From the Archives of Republican lies

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1994 -- Among the Republicans swept into office in November was Steve Mansfield, elected to Texas' highest court that handles criminal appeals.

Among Mansfield's pre-election lies or exaggerations (freely admitted in a post-election interview in the publication Texas Lawyer) were his claim of vast criminal-court experience (he is an insurance and tax lawyer), that he was born in Texas (actually, Massachusetts), that he dated a woman "who died" (she is still alive), and that he had "appeared" in courts in Illinois (never) and Florida (advised a friend of his, but not as a lawyer).

During the interview, Mansfield said that he lived in Houston as a kid, but when the reporter asked him if that was a lie, Mansfield reluctantly admitted it was.

Mansfield called those and other instances "puffery" and "exaggerations," and said he would stop doing that now that he is one of the highest-ranking judges in Texas.