Ferchi

Lena Levario, 52, was elected in 2006 and is seeking a third term in this stint on the bench. She was appointed by Gov. Ann Richards as a state district judge in 1993, but she lost to a Republican in the next election. She has served as a defense attorney and public defender. Levario was also hired as an independent investigator by the city of Dallas to look into allegations of police corruption after the Dallas police fake drug scandal. She graduated from Texas Tech??s law school in 1986.