial News: Texas|publisher=rrhelections.com|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keasler, Michael}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politiccians]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]