HD144 12,051 13,606 This is intended to help introduce the candidates and their experiences to those who plan to vote in March. Experience: Hilary Unger worked more than two-and-a-half decades as an Assistant District Attorney, as a public defender, and as a private attorney in both New York and Texas where she helped economically-disadvantaged clients. On the other hand, the Lege is out there as well, with a giant hammer to wield against cities and counties that do things the Republicans dont like. Federal. JP2 40.63% 56.87% 2.50% 2023-00924; Elizabeth Buss v. Judge David Fleischer. Overall, it looks like Collier and Garza did about as well percentage-wise as Beto did. HD131 18.69% 78.34% 2.96% Judicial Poll Results. Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed an election contest lawsuit in December after losing Harris Countys 189th judicial district court race to Democrat Tamika Craft. These antidemocratic politicians are trying to throw away the votes of more than 5,000 Harker Heights residents but we wont let them. Several Democratic and Republican candidates are gunning for the top position of the largest county in Texas. HD134 34,947 43,974 HD131 19.48% 80.52% It is not fair for the voters to tell us to break the law. The commissions oversight powers allow it to appoint, terminate or accept the resignation of the countys election administrator. JP1 30.90% 66.43% 2.68% The margins are far wider in some other races candidates are contesting. HD137 8,369 12,377 The bills list five causes for suspension of an elections administrator: Currently, any problems that arise in an election or with an elections administrator are handled by the countys election commission. HD127 40,053 24,746 1,441 We have until noon on Tuesday to respond to the Texas Supreme Court. HD150 62.88% 37.10% 0.02% As noted, I dont have a whole lot of data for this from previous elections, but what I do have can be found in these posts: There were city propositions in 2010, for red light cameras and ReNew Houston, but I didnt do the same city-versus-not-city comparisons that year, almost certainly because 2010 was such a miserable year and I just didnt want to spend any more time thinking about it than I had to. HD143 34.51% 62.22% 3.28% She got 553K votes, which is 42K less than Beto. Rebeca Huddle (incumbent) TEXAS . SD15 39.84% 60.14% 0.02% 2023-00930; Mark Goldberg v. Judge Erika Ramirez. I hope Im wrong, and Im confident well find out if this does pass. Im pretty sure Ive expressed this sentiment before, but if I had the power and the funds Id order a study, to try to identify these voters and ask them why they did what they did. As the title says, what do we need to do to hold onto them? I want to know what the next Chair intends to do about that. CC4 47.51% 50.03% 2.46% HD142 26.27% 73.73% Democrats acknowledge that Texas has not been an easy state for the party. Find Race Results. HD147 22.58% 77.42% JP8 46,811 29,923 2,210 HD127 62.01% 37.99% [The secretary of states staff] are our No. The question then is why. According to Mealers petition, there is no dispute that there were several dozens of polling locations who at some point in the day, ran out of paper and turned voters away.. I do know that at least one more loser has filed a losers contest, but I dont care to give any of this any more validity. Now you can just go somewhere else. Education: Wesleyan University and University of Texas School of Law, Endorsements: judgeamymartin.com/view-endorsements. According to the petition filed Monday night,Wayne Dolcefino, a media consultant and former TV journalist,submitted multiple requests for public information on behalf of the Gallery Furniture owner, who was a major donor supporting Republican candidates including County Judge LinaHidalgos opponent Alexandra del Moral Mealer. 12(lost to Judge Genesis Draper), Brian Staley, former candidate forHarris County Civil County Court at Law No. We saw it with Bill White in 2010, too as Ive observed in the past, White received something like 300K votes from people who otherwise voted Republican. Democratic Probate Court judges, all the way at the bottom of the ballot, did basically as well as their counterparts in appellate and civil court races. Rodney Ellis, County Commissioner, Precinct 1 The charter changes would essentially direct the police department not to spend resources pursuing most abortion and low-level marijuana possession cases. Marilyn and Tenesha have pro bono attorneys but the others are not allowed to be represented pro bono due to conflicts of interest. Mike Siegel co-founder of progressive group Ground Game Texas, which backed the proposal told the Express-News that the Texas Constitution grants municipalities the right to so-called home-rule authority. Andy Taylor, general counsel for the Harris County GOP, is representing Lunceford. Wyatt 293,352 256,862 60.86% 44.00% A trial date has not been set yet. JP6 5,840 17,018 5 JP1 63,938 115,819 5,264 2,359 HD150 35,089 21,326 ============================= I turn as always to the numbers to see what they tell us. And if I flap my arms and think happy thoughts, I could fly. 2022 General Election Democratic Candidates. Published February 28, 2022. HD147 9,761 36,482 Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel indicated there could be more election contests to come. Harris County Republican Party | 8588 Katy Freeway, Suite 445 Houston, TX 77024 | (713) 838-7900 Business hours | 10 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday This is exactly the sort of thing that a public defender can mitigate. As for Beto, Im pretty sure weve seen the last of him on the statewide stage, at least for the foreseeable future. Jerry Garcia, Constable Precinct 2 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. Im sure lots of new judges think they can do a better job of managing that, but history is against them. Judges are being sued in their individual capacity. That is why each person named in a suit has to retain their own attorney. How much of that is the lack of a third choice versus some other consideration I couldnt say, but you can see it in the numbers. Its too early to draw any firm conclusions one way or another, Loya said. I also think that SCOTx would prefer to wait until the voters have their say, as then they have a chance to duck the question. CC4 113,958 122,094 4,918 8 Download the Press Release. HD139 28.11% 69.53% 2.35% 0.00% The roots of the Texas Constitution are in local self control [and] self determination. HD139 12,291 31,372 Beto versus the spread . Sixty years after the U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright enshrined a persons right to a lawyer in criminal proceedings, data shows that few indigent clients in the country actually get a good one. Education: Texas State University and University of Houston Law Center, Campaign website: kateferrellforjudge.com, CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THE 2022 TEXAS PRIMARY ELECTION. HD135 40.00% 57.44% 2.56% And if we do assume that statement to be a fact, then it is still the case that every single one of those Republican losers are still losers, with most of them still losing by more than a full percentage point, which is well above the standard for recounts that the loser doesnt have to pay for. I know the job title is Harris County Dem Party Chair, but we abut a lot of other counties, and in quite a few places the development just sprawls over the border, making the distinction between the two of lesser value. 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. I dont have this data for every year, but we can do with a sample: As noted, there will be a different voter registration figure this fall, likely a bit higher for each but with more growth in the non-Houston part of Harris County. There are multiple precincts that are partially in Houston and partially not in Houston. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. We have definitely seen races like this, certainly in elections going back to 2016 Hillary versus Trump, Biden versus Trump, Beto and the Lite Guv/AG/Ag Commish triumvirate this year and 2018. Paxton 170,642 309,499 34.36% 51.80% HD142 8,580 25,228 859 Beyond that, its the usual bunkum about guns not being the problem and there being nothing we could do to stop the next school shooter even if guns were the problem, some promises to increase security at schools, and some vague and meaningless words about mental health. Hudspeth 4,660 22,009 0 9,952 At a high level, its federal races, then state races, then county races, then city and other local entities if applicable. Education: University of Houston Law Center, Endorsements: chrismortonforjudge.org/endorsements, Campaign website: chrismortonforjudge.org. HD128 71.46% 28.54% HD143 8,346 15,595 594 HD130 71.91% 28.07% 0.02% HD129 59.21% 40.79% Two other things can make a difference as well. So far the two candidates that I know of Silvia Mintz and Mike Doyle are the only two that have come forward. HD129 59.33% 38.88% 1.79% 0.00% HD143 8,538 14,611 1,218 Beto versus the spread Despite appearing so much lower on the ballot, the per-district vote totals in these races are about the same for the two major parties. JP7 14.34% 82.82% 2.84% We made it through the 2022 election, the first post-Trump off-year election, with Democrats still in charge in Harris County. HD147 9,684 35,282 1,243 1 Harris County, Texas contains 60 judicial districts, four probate courts and one county court. We have held our ground in Brazoria, which is educated and suburban enough to show a few tiny signs of moving a bit blue recently, at least at the top. She won the jackpot. And that matters because whenever theres large amounts of money at stake, the potential for ethical issues arises. I have some specific thoughts on that, which I will share in a future post. Judicial Polls - Houston Bar Association Gonzalez 0 4,032 0 9,258 HD150 34,404 20,882 1,366 623 JP1 34.60% 63.28% 2.12% 0.01% CD08 50.26% 49.73% 0.02% HD141 17.82% 77.79% 3.09% 1.31% HD131 6,114 24,275 906 Honestly, I have no problem with what was passed. One of the things were going to have to explore is: Why arent the elected tax assessor-collector and the elected county clerk which are, quite frankly, both Democrats why are they not running the election, where theres some public accountability?. JP4 57.09% 39.45% 2.41% 1.05% Judge Jackson is represented by John Raley. Cagles July report showed over a million bucks on hand. He also worked as General Counsel for a multinational corporation. I assume this would go further than that, but its not clear to me exactly how the referendum differs from the existing ordinance. JP3 34,975 41,776 2,126 HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. HD145 33.23% 66.77% JP8 62.20% 35.25% 2.55%, Dist Buck Kleberg Grn W-I JP5 50.37% 49.63% Election administration experts told Votebeat the legislation was an overreaction to the desire to hold Harris County accountable for years of election mismanagement, and would disrupt the states ability to help county election offices improve and address systemic problems. First day to file for a place on the Primary ballot for precinct chair candidates. Will Archer is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Jack Cagle (SPAC), County Commissioner, Precinct 4 CC3 61.36% 36.95% 1.68% 0.00% Were still working on the first part of that equation. HD132 36,431 23,448 Customers come in and tell me that all the time, McIngvale said. HD142 8,984 24,532 839 4 Biden (and Ed Gonzalez) got 900K in 2020. HD135 42.94% 57.06% Look, Biden won Harris County by 218K in 2020. HD145 12,220 32,097 1,425 Slapping around Harris County is the point. He has spoken with plenty of those disenfranchised voters himself, he said. She was Chief Prosecutor in the Felony Trial Bureau, the Civil Rights Division, the Post-Conviction Writs division, the Robbery Division. HD144 12,242 14,069 9 Once Fridays deadline passes, it is impossible for Respondent, San Antonio City Council to add additional measures to the May 6, 2023, ballot, preventing the separation of the proposed charter amendments into their separate subjects as required by law, Opiela wrote. 2018 1,082,506 2,307,654 46.91% The average attorney charges $500 per hour. Experience:Katherine Thomas currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney Felony Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. HD143 36.72% 63.28% The gap is the greatest between them and their Republican challengers, and they got the most votes in the aggregate of any non-appellate group. HD141 17.99% 78.82% 3.20% SD18 18,199 17,006 4 Harris County Elections Administrator Cliff Tatum did not respond to Votebeats request for his comment about the legislation. JP1 34.97% 62.30% 2.73% That is the only way to get it into court to begin a legal action.. You can see the four races that Dems lost, one district criminal court and three county criminal courts. From the inbox, sent to me by former HD133 candidate Sandra Moore: Below is a list of the judges and electeds being sued by the Republicans. I consider what Harker Heights City Council did to be defensible, but I would not feel the same way if this effort succeeds and they override it again. Jeanie Ortiz, a former Harris County prosecutor,reportedto the state that she earned the $1 million while working on about 400 felonies and 200 misdemeanors. HD139 12,576 30,341 There were a lot of contradictory polls and a lot of dubious conventional wisdom, including questionable pronouncements about voters getting worn out before they reached the end of the ballot, and how that would be bad for Democrats. Defeated Republican judicial candidate contests Harris County election result, Timeline: How battle between Houston ISD, TEA has reached the point of a looming takeover. The Current has a rebuttal to the unenforceable argument. I took the average number of votes each partys candidates got in these races I omitted the one Appellate Court race that had a third candidate in it so that wed have a cleaner comparison and the average vote percentage for each group, which you see in the table. Experience:Kate Ferrell entered private practice in 2016 and worked as an associate attorney before opening The Law Office of Kate Ferrell. Harris County Judge 2022 Primary Election: A look at who's running The 2020 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. His application of state law is wrong. HD130 69.92% 28.23% 1.86% This is where my thinking is. Harris County I obviously wouldnt expect the Secretary of State to crack down on, say, Bell County as theyre slavering to do to Harris, but it could be that the first example to be made is in a red place. Paxton encouraged his supporters to launch a pressure campaign and flood the court with calls and emails demanding,unsuccessfully, thatthey reverse the decision. ====================================== CC3 60.63% 36.12% 2.24% 1.02% CC1 28.29% 71.71% SD11 64.64% 35.34% 0.02% 300 intermediate appellate court seats. I dont know if Speaker Phelan will be persuaded or arm-twisted into changing his mind about making whatever minor infractions into felonies, but I hope he holds out. HD127 57.86% 39.41% 2.73% Its also a dirty secret that some Democratic elected officials in those areas do very little to help with GOTV efforts. Patrick 171,319 312,803 34.40% 51.84% HD129 38,729 24,583 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. Suppose these votes split 80-20 for the Republicans, which would be plausible for an exclusive sample of such locations. 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. Better statewide races. 2023-00952; Nile Copeland v. Judge Latosha Lewis Payne. Thats how it is for the judges. HD130 46,537 18,686 CD22 62.20% 37.79% 0.01% I strongly suspect well be hearing from the Legislature on the latter, and quite possibly on the former as well. JP7 17.86% 82.10% 0.03% CC4 107,368 129,927 6,251 CC2 49.35% 50.65% I wish them all the best anyway. During the election CIA knocked on 300,000 doors. Experience: Jason Luong began his legal career as the law clerk to United States District Court Judge Royal Furgeson, in Midland, Texas. HD143 8,646 14,845 732 5 To make its case, Mealers legal team will have to find evidence that more than 18,000 voters were unable to cast ballots on Election Day, and that all of those voters planned to vote for Mealer, Stein said. Tuesday's sweep . CC3 62.97% 37.03% HD133 35,705 23,303 Luong then practiced law with two civil trial law firms in Houston. HD145 26.98% 69.86% 3.16% JP7 15.59% 81.84% 2.57% 0.00% Sen. LaMantia had a tough race in 2022, and at this time I have no idea if its better for her to run in 2024 or not. JP3 36,215 40,683 HD140 6,238 12,885 5 Harris County Judge is on the ballot in the 2022 Texas Primary Election. He aint running for anything in 2024, Im confident of that. 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. HD146 9,159 31,995 Education: Rice University and The University of Texas School of Law, Endorsements: jasonluongforjudge.com/endorsements. HD133 52.73% 44.13% 3.14% 2023-00958; Rory Olsen v. Judge Jason Cox. Mark Herman, Constable Precinct 4 Even in 2020, the two losing candidates would have won with Hegars margin. Republican criminal court candidates, at both the district and county levels, actually got more votes on average than their civil court counterparts, while the Democrats in those races got fewer votes than their civil court colleagues. HD131 19.84% 80.16% Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee said the county would challenge Hegars finding in court if necessary. DECISION 2022: Texas judicial primary election results, from the - KPRC HD130 46,578 18,647 As happened last fall, Hegar and County Administrator David Berry have used different methods to project out Heaps seven-month budget to a full year. Vuse Alto pods are great tasting and long lasting pods. The Golden And finally, with a less-predatory state government, we could have a reasoned discussion and admit there are problems that could be fixed with some help from that state government and Lege find ways to do elections better that arent predicated on punishment and the exercise of raw power. JP8 46,854 29,698 2,230 Maybe theres a general impression among (at least some) voters that Republicans cant be trusted on Family Court benches, in the way that Republicans tried to push than message about Dems on Criminal Court benches. Judge Lawton-Evans is represented by Anthony Drumheller. . The party overall is in decent shape, and better organized than it had been in the past. Republicanshave also introduced billsto further investigate election fraud, to limit the states early voting period from two weeks to one, and to set earlier deadlines for handing in mail ballots. We did (barely) win two of the four races in 2020, with one exceedingly close loss and one less close loss, but we went 0 for 4 this year. JP3 37,340 40,840 31 HD131 6,108 24,414 Hidalgo 612,111 1,095,479 101,400 36,568 Be that as it may, I will be very interested to see how this turns out, and whether something similar happens in Houston. DECISION 2022: Primary election results for local races in Harris County and surrounding counties Published: March 1, 2022, 1:39 PM Updated: March 2, 2022, 10:02 PM Tags: Decision 2022 , Texas . Below we review the incumbent criminal district court judges and their Democratic challengers. Alexandra del Moral Mealer for Harris County Judge (@AlexMealer4HCTX) November 9, 2022 Mealer was a combat veteran who moved to Houston after serving in the U.S. Army. JP2 42.81% 54.66% 2.51% 0.01% 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election - Wikipedia 6(lost to Judge Kelley Andrews), Matthew Dexter, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. MY 2022 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY JUDICIAL ENDORSEMENTS - Robert J. Fickman 2023-01052; Sartaj Bal v. Judge Toria Finch. Adding to the confusion, Hegar and the county are separately at odds over Heaps current budget, which was adopted by the Democratic-controlled Commissioners Court last fall. Fortunately, we had that this year, so we can take a look at how the races of interest shaped up. Shell have plenty of time to build that treasury back up; she did a pretty good job of that this cycle, so Id expect to see her total tick up in short order. I commend Rep. Jetton for his interest in reducing the number of mail ballot rejections, though I have a hard time believing anyone can get such a bill through the Lege. The 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Tennessee. What then is the argument for getting the higher end of turnout this year? Theyre trying to do something about that, but they really cant, not right now. HD130 66.45% 31.40% 2.15% HD129 36,386 26,643 1,914 Ms. Wyatt is represented by Neal Manne. HD150 57.96% 39.56% 2.47% Chris Daniel is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. County races appear towards the bottom of the ballot, after all of the federal and state races. CC2 47.94% 52.06% Its perfectly appropriate for the chamber to have sanctions for that kind of action, and its not that different, at least to my mind, than what was passed after the 2003 walkout. SD07 163,993 97,075 50 CD02 77,665 46,669 21 HD130 71.41% 28.59% "If it was just mismanagement, it was just gross incompetence, wouldn't one think that the lack of paper would apply equally and uniformly across the map, so that there would be roughly an equivalent number of Democratic stronghold precinct neighborhoods as well as Republican precinct stronghold neighborhoods?" CC1 25.71% 70.39% 2.59% 1.30% With this new referendum, Ground Game Texas will ensure the will of voters isnt trampled on by their local elected officials.. JP2 22,268 28,432 1,306 7 JP8 48,829 29,299 HD150 33,382 22,726 1,595 Ferrell's practice is 100% criminal law. After the last Family Court race is the County Judge, the top race in the county, and then the County Civil courts, the County Criminal courts, and finally the County Probate courts. This is nothing but a pretext. UPDATE: As soon as I had hit Save on this draft, I see via Stace that attorney and former HD132 candidate Silvia Mintz has announced her candidacy. I was on several endorsements interviews with some of these judges through a different organization. We all know that Lina received very little in campaign contributions, especially compared to Mealer. Not enough to swing any individual district only the two swing Commissioners Court precincts are that close to begin with, and the Dems prevailed in all three races here anyway. HD141 18.34% 81.66% Milledge II is the head of the firms Federal and State Criminal Law, Entertainment, and Personal Injury divisions. JP2 22,460 28,561 Let me know if you have any questions. 2009 935,073 1,881,112 49.71% HD143 8,824 14,858 Individual seeking a County office as an Independent candidate must file for a place on the ballot with the Harris County Judge: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo 1001 Preston, Suite 911 Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: 713-274-7000 Fax: 713-755-8379 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. HD139 11,438 31,372 1,145 CC1 27.46% 72.54% In actuality, there were 486K total ballots cast, including undervotes, in the city prop races. Dist Hegar% Dudding% Lib% There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. Important 2022 Election Dates. What you see above is the range for each, so the vote deficit for these counties goes from 105K to 112K. He is a member of the ACLU and the Houston Democratic Lawyers Association. Slightly more than half of Texas counties appoint nonpartisan election administrators to run their elections. For those of you whose memories stretch back as far as 2018, yes those were the three best races for Dems after the Beto-Cruz race for Senate as well.
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