Bexar County Prosecutor Kevin O’Connell is a campaign natural, dropping his father’s NYPD tenure into a sentence as deftly as a Texan might mention he’s an Aggie.
“I kind of grew up with the guys with the badges on,” he says.
O’Connell, a 20-year vet of the DA's office, is one of two candidates in the Republican primary for the 175th District Court, a seat that will be defended in November by Judge Mary Roman. By all accounts, he’s the favorite in the May 29 contest, even without his family’s law-enforcement credentials.
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