The chief DA is elected in Texas. The police chief isn&#x27;t elected but works for the Mayor&#x2F;City Council. Many judges are elected and others are appointees. Differences in local politics and structure exist, but IMO it is fair to say that those positions are political.<p>&gt;&gt;and must appeal to the masses.<p>As to GP&#x27;s assertion that those people must appeal to &quot;the masses&quot;, I think that one must be very careful as to how they define &quot;the masses&quot;; to me &quot;masses&quot; is not the correct word since IMO there is usually a much smaller faction of the local population(s) of people that vote, and&#x2F;or are active in local politics.