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Michael Edward Keasler, known as Mike Keasler (born August 16, 1942),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Judge Michael Keasler's Biography )〕 is a judge of the nine-member Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state court of last resort in criminal cases in Texas. A Republican, Keasler was first elected in 1998 and won second and third terms in 2004 and 2010.〔 ==Biography== A resident of Austin, Texas,〔 Keasler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas and his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Judge Michael Keasler )〕 In 1969, Keasler was named assistant district attorney for Dallas County, a position which he held until 1981, when he was appointed judge of the 292nd District Court in Dallas by Governor Bill Clements. 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. Since 1992, he has been a faculty member at the National Judicial College.〔 Judge Keasler has been married since 1969 to the former Nancy Lawson, a teacher at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin. Their daughter, son-in-law, and three grandchildren also reside in Austin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Judge Michael Keasler )〕 Keasler lost a bid in 1996 for the Republican nomination for the Court of Criminal Appeals〔 but rebounded in the 1998 Republican runoff election, in which he defeated intra-party challenger, Vicki Barbee Isaacks (born 1957) of Denton County, 130,764 (62.8 percent) to 77,575 (37.2 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Republican runoff election returns, April 14, 1998 )〕 In the general election, Keasler unseated the Democrat incumbent, Charles F. "Charlie" Baird of Austin, 1,889,069 (54 percent) to 1,611,538 (46 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General election returns, November 3, 1998 )〕 In 2004, Keasler defeated another Democrat, J. R. Molina, 3,990,315 (57.9 percent) to 2,906,720 (42.1) percent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General election returns, November 2, 2004 )〕 In 2010, Judge Keasler defeated the Democrat Keith Hampton (born 1960) of Austin, 2,906,012 (60.5 percent) to 1,759,365 (36.6 percent. Another 139,299 votes (2.9 percent) went to the Libertarian Party candidate, Robert Ravee Virasin (born 1972) of Dallas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General election returns, November 2, 2010 )〕 Judge Keasler's current term expires on December 31, 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Keasler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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