New Harris County DA Chosen

Gov. Rick Perry plans to name Kenneth Magidson, an assistant U.S. attorney in Houston, as the new Harris County district attorney, the Houston Chronicle reported Thursday.
Magidson is awaiting assurance from the Justice Department that he won't lose his job as a federal prosecutor once a district attorney is elected in November, the newspaper said.

He would replace Chuck Rosenthal, who resigned last month after pornographic, racist and political material from his county e-mail account surfaced, until his term expires in January. The e-mails also included love notes from the married prosecutor to his secretary.