Richard Scott Walker (born July 10, 1953) is an American judge in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

Early life and education

Walker was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) in 2016. Walker graduated from Red Oak High School in 1971. He completed his undergraduate degree at Dallas Baptist University and received his J.D. degree from the

Baylor Law School Baylor Law School is the oldest law school in Texas. Baylor Law School is affiliated with Baylor University and located in Waco, Texas. The school has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1931 and has been a member of the Associat ...

Career

Prior to his election campaign, he was a defense attorney in

Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. Accord ...

. He was 63 years old when he ran for Place 5 of CCA. The ''Houston Chronicle'' described him as having a "politically famous name" (referring to the Governor of Wisconsin, who is also named Scott Walker). After his victory, he said that he had won not because of his recognizable name, but because of the amount of time he had spent campaigning. He had twenty years of experience in both trial and appellate level criminal defense work prior to his election, but had never taken a death penalty case. His opponent was

Williamson County, Texas Williamson County (sometimes abbreviated as "Wilco") is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 609,017. Its county seat is Georgetown. The county is named for Robert McAlpin Williamson (1804?–1859), ...

Assistant District Attorney Brent Webster. While running for re-election in 2022, Walker refused to say whether he believed that Trump lost the 2020 election.

Personal life

He and his wife, Pam, have been married since 1974; they have one son, one daughter and two grandchildren. Walker is a conservative Republican and an

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References

1953 births 21st-century American judges Baylor Law School alumni Christians from Texas Conservatism in the United States Dallas Baptist University alumni Judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Living people People from Fort Worth, Texas Texas Republicans {{Texas-state-judge-stub