other than those conducted by telephone, shall be open to credentialed media representatives and to interested Party members, except that the Executive Committee may declare an executive (closed) session for the purpose of considering confidential matters. (Emphasis added) State Republican State Executive Committee Bylaw (Article V, Section I). Operating under this bylaw, the Executive Committee members were contacted by telephone. An overwhelming majority of those contacted —not surprisingly — approved the governor’s nominee, Patrick A. Pirtle. He assumed office and has served on the Court of Appeals since September 14, 1988. The majority’s holding conflicts with past decisions concerning the availability of mandamus. See generally Skelton v. Yates, 131 Tex. 620, 119 S.W.2d 91 (1938) (<HOLDING>). In the case at bar, the election process has
holding mandamus will lie to prevent trial court from exercising jurisdiction it does not have even if there is adequate remedy by appeal holding that election case was not moot after election because there is a reasonable expectation that the same complaining parties would be subject to that same action in the future holding that a class action may continue even though the claim of the named plaintiff has become moot holding that mandamus will not lie in a complaint founded on alleged abuse of discretion of the trial court in denying certain testimony until the trial court has denied a proper request to take the deposition of the witness holding that upon commencement of the election process mandamus will not lie to prevent the inclusion of a candidate on the official ballot because by that time the case has become moot