HD132 36,431 23,448 JP5 146,733 136,478 6,730 HD131 6,081 24,219 829 1 Under Texas law, the Texas House of Representatives presided over this contest because it was filed by a candidate for that body. JP5 147,642 135,687 She represented indigent capital murder defendants in death penalty cases. JP4 173,366 120,182 6,806 Reid Epstein Mar 1, 2022 When he ran for the Senate four years ago, Democrat Beto O'Rourke . HD133 58.20% 40.08% 1.73% HD142 26.15% 71.40% 2.44% 0.01% Education: Baylor University, Eastern University in Pennsylvania, South Texas College of Law HoustonEndorsements: andreabeallforjudge.com/endorsements, Campaign website: andreabeallforjudge.com. 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. Kyle Scott is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. HD138 32,324 23,310 968 2 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. Glass has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for more than 15 years. 1 resource, and that benefits all voters, said Jennifer Doinoff, Hays County elections administrator. C Civil 515,292 545,092 48.60% 51.40% 2022 Election. Hidalgo got 50.78% of the vote, which is 3.25 points less than Beto. With the exception of one provision calling for the creation of a city justice director, Segovia said the proposals elements are all inconsistent with state law.. Experience:Andrea Beall is currently employed by the Harris County District Attorneys Office as a Felony Chief in the Child Fatality Division. The other notable thing is that with the lone exception of JP/Constable Precinct 5, Hidalgo still carried every district Beto carried. This year's GOP primary in House District 138 pits freshman state Rep. Lacey Hull against Josh Flynn, a GOP activist and former Harris County Department of Education trustee, for the second cycle . HD140 5,605 13,078 466 If we have the same turnout rate as we did in 2003, were looking at over 353K voters from Harris County. Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel indicated there could be more election contests to come. Meteorologist Lena Maria gives us a look at what we can expect as we gear up for the opening weekend of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo! JP6 21.05% 75.94% 3.00% This is why we have so many voting locations on Election Day, precisely because stuff sometimes happens. JP8 59.30% 37.90% 2.80%, Dist Paxton Garza Lib But the prospects for any gun regulations in Texas are dim, leaving the Uvalde families convinced that the next mass shooting is only a question of time. HD127 38,480 26,208 1,817 The chamber passed the overall rules package by a vote of 123-19, with Democrats making up most of the opposition. JP4 175,012 119,960 (Except for Steve Radack, who still has a nice chunk of change in his account.) JP1 58,125 125,740 5,522 HD127 60.79% 37.55% 1.65% 0.00% HD141 4,753 20,212 Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed a petition Wednesday seeking a new election in Harris County's 189th judicial district court race after . Judicial Poll Results. HD137 40.34% 59.66% SAs City Council has to vote on it next week, and from there its off to the campaigns. I dont think well face that kind of concentrated spending in 2024, but it will be a Presidential year, so anything goes. The videos are also posted on YouTube. HD127 60.65% 39.35% His application of state law is wrong. Tom Ramsey, County Commissioner, Precinct 3 =============================================== CC3 221,887 132,181 8,202 3,726 HD133 57.46% 42.54% A voting surge cleared the Harris County courtrooms of all elected Republican judges, leaving only Democrats on the bench in civil, criminal, family, juvenile and probate courts. 2023-00932; Chris Daniel v. Marilyn Burgess. CC2 49.76% 50.24% Experience: Chris Morton worked as Assistant District Attorney with Harris County for four and half years in the Trial Division, prosecuting thousands of cases ranging from the most minor of traffic tickets to the most serious of offensescapital murder. HD138 32,829 22,780 I dont know what theyll do, but as I said before, well surely find out quickly. In a statement, Menefee confirmed his office will file a lawsuit against Hegar. For context, here are the Harris County turnout numbers from the last three open Mayoral races: I should note that in 2003 there was the Metro referendum, and in 2015 there was the (unfortunate and infuriating) HERO repeal referendum, in addition to four Harris County ballot propositions. HD127 38,578 26,405 1,691 What I did was add up the Republican and Democratic votes for each candidate in those races there were four that year, as there were this year and then took the difference. Jan 25th, 2022. by Charles Kuffner. The closest they got was trailing by about 39K votes, and the farthest apart was about 89K votes. Campos and the Texas Signal have more. 2022 Harris + FB 9K to 38K. CD09 24.72% 75.25% 0.03% 2022-2023 Chair: Diana Gomez, Chamberlain Hrdlicka For more information on this committee, contact Maggie Martin at maggiem@hba.org or 346-471-3428. HD139 12,541 30,343 CC4 107,368 129,927 6,251 Third party candidates accounted for over 16K votes in the Governors race, while the write-in candidate for County Judge got 241 total votes. HD139 28.15% 71.85% CC1 26.13% 71.58% 2.28% 0.01% Experience: Linda Mazzagatti worked for seven years as the Harris County Assistant District Attorney. Patrick 171,319 312,803 34.40% 51.84% Danna 1,983 19,814 18,452 982 Ms. Wyatt is represented by Neal Manne. HD140 5,685 11,976 991 277 HD130 46,537 18,686 Ed Emmett first proposed the idea for Harris County. 16 Cause No. Christian Menefee, Harris County Attorney At a high level, its federal races, then state races, then county races, then city and other local entities if applicable. There has been no wrongdoing on my part, Cuellar said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. Four months after a majority of voters approved Proposition B, Dentons misdemeanor marijuana decriminalization ordinance continues to be a difficult issue for city staff to implement completely, according to City Manager Sara Hensley on Tuesday. Education: Texas State University and University of Houston Law Center, Campaign website: kateferrellforjudge.com, CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THE 2022 TEXAS PRIMARY ELECTION. Two things are different in 2018. Harris County Judge is on the ballot in the 2022 Texas Primary Election. 2016 Harris + FB 22K to 67K. Website Facebook . =============================================== HD128 31,566 13,692 1,110 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. JP6 22.60% 71.48% 5.91% McTorry served in the Special Crimes Unit as an elite member of the Human Trafficking Division and Sex Crimes Division. CC3 63.17% 36.83% Closely Vetting All 2022 Judicial Candidates Regardless of their Ethnicity is a Must as the Midterm Election Cycle Draws Nearer Judge Brittanye Morris . HD132 36,340 23,387 1,259 The usual caveat applies here, which is that this data is not exact. Election 2022: Candidates for Harris County judge race stake their A big part of what the countys organizing, and the growth of the local clubs, has done is to dispel that notion and allow people the chance to enhance their communities. HD130 44,307 20,934 1,434 HD140 5,850 12,681 647 HD135 39.89% 57.75% 2.36% HD141 17.99% 78.82% 3.20% While in her private practice she was chosen as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017 and 2018. HD135 42.19% 55.44% 2.37% 0.00% I had heard chatter about this for a couple of months. As weve discussed, there is consistently a three-to-four point range between the top-scoring Democratic judicial candidate and the lowest-scoring one. I made this point till I was sick of having to make it back in 2018 and again in 2020. After three years as a Court Chief in Galveston County, she returned to Polk County as First Assistant. HD139 12,576 30,341 The other thing, and this may be my favorite bit of data from this election, is that there were about 800 more votes in the Treasurer race than there were in the County Clerk race, which was immediately before the Treasurers race on the ballot. 2023-01066; Dan Simons v. Judge Sedrick Walker. PREVIOUSLY The argument that compels me is just simply that the last four even-number elections weve had have featured historically high turnout. 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. Election 2022 Voters' Guide: Who's Running for Judge in Texas? HD129 61.26% 38.72% 0.02% 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. HD135 17,107 22,475 1,135 HD131 20.28% 79.72% Oh, and the second place where there might be a Democratic primary fight worth watching is in Precinct 1. JP5 52.14% 47.86% The ones who get to wait until 2026 are Brandon Creighton (SD04), Mayes Middleton (SD11), Borris Miles (SD13), and Lois Kolkhorst (SD18). Aaron Adams is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. The PDO doesnt have to handle every indigent case Im sure there will the need for specialized services going forward. United States Representative - U.S. House District 2 Robin Fulford. A native Houstonian, Jen graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University and earned a master's degree from University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. Bail Reform, Rising Crime Shine Spotlight on Harris County Judicial CD38 66.07% 33.91% 0.02% HD149 12,314 18,717 714 0 CC4 112,533 119,027 6,359 3,012 Jones won by 449 votes out of more than 1 million ballots cast in the race. Published February 28, 2022. Luong is also the presiding judge for the Felony Veterans Treatment Court for Harris County, a specialty court that was created to handle felony criminal cases involving veterans. 2020 bad counties 122K to 127K HD131 19.84% 80.16% Education: Western Kentucky University and Belmont University College of Law. That resolution passed overwhelmingly with little debate or fanfare. HD150 60.86% 37.36% 1.77% 0.01% And the public remains largely in the dark about what set off the investigation. Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I CC4 48.96% 51.04% The Bell County attorney is authorized to file suit against the city of Killeen and its agents to enforce Texas Local Government Code section 370.003 by seeking declaratory relief in district court against the city of Killeens actions as unconstitutional; and seeking injunctive relief in district court against the city of Killeen from enforcing either the special order or ordinance; and seeking injunctive relief against the city of Killeen from punishing police officers for enforcing marijuana laws under the Health and Safety Code, Penal Code, and Code of Criminal Procedure, according to the authorization. CC1 27.54% 72.46% The total number of votes in these elections is comparable the number declines gently as you go down the ballot, but more undervoting does not explain the shifts in percentages. HD134 42.55% 57.45% 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. I Am Not A Lawyer, but I dont know offhand of any successful recent efforts to split up a ballot proposition like this. HD142 27.56% 72.44% Marilyn Burgess, District Clerk Anyway. Education: Alabama State University and Southern University Law Center. HD134 33,479 45,200 We look forward to our Democratic nominee retiring Ted Cruz from the U.S. Senate and finally allowing him some time to finally relax at his preferred Cancun resort, said Ike Hajinazarian, a spokesperson for the Texas Democratic Party. HD144 47.22% 52.78% Judge Andrews is represented by John Raley. Judge Weems is represented by John Raley. JP8 61.62% 34.71% 2.56% 1.12%, Dist Patrick Collier Lib HD131 19.54% 77.57% 2.90% Scroll down to find results for statewide, congressional, and state legislative . HD130 46,273 19,792 Experience: Sherlene Cruz has worked 16 years in the criminal justice system. This is about 493K ballots cast for those two candidates, which doesnt count third party and write-in candidates or undervotes; I didnt tally them all up but wed be at around 510K total ballots defined as being Houston. HD142 8,957 24,548 997 3 Cause No. Ellis 40,800 443,116 0 3,543,358 Not too surprisingly, what we see in all three of these races ismore votes for the Republican candidate and fewer votes for the Democrat across the precincts, with a couple of exceptions here and there. Judge Jackson is represented by John Raley. HD128 32,350 12,795 1,014 HD143 8,346 15,595 594 HD133 60.51% 39.49% The table above is the average vote and percentage for the different types of judicial races. I recognize the voters have spoken, Hensley told council members Tuesday afternoon. He wondered why the city didnt provide the demographic breakdown of those citations during Hensleys presentation because historically, minorities have been unfairly targeted by law enforcement. Breaking it up into its components means there will be multiple lawsuits instead of one. He also knows that his audience doesnt care, and he knows that if he keeps repeating the lie, some people who dont pay close attention will just think that the election was a mess and we dont really know who won and maybe these election integrity laws that the Republicans keep passing have some merit. There is no justification for denying the public information about a controversy just because it involves litigation, Aleshire said. Not much else to say at this time for 2024, but I will note that at least some of the Democratic judges whose election is being challenged by a sore loser are raising funds for their legal defense. HD134 40.71% 57.65% 1.64% Family 508,801 546,195 48.23% 51.77% Tami Pierce is representing herself with co-counsel, Paul Simpson. While there are no challenges on the Republican ballot in the Texas Primary Election, there are plenty on the Democratic ballot. This legislation would apply only in those counties and not in the 122 that elect county clerks or tax assessors tasked with running elections and handling voter registration. As noted before, Greg Abbott got 490K votes in Harris County, far less than the 559K he received in 2018 running against Lupe Valdez. The simple fact is that despite the lack of straight-ticket voting, and the often-complained-about length of the ballot, people voted to the bottom of it anyway. It would also be nowhere close to voter suppression, especially on a scale that could have affected even the closest race. HD148 16,333 19,766 HD134 34.64% 63.12% 2.24% HD126 63.64% 36.36% Beto versus Abbott HD138 59.58% 40.41% 0.02% 2009 178,777 935,073 19.12% Lets look at the numbers. Judge Fleischer is represented by John Raley. 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. January 10, 2023. What I wonder about is whether there will be much appetite for that kind of spending in future races. These elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections.. That is slightly less than it was in 2018, the last year of straight ticket voting, when nearly 97% of the people who voted cast ballots in these races, plus the two countywide HCDE races; to put it another way, the undervote rate in these races was generally between 2.5 and 3 percent. (Is it possible there are a few people who actually didnt vote because of the paper-outage delays? See who has filed for candidacy in Harris County ahead of the March HD130 71.41% 28.59% 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. Harris County Republican Party | 8588 Katy Freeway, Suite 445 Houston, TX 77024 | (713) 838-7900 Business hours | 10 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday "Mr. Tatum, your day of reckoning has just started.". Menefee 36,826 30,700 0 193,291 No one wants all this hard work to go to waste. Our 2022 Candidates. 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.