[1] She ran against incumbent Larry Meyers, who was expected to lose after he switched party allegiance to become a Democrat.
In the Republican primary, she ran against Collin County District Judges Chris Oldner and Ray Wheless.
Four hundred of those cases were in Harris Country where Keel was serving as a State District Judge.
The Houston Press reports that the dispute was about "how, or even if, public defenders were allowed to help those 400 people get new trials.
On this issue she has said "They think 'oh we're doing all this great work, We're gonna be the hero [...] They certainly wanted to take on all these easy cases—it makes their stats look good.