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Experience is something you can always gain. Text Earlier this month Houston lawyer Ravi Sandill, 32, became one of a slew of Democrats elected as a trial judge in Harris County, where Houston is located, shattering years of Republican. Republican judges in Harris County were swept into office in 1994, so the party on the downside of the cycle will always complain.
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