Editorial: DA-elect Susan Hawk represents competence over drama

Susan Hawk gives a speech to supporters while being flanked by media after winning her race against current Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins during an election results watch party for Hawk, the Republican candidate, at Mesomaya in Dallas Tuesday November 4, 2014. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Dallas County’s incoming district attorney shows that voters were tired of Craig Watkins’ political roller coaster.

Ragland: Too much drama, hubris proved costly for Watkins

Blow: GOP, don’t make this all about you

Dallas County DA-elect Hawk zeroed in on distrust of Watkins

TexElex2014: County-by-county results, trends

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Rodger Jones: How on earth did Dan Patrick thump Van de Putte among Hispanic men?

Texas Republican candidate for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks to the media at his election party headquarters Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

One possible explanation is that Patrick had a lower-key fall race, letting the toughest talk from the primary fight mostly fade into memory.

Mark Davis: Brittany Maynard’s decision to die is her own, but society-at-large should tread carefully

Brittany Maynard’s decision to choose physician-assisted suicide was hers to make, though it flies in the face of the Judeo-Christian view that life is not our personal property but a gift from God. It raises troubling questions of where we as a society set the bar for ending one’s life.

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Assisted suicide might sound reasonable, but it will surely descend into a devaluation of life, the columnist says

Marcia Angell: Brittany Maynard is changing the assisted-dying debate