 Governor Rick Perry appointed Hecht to the position upon the resignation in 2013 of Wallace B. Jefferson.After filing for the position, Talton reported that all of the $30,000 he raised for the race came from one source, Houston trial attorney Mark Lanier, who also backed unsuccessful challengers to two other Republican Supreme Court justices, Jeff Brown and Phil Johnson.Hecht won re-nomination with 707,692 (60.5 percent) to Talton's 462,273 (39.5 percent).