Deep in the Heart of Texas ...

... as the song goes, is where Monroe County Democrats went to find a candidate for County Court Judge, for the Governor to appoint to the vacancy created by Judge Elma Bellini's election to Supreme Court.

It was David Gantt's call this time.

His choice, Brian M. McCarthy, actually came back from Texas, where he had been retired for the last six months with his wife, former County Clerk Patricia Lamb McCarthy, in order to run for the post, beginning with the appointment.

The siren song of office exerts a mighty pull.