Progressives unseated all 59 Republican judges up for re-election in Houston in the midterms

Progressives unseated all 59 Republican judges up for re-election in Houston in the midterms

"For 19 black women and a socialist to be elected judge in Houston, which is the epicenter of mass incarceration, is not a small deal," said Jay Jenkins, an attorney with the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. "The possibility that we could fix some of the issues that the sitting judges have just proved unwilling or unable to fix is on the horizon."

Read the rest of this article - and watch an interview with TCJC's Jay Jenkins - on Vice News.