harris county judicial candidates 2022

Bruce Bain is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. All eyes were on Sen. John Whitmire, a longtime Democrat who has announced plans to leave the chamber to run for Houston mayor after the session, and Judith Zaffirini, a Laredo Democrat who is second in seniority to Whitmire. HD133 34,548 25,581 Its kind of painful, but you can read the rest. HD146 9,172 31,975 The litigation exception typically is upheld by courts, so McIngvales lawsuit is unlikely to produce the requested records, he said. Beto versus Abbott Im sure you can guess which of those favor Democrats and are needed for Team Blue to win. The county commissioners voted to direct the county attorney and (me) to get involved in the beginning to get that question answered, Garza said. On Friday the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life Inc. (TAL) filed a petition requesting that the city reject the proposed ballot language, which it says violates astate lawprohibiting multi-subject charter amendments, and require each issue to be listed and voted on separately. In what should be a stronger Democratic year, Ill be very interested to see how things change. 2019 1,085,813 2,329,277 46.62% JP1 67,346 116,157 The best the Uvalde parents can hope for is a state ban on straw-person sales, which is already a federal crime. Experience: Sam Milledge II worked for the Clark County Public Defenders Office from 2009-2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. HD131 19.53% 77.80% 2.66% 0.00% Beto versus Abbott The maximum that a judge can receive from a PAC is $5000, so that is the goal for each judge and for Lina. Im just eyeballing everything and not being too particular about it, this is close enough for these purposes. Harris County has long been ground zero for the national debate over bail reform. Home HD145 26.72% 70.17% 3.12% Thus far, the Harris County Attorneys Office has identified filings by (and we expect more filings to be made today): These filings are in addition to previously announced contests by: Below is the statement from the County Attorney released this morning: This is a shameful attempt by a group of losing candidates who couldnt win the hearts and minds of Harris County voters and are now throwing nonsensical legal theories at the wall to see what sticks. CC3 226,675 133,751 If anyone on the Republican side thought that the other Democratic judges might become collateral damage, theres no evidence to support that. HD137 38.33% 59.01% 2.65% 0.01% Tuesday's sweep . Since the killings at the Harding Street raid, Beall has been employed by the City of Houston to train police officers in Search and Seizure Law and to aid them in understanding the 4th Amendment protections provided to members of our community. Wayne Dolcefino, a media consultant and former TV journalist. HD133 57.48% 41.00% 1.52% 0.00% Harris County paid one private attorney just over $1 million last year to represent hundreds of low-income people accused of crimes, helping proliferate a system thatcritics say wastes taxpayer dollarsand robs indigent defendants of a fair shake in court. HD140 32.85% 67.15% Thats the subject of the following email I got in my inbox yesterday, and I cant do any better than that for a post title. One person could face five elections total in 2024, if the primary and the special both go to runoffs; this would happen for someone who wins the primary in a runoff and makes it to the runoff (win or lose) in the special. HD143 8,631 15,710 Solicitor General Judd Stone submitted a letter to the court Wednesday callingthe proposala grab-bag of provisions that flagrantly violates a state law prohibiting multi-subject charter amendments. CC1 71,746 202,649 Harris County 263rd Criminal District Court incumbent Amy Martin and challenger Melissa Morris. Ten of them, in fact, five each on the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals, the first such victories since winning a lone bench in 2008. 2023-00955; James Lombardino v. Judge Audrie Lawton-Evans. JP6 22.21% 70.15% 5.65% 1.98% HD143 35.04% 59.96% 5.00% JP4 57.86% 40.32% 1.81% 0.00% I was on several endorsements interviews with some of these judges through a different organization. Elections 2022 Statewide News Texas Election Results Tracker: . Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed a petition Wednesday seeking a new election in Harris County's 189th judicial district court race after . She got 553K votes, which is 42K less than Beto. The intent is for it to be one single proposition. PREVIOUSLY Beto got 800K in 2018. JP8 48,829 29,299 The Republicans picked the judges with some of the smallest accounts. They added that Cruz would make additional staff hires during that period and that hes already started raising money, including revamping completely the small-dollar operation. Cruz currently has $3.4 million cash on hand. CC1 23.57% 73.81% 2.62% We do not have any additional information prior to them receiving that work session report.. A lot of them just went to another polling place. Results of the 2022 Judicial Preference Poll. The amendment would require the speaker to use public resources, including staff time and government facilities, on behalf of one political instrumentality, Phelan said the first time. Im sure lots of new judges think they can do a better job of managing that, but history is against them. The Fort Bend and Montgomery share will likely be in the 5-6K range total, but even without that wed easily have a new high total for a Houston election. 22 GOP Candidates Contest Harris County Elections, Seek Records Inspection. =============================================== 2023-00964; Alexandra Mealer v. Lina Hidalgo. Theres a lack of clubs, and thus neighborhood-based outreach, in a lot of traditional Democratic areas. Please help. On the ballot this year are . ====================== Jen Rice is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle covering Harris County government. Dist Hegar% Dudding% Lib% More or less the same story here, with the distinction between Houston and not-Houston being smaller than in prior years. HD134 31,902 47,475 1,190 6 On the other side of that, you can see that Judge Hidalgo left it all on the field. SD15 39.84% 60.14% 0.02% CC4 48.96% 51.04% Thats a new statutory deadline for all judicial fundraising it used to be the case that judges who were involved in lawsuits could continue past that deadline, but the law was changed in the last session, so here we are. What Im really aiming for is a net of at least 300K for Biden in Harris County; he was at plus 218K in 2020, after Beto was at plus 200K in 2018. HD145 12,368 32,031 1,449 Better statewide races. And to me, thats the strongest indication that the state attorney general himself has determined that cities do have this discretion, that it is firmly grounded in the home-rule authority thats guaranteed by the Texas Constitution, and this is something that cities can decide for themselves.. HD131 18.69% 78.34% 2.96% SD13 25,998 96,440 45 HD150 62.32% 37.68% Hegar, responding to a fresh complaint from Harris County Constable Ted Heap, said county officials had reduced the budget for Heaps Precinct 5 office by some $2.4 million in their most recent budget. HD142 9,326 24,514 Ogg 161,659 19,356 48,489 242,159 Note that as yet, not a single person has been identified as someone who showed up at a voting center on Election Day, was actually unable to cast a ballot while there because of paper issues, left before the problem was resolved, was unable to go to any of the 750 other voting locations in the county, and ultimately did not cast a ballot. CC1 65,573 204,223 7,632 This was an interesting year for multiple reasons the first non-Presidential election since the huge shift towards Democrats in 2018, the first time these judicial incumbents were running for re-election, tons of money being spent by Republicans and their backers to smear Criminal Court judges, the high-profile County Judge race that was closely tied to that same campaign spending, the first non-Presidential year with no straight-ticket voting, coming in a year with the extra-long ballot and so on. Judge Lunceford previously served on the bench, so I trust she understands the seriousness of asking a court to disregard the votes of over a million residents across Harris County," Menefee said. HD130 47,660 18,606 13 2023-01076; Aaron Adams v. Judge LaShawn Williams. And here we are for this year. Abbott 175,533 314,728 35.04% 52.34% Dist Paxton% Garza% Lib% The Tennessee primaries took place on August 4, 2022, with Lee and Democrat Jason Martin winning their respective parties' nominations. However, state law does not prevent the county from providing the records, but rather gives the county discretion to decide. Im going to look back at the four most recent elections to see if we can put some numbers on that. CC1 74,077 194,887 In a few cases you can see a greater number of third-party votes, which can explain a part of a Democratic vote decline, but again the overall effect is too small to be generally explanatory. Sylvia Trevino, Constable Precinct 6 Those commissions are made up of the county judge, the tax assessor-collector, the county clerk and the chairs of local political parties. At the other end of the scale is the problem known as Galveston: 23K to 27K in 2012 See here and here for some background. HD149 39.85% 60.15% Andsomeofthemare hoping to give Attorney General Ken Paxton stronger authority to prosecute election crimes, after the states highest criminal appeals court ruled in 2021 that he could not unilaterally take on such cases. Dist Buck% Kleberg% Grn% W-I% It also opened a public defenders office in 2010, though many judges refused to use it, insteadcontinuingto appoint overloaded private attorneys. HD148 40.88% 56.34% 2.78% Patrick 171,319 312,803 34.40% 51.84% JP5 136,969 146,132 7,898 HD133 36,406 22,666 HD142 26.15% 71.40% 2.44% 0.01% HD141 5,209 20,104 17 I was invited to this meeting because of the effort to create and carry out block walking events. 2023-00952; Nile Copeland v. Judge Latosha Lewis Payne. HD135 43.39% 56.59% 0.02% See here for the background. 8 Cause No. JP1 58,125 125,740 5,522 HD145 15,445 30,141 11 Harris County 482nd Criminal District Court Judge: Democratic challengers Sherlene Cruz, Alycia Harvey and Veronica Nelson. JP1 36.70% 63.30% HD146 19.52% 77.78% 2.70% CC2 49.76% 50.24% HD129 39,519 24,982 11 CC1 72,584 195,779 6,893 Its clear that opinions differ about the legality and enforceability of the marijuana-related measures, and Id say the same would be true for the abortion one. HD126 35,244 23,460 1,482 2023-01066; Dan Simons v. Judge Sedrick Walker. Jason Luong, who currently serves as judge in the 185th district court, will face current Harris County prosecutor Andrea Beall in a run off. It would also ostensibly ban the use of chokeholds by police, ban the use of no-knock warrants, create additional requirements to obtain a search warrant, and remove the officers discretion in whether to issue a citation or arrest for some low-level crimes. I then did the same thing for Harris and Fort Bend counties, to see how big the Democratic surplus was in each race. SAs City Council has to vote on it next week, and from there its off to the campaigns. HD135 16,314 23,615 964 HD132 60.80% 39.20% Experience:Katherine Thomas currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney Felony Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. Maybe Im wrong about that, I dont know. Restraint and tolerance for any kind of dissent are not in their playbook. Thats somebody thats supposed to have better acumen and better results than elected officials, but the reverse has been proven to be true in Harris County, Bettencourt said. CC1 76,230 193,216 DECISION 2022: Texas judicial primary election results, from the state Supreme Court to district judges Published: March 1, 2022, 1:19 PM Updated: March 2, 2022, 10:05 PM Tags: Decision 2022 . Paxton encouraged his supporters to launch a pressure campaign and flood the court with calls and emails demanding,unsuccessfully, thatthey reverse the decision. HD126 60.98% 35.61% 2.33% 1.09% HD146 9,975 31,981 11 The petition is filed in Harris County, but the case will be heard by a judge from outside the county, according to Menefee's office. I think that thats still going to be a conversation with City Council.. Attorney General Ken Paxtons office is urging the Texas Supreme Court to side with opponents of a proposed charter amendment that seeks to decriminalize marijuana and abortion, as well as enact a host of other police reforms. If you have any questions regarding filing for this position please contact the Harris County Elections Office at (713) 755-5792 or county.clerk@cco.hctx.net, or the Texas Secretary of State's Office at webmaster@sos.texas.gov or by phone at (512) 463-5650. Instead, Hidalgo said, the comptroller should have calculated on the basis of pay periods rather than the number of months. There has been no wrongdoing on my part, Cuellar said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. For sure, if this passes it will be a quick matter before they have to rule on a temporary restraining order one way or the other about enforcement. Hensley, who gave a presentation to the Denton City Council, said that since Nov. 1 about a week before Denton voters passed Prop B 52 citations and/or arrests were made by Denton police for misdemeanor marijuana possession or paraphernalia related to marijuana. At this point, the opponents of this proposal on City Council can make their case directly to the voters, so theres no question about conflicting mandates. With crime and safety being top issues for Harris County voters, there was a major push by the GOP to oust Democratic criminal court judges. According to the Texas Courts website, "district . Customers come in and tell me that all the time, McIngvale said. JP2 22,268 28,432 1,306 7 To the extent that it did work, the voters seemed to understand the difference between criminal courts and not criminal courts. Respondents have no discretion to force voters to approve or reject, all or nothing, charter provisions dealing with issues as varied as theft, graffiti, or prohibiting cooperation with state agencies regulating abortion providers, wrote attorneyEric Opiela, a former executive director of the Republican Party of Texas. JP2 22,460 28,561 Warford 290,364 251,323 59.02% 42.41% SD13 21.23% 78.74% 0.04% JP2 21,364 29,906 1,317 The dropoff in votes cast for each party from appellate to probate, and from county civil to probate, is about the same; the dropoff from district civil to probate favors the Dems. The 2022 Texas Primary Election is fast approaching. Her opponent, incumbent county Judge Lina Hidalgo, told ABC13 at the time the numbers were looking better and that Harris County is not alone in battling crime. The elections for secretary of state had taken on heightened importance due to former President Donald Trump's baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen. JP2 22,256 29,898 Garcia 33,177 8,498 0 54,177 Beto got to 58% in 2018. SD17 58.16% 41.82% 0.02% HD130 66.45% 31.40% 2.15% Judge Hidalgo is represented by Neal Manne. Im going to guess hed run as a Democrat, but I cant say for sure at this time. HD147 10,964 35,240 12 Unger currently serves as a co-chair of the Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Standing Committee. HD128 70.08% 27.72% 2.20% My post about the HD135 election contest ran on December 3, so it was filed at least one day before then. JP1 69,316 114,700 Judge Lina Hidalgo and the Harris County Commissioners Court are defunding the police.. HD147 9,684 35,282 1,243 1 HD143 8,346 15,595 594 Were answerable to the people. JP2 44.48% 55.52% =================================== Garcia, A 175,027 340,089 0 291,697 These dates are subject to changes from the 2021 legislative session. Hidalgos opponent Alexandra del Moral Mealer. County Commissioner Court. HD149 12,214 18,772 HD127 40,060 25,992 There will be a couple of referenda on the ballot, and maybe possibly an HISD bond referendum. But Democrats didnt do as well in a number of dark blue districts in 2020 as they had in 2016 and 2018, and as we saw in 2022 it was in those districts where Beto fell short, often well short, of his 2018 performance. felt welcomed and heard on lobbying trips to Washington, D.C. San Antonio will vote on marijuana decriminalization, drew their lots to see who would have to run again in 2024, other challenges filed by other losing losers, Precinct analysis: County executive offices, Bell County to sue over Killeens marijuana ordinance, Precinct analysis: The not-as-good statewide races, Precinct analysis: The better statewide races, Superintendant House speaks about the looming TEA takeover. HD140 32.14% 67.86% HD126 63.48% 36.52% HD135 17,148 22,783 After the 2012 election, the main question was whether then-Sen. Wendy Davis, who won a tough race in a district carried by Mitt Romney, would have to run again in 2014. Appeals from the Southern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit . One is Fort Bend, which was positive for Dems in 2018 and 2020, but not in other years. CC3 224,670 141,583 12(lost to Judge Genesis Draper), Brian Staley, former candidate forHarris County Civil County Court at Law No. JP6 5,410 16,643 Trevino 3,150 4,270 0 26,871 HD145 13,855 29,642 1,839 JP5 147,642 135,687 JP6 23.14% 76.86% A William Wagner, about whom I could find nothing, filed the same for Constable in Precinct 7. The deadline for paying the required fee I have no idea how much, but if there was even a sliver of a chance this was for real, this guy would have had no trouble getting some fat cat to pay for it as needed was December 9. Democrats would still be running the elections. HD149 12,496 19,196 4 HD141 4,682 20,256 Carla Wyatt, County Treasurer, Alexandra Mealer, County Judge No other information was available for this candidate. Voters have moved on. Experience: Jason Luong began his legal career as the law clerk to United States District Court Judge Royal Furgeson, in Midland, Texas. HD147 23.72% 76.25% 0.03% As these parents know all too well, its just a matter of time before some other group of parents are in the same unfathomable position theyre in now. Progressive groupslast month submitted roughly 38,000 petition signatures to get the proposedcharter amendmentincluded on the May municipal election ballot, a move San Antonio City Attorney Andy Segoviasigned off on last week. As for Whitmire, what this means is that if hes elected Mayor this year, things will be messy in SD15 the next year. With the exception of County Judge, which is the first county office to appear, the other county races come after any county judicial elections, which we know in a non-presidential year is another two dozen, on top of all of the state judicial races youve just slogged through. It belongs to the people. CC3 62.97% 37.03% Maybe they actually think Stan Stanart can win that ridiculous election contest, I dont know. Unfortunately, more than 20 other election contests are still pending in Harris Countymost of those races had greater vote margins than Mays. Ive heard reports of machines that didnt work, ballot shortages, voting locations suddenly closing. HD149 12,239 18,708 Houston/not Houston. JP8 49,209 27,703 The other notable thing is that with the lone exception of JP/Constable Precinct 5, Hidalgo still carried every district Beto carried. HD140 30.31% 64.09% 5.61% MJ Hegar, who didnt do nearly as well, still won Harris by 136K. JP3 34,843 42,072 1,833 HD128 33,175 12,968 12 Chair for Pct. HD138 33,875 22,977 9 Greg Abbott on Nov. 8. To me, the most likely explanation is that the most visible Republicans, the ones most likely to loudly and visibly stake out unpopular and divisive positions and yes, this means unpopular, or at least less popular with Republicans, with opposing marijuana reform and expanded gambling and rape/incest exceptions for abortion are losing votes that their lower profile/less visibly extreme colleagues are not losing. You could have the primary winner, who would get to serve a four-year term after winning in November of 2024, and the special election winner, who would serve out the remainder of 2024, be two different people. HD144 11,924 13,703 Slapping around Harris County is the point. For more than a year, we've repeatedly asked Judges Hillary Unger, Greg Glass, and Jason Luong for interviews for Breaking Bond reports. HD127 57.86% 39.60% 2.54% Honestly, I have no problem with what was passed. HD142 8,984 24,532 839 4 HD150 33,548 22,898 1,431 Hidalgo versus Mealer This is where my thinking is. Boeing employee bought lottery ticket because it was at $747M, a nod to the aircraft.

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