Laura Beth Fossett said she spent her time serving Lubbock County as a prosecutor giving a voice to victims of crimes that ranged from homicides to child sexual abuse.

If elected as district judge, she said everyone who enters her court will have a voice.

"As judge, I will work to make sure our courthouse is a place for everyone. I will not be swayed by politics, only by the facts and the law," Fossett told a crowd of supporters who gathered Monday at the front lawn of the Lubbock County Courthouse where she announced her candidacy in the March 3 Republican Party Primary election for judge of the 137th District Court, currently presided over by District Judge John McClendon.

McClendon, who was elected to the bench in 2010 and began presiding over the court in 2011, said he is not seekin

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