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'''Thomas Emmett Rickhoff''', known as '''Tom Rickhoff''' (born July 13, 1944), is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former probate [[judge]] from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. He was the presided in the suit against billionaire sports team owner and automobile dealer Thomas Milton "Tom" Benson (1927-2018) filed by Benson's estranged adopted daughter.

'''Thomas Emmett Rickhoff''', known as '''Tom Rickhoff''' (born July 13, 1944), is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former probate [[judge]] from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. He presided in the suit against billionaire sports team owner and automobile dealer Thomas Milton "Tom" Benson (1927-2018) filed by Benson's estranged adopted daughter.

In the [[general election]] held on November 6, 2018, Rickhoff, the Republican nominee for Bexar County administrative judge, was defeated by the long-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent, Nelson William Wolff (born 1940).

In the [[general election]] held on November 6, 2018, Rickhoff, the Republican nominee for Bexar County administrative judge, was defeated by the long-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent, Nelson William Wolff (born 1940).

==Career==

==Career==

Rickhoff was admitted to the practice of law in 1969 and was from 1987 to 2000 an associate [[professor]] of law at his alma mater, St. Mary's  School of Law. From 1974 to 1977, he was an assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas. He was also during this period a special trial attorney for the [[United States Department of Justice]], having worked against the [[Mafia]] in the [[New Orleans]] field office of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force.<ref name=bio/>

Rickhoff was admitted to the practice of law in 1969 and was from 1987 to 2000 an associate [[professor]] of law at his alma mater, St. Mary's  School of Law. From 1974 to 1977, he was an assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas. He was also during this period a special trial attorney for the [[United States Department of Justice]], having worked against the [[Mafia]] in the [[New Orleans]] field office of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force.<ref name=bio/>

   

   

In 1978, Rickhoff was elected county clerk, the first member of his party to hold countywide office in historically [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Bexar County  since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=gophist>{{cite web|url=http://www.bexargop.org/history.php|title=History of the Republican Party of Bexar County|publisher=bexargop.org|accessdate=March 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>Though Tom Rickhoff was the first San Antonio Republican in countywide office, as early as 1962, San Antonio Republicans elected two justices of the peace, Bob Strickland and Frank Vaughn, and a constable, Bill Hancock, who switched parties and sought reelection as a Republican.</ref> For his reforms in the office, Rickhoff was named "Politician of the Year" in 1979 by the defunct ''San Antonio Light'' [[newspaper]]. His brother, Republican Gerard C. "Gerry" Rickhoff, has been since 1995 theBexar  county clerk, a positionearlier held by Tom Rickhoff.<ref name=bio/>

In 1978, Rickhoff was elected county clerk, the first member of his party to hold countywide office in historically [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Bexar County  since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=gophist>{{cite web|url=http://www.bexargop.org/history.php|title=History of the Republican Party of Bexar County|publisher=bexargop.org|accessdate=March 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>Though Tom Rickhoff was the first San Antonio Republican in countywide office, as early as 1962, San Antonio Republicans elected two justices of the peace, Bob Strickland and Frank Vaughn, and a constable, Bill Hancock, who switched parties and sought reelection as a Republican.</ref> For his reforms in the office, Rickhoff was named "Politician of the Year" in 1979 by the defunct ''San Antonio Light'' [[newspaper]]. His brother, Republican Gerard C. "Gerry" Rickhoff, has been since 1995 theBexar  county clerk, a positionearlier held by Tom Rickhoff.<ref name=bio/>

Rickhoff called the system "pay to play" and cited the example of Richard Wells of the Dailey-Wells Company, which won a $106 million public-safety radio system contract with both the city and the county. Wells contributed $10,000 to Wolff's campaign in 2017. Wolff said that the choice of another vendor would have cost the county $12 million in additional costs.<ref name=scherer/>

Rickhoff called the system "pay to play" and cited the example of Richard Wells of the Dailey-Wells Company, which won a $106 million public-safety radio system contract with both the city and the county. Wells contributed $10,000 to Wolff's campaign in 2017. Wolff said that the choice of another vendor would have cost the county $12 million in additional costs.<ref name=scherer/>

On March 24, 2018, columnist Brian Chasnoff of ''The San Antonio Express-News'' interjected the name of Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Louie Gohmert]] of Tyler, Texas into the Rickhoff-Wolff campaign. Chasnoff called Gohmert "infamous for kooky conspiracy theories, including his claim in 2010 that pregnant undocumented women were crossing the border to give birth to 'terror babies' with U.S. citizenship."<ref name=chasnoff>Brian Chasnoff, "Rickhoff channels Gohmert in county race", ''The San Antonio Express-News'', March 24, 2018, p. A2.</ref> The notes that Rickhoff, like Gohmert, often uses flow charts to bolster his arguments. Rickhoff, however, made clear that he is no admirer of the [[conservative]] Gohmert: "I don't ever want to hear his name."<ref name=chasnoff/>

On March 24, 2018, columnist Brian Chasnoff of ''The San Antonio Express-News'' interjected the name of Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Louie Gohmert]] of Tyler, Texas into the Rickhoff-Wolff campaign. Chasnoff called Gohmert "infamous for kooky conspiracy theories, including his claim in 2010 that pregnant undocumented women were crossing the border to give birth to 'terror babies' with U.S. citizenship."<ref name=chasnoff>Brian Chasnoff, "Rickhoff channels Gohmert in county race", ''The San Antonio Express-News,'' March 24, 2018, p. A2.</ref> The notes that Rickhoff, like Gohmert, often uses flow charts to bolster his arguments. Rickhoff, however, made clear that he is no admirer of the [[conservative]] Gohmert: "I don't ever want to hear his name."<ref name=chasnoff/>

==Precinct 3 county commissioners race, 2020==

==Precinct 3 county commissioners race, 2020==