In the March primary, Willett narrowly defeated former Justice Steven Wayne Smith, who sought to regain a seat on the Court that he had lost in the 2004 Republican primary to Justice Paul Green.
Green won the Republican nomination to his seat on the Court in a contested primary against then-Justice Steven Wayne Smith.
Smith was elected to the court in 2002 by first defeating Xavier Rodriguez, an appointee of Governor Rick Perry, in the Republican primary.
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Perry and U.S. Senator John Cornyn opposed Smith's candidacy and he eventually lost the primary to Green.
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