CC4 47.33% 52.67%
HD143 8,824 14,858
That is, of course, should he even choose to run for reelection, which would be strange considering his newly-introduced legislation to limit U.S. senators to two terms., Cruz, who would be running for a third term, told reporters this week that he doesnt support unilateral term limits, but would happily comply with them if they applied to everyone.. HD126 63.48% 36.52%
Maybe Judge Hidalgo will have an easier time of it as well. HD133 31,931 27,421 1,396
JP3 35,348 39,739 2,132 865
Greg Abbott in 2022, he told the audience in his concession speech that this may be one of the last times I get to talk in front of you all.. JP6 5,490 16,504
HD131 19.84% 80.16%
You may note that now two elections into the no-straight-ticket-voting era, the range of outcomes in both sets of these counties is the smallest. Boeing employee bought lottery ticket because it was at $747M, a nod to the aircraft. HD133 35,705 23,303
Yet, the way the (Texas Public Information Act) is written, no one except those involved in the underlying lawsuit can get access to the public information.. After losing his gubernatorial bid against Texas Gov. Hegar 185,671 324,329 37.58% 54.52%
HD142 8,851 24,073 1,025 411
There were 1,232 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 14.4% of eligible HBA members. 4. HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25%
CC2 97,146 99,729 7,605
JP7 15.59% 81.84% 2.57% 0.00%
CC3 225,304 134,394 7,641
HD132 59.56% 40.44%
Thats the order displayed in the table above, so each line represents a group that came entirely after the group above it. Going into the rules debate, most attention was on the subject of committee chairs, who have the power to advance legislation or block it from being taken up by the full House. Harris County has a new system called managed assigned counsel (MAC) that helps a little with keeping anyone from having too many cases, but outside of the occasional news coverage and the State Bar, a process thats completely opaque to most of us, theres little oversight of the system as a whole.
JP5 47.01% 50.53% 2.46%
Ferrell has served as a member of the Board for the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association since 2017. January 2022 reports are here, July 2022 reports are here. HD128 32,433 12,955
HD147 20.84% 76.28% 2.88%
Judge Jones is represented by Oliver Brown. But even if they miss that goal, voters can expect to see the slate of proposed changes, collectively known as the Justice Charter, to the city charter on the November 2023 ballot because the signatures collected are valid for six months. HD149 39.42% 60.56% 0.01%
HD149 39.42% 60.58%
Nick Stevens, a board member of the advocacy group Decriminalize Denton, said later Tuesday evening at the City Council meeting that what some council members and city staff are saying publicly is different than what they claimed privately. Houston furniture magnate Jim Mattress Mack McIngvalehaslaunched a websitein hopes of gathering evidence of voter disenfranchisement inHarris Countys November 2022 election. Education: University of Florida College of Law, Endorsements: judgehilaryunger.com/endorsements. But hey, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema preserved the filibuster, so.). This quick dismissal shows these election contests are largely about political posturing and undermining our democratic processes, said Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee. Hey, I knew what I was getting into when I started blogging. One is Fort Bend, which was positive for Dems in 2018 and 2020, but not in other years. Indeed, were approaching the ten-year anniversary of potential statewide candidate Julian Castro territory, as those stories were being written at the start of the 2014 gubernatorial campaign. Download the Press Release. This is close enough for our purposes. Morris is managing partner of the Morris Law Firm - Houston office. In 2018, Sanchez joined the offices Post-Conviction Writs division where he currently serves by investigating claims made by convicted persons challenging the legality of their convictions. I think Odus did a good job as HCDP Chair. JP8 64.30% 35.70%, Dist Scott Wyatt
While in her private practice she was chosen as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017 and 2018. HD142 9,939 24,454 7
HD137 40.29% 59.71%
2020, in the race for District Judge, 333rd Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas. SD15 97,303 146,861 50
Warford 290,364 251,323 59.02% 42.41%
Nile Copeland is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. https://mailchi.mp/3860a20fae8b/we-need-your-help?e=cf7bb2b770&fbclid=IwAR3bf6Pdu4mhPHiTnPDtpzT361sMx5VyDAxSnUXy7qM7EbTLGfZabSUiT4w, Clubs in Action PAC (@CIAHTX) 8:32 PM 27 February 2023. As written the proposal, called the Justice Charter by its proponents, would ostensibly eliminate police enforcement of certain levels of marijuana possession, eliminate police enforcement of abortion-related crimes. Bettencourt said hes considering a bill that would raise the charges for some voting-related misdemeanors, such as failing to provide election supplies. So there you have it. CC2 93,611 106,606 5,426
Education: Texas A&M University-College Station and South Texas College of Law-Houston, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR TEXAS GOVERNOR, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL. JP6 5,253 16,428 881 4
She is currently HCCLA's Secretary and coordinates the Second Chair Program. So keep all that in mind as we proceed. Here's how to get tickets, passes for Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 2023, Full Interview with Rodeo Headliner, Parker McCollum. If not, Ill be disappointed but not surprised. How often do we see that 70% pass anywhere? HD140 32.65% 67.35%
This new political blog website officially launched in late 2020 and is focused on issues important to Harris County residents. JP1 37.67% 62.33%
We need to turn that around. He would almost surely run as a Dem in this heavily Democratic precinct. Judge Lawton-Evans is represented by Anthony Drumheller. REPUBLICAN. This important legislation made its way through the House after several thoughtful amendments were adopted, he said. The two glaring exceptions to this are HDs 133 and 134, both wealthy, well-educated, predominantly white districts that, in keeping with recent trends, are a lot more Democratic than they used to be. Hensley said that certain parts of the ordinance simply couldnt be implemented because it violates state and federal law. Combined, the two candidates raised close to $115 million, with ORourke bringing in more than $80 million. JP7 11,907 63,400 1,926 1,109
One year later, there have been no arrests or charges filed related to the case. Greg Abbott on Nov. 8. Steve Radack. Judicial Poll Results. DEMOCRAT. 2023-00927; Bruce Bain v. Judge Corey Sepolio. HD126 58.56% 38.98% 2.46%
The story goes into detail about how absurdly vague the provisions are, which could put a whole lot of election administrators in solidly red counties in danger if something goes wrong, as things sometimes do. Stones letter agreed with that assessment and accused San Antonio officials of abuse[ing] their discretion by certifying and including this charter amendment on the ballot., In awritten responseto TALs petition Tuesday, Segovia defended his decision to place the amendment on the ballot as written because city officials plausibly read the proposed charter amendment language to encompass only one subject as required by statute.. HD150 60.90% 39.10%
JP4 59.99% 39.99% 0.02%
HD148 44.01% 55.99%
Judge Andrews is represented by John Raley. Find Race Results. As a precinct chair, Ill get to participate in the process to pick the next Chair, who will then need to stand for election in the 2024 primary. Im sure you can guess which of those favor Democrats and are needed for Team Blue to win. Not that Im complaining. Tom Ramsey, County Commissioner, Precinct 3 HD138 59.62% 40.38%
HD137 7,704 13,091 643
If theres collateral damage, so be it. The Dems in the first four races we analyzed all topped 53% of the vote in Harris County. US Representative, District 36: Jon Haire. HD131 6,114 24,275 906
HD128 32,446 12,873 706 9
The ones who get to wait until 2026 are Brandon Creighton (SD04), Mayes Middleton (SD11), Borris Miles (SD13), and Lois Kolkhorst (SD18). HD126 37,324 21,321
HD127 40,060 25,992
In April 2013, Sanchez joined the Harris County District Attorneys office in the misdemeanor division. Beall led the race by 13% in the primary. As a prosecutor, Thomas has tried cases ranging from Murder, Sexual Assault, Aggravated Robbery, Felony DWI, Sexual Assault of a Child, Evading Arrest and Aggravated Assault. Miller 184,139 324,228 37.39% 54.64%
HD146 19.52% 77.78% 2.70%
I went back to 2012 to add in another Presidential year data point. "Mr. Tatum, your day of reckoning has just started.". HD150 33,382 22,726 1,595
JP6 5,130 16,223 1,342
Two things are different in 2018. In Hensleys presentation, she pointed out that the City Council does have the discretion to amend the budget in regards to how city funds are spent. 4. There wont be any citywide propositions in 2024, not if we have them this coming November, but Ill try to use the precinct data I have here to analyze that election. 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. Ive speculated about potential future candidacies for people myself, its a fun and mostly harmless activity. JP8 49,209 27,703
Beto versus the spread Its big, its hard to do, and most importantly now everything that goes wrong is your fault. [Isabel] Longoria was the first,appointedunder a newly created office in late 2020; Tatum wasnamed as her replacementlast July. Overall, she has tried close to 100 jury trials and handled thousands of cases, including charges of capital murder, child abuse, sex abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, weapons offenses, animal cruelty, and various financial crimes. HD138 32,276 24,389
HD143 34.02% 63.56% 2.42%
HD142 9,326 24,514
When there is an opportunity to correct a ballot before the election, waiting to address the issue through a post-election contest and, potentially another election, is not an adequate remedy, Stone wrote. The website, called Hard to Vote, leads with a recorded message from McIngvale: Do you believe you were denied the opportunity to vote in the November 2022 election? HD127 62.01% 37.99%
Other non-judicial statewide positions that appeared on the ballot include the races for Comptroller, . See here and here for the background. HD144 12,051 13,606
HD128 71.67% 28.33%
JP7 16.80% 83.20%
The petition, which names Lunceford as the contestant and Craft as contestee, claims numerous violations of the Texas Election Code, including a failure to provide a sufficient amount of ballot paper to 25 polling locations. That would not be a cheap race as things stand now, as you can see. HD135 40.00% 57.44% 2.56%
The number of registered voters in Harris County, and thus in Houston, will certainly change between now and November. The debate over law-enforcement funding in Harris County stems from the countys decision to shift its fiscal year and budgeting schedule to start in October instead of March. And the public remains largely in the dark about what set off the investigation. A proposed City Charter amendment that seeks to ban police from using no-knock warrants and chokeholds, as well as expand the citys cite-and-release policy for low-level, nonviolent crimes, has enough certified signatures supporting it to appear on the ballot in San Antonios May municipal election. Better statewide races. 2022 TEXAS PRIMARY ELECTION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO VOTE. Authored by state Rep. Tom Oliverson and state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, both Harris County Republicans, the bills are among several already filed this legislative session in reaction to the long lines, late openings and reports of shortages of ballot paper on Election Day inHarris County. Country music star and Conroe-native, Parker McCollum caught up with our Sally Mac after he was named the headliner for 2023's Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Judge Singh is represented by Anthony Drumheller. HD141 4,586 20,094 815
Harris County 248th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Hilary Unger and challenger Linda Mazzagatti. JP8 50,379 27,941 16
The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate. The day before Harris County Commissioners Court was set to certify the results of the November election, the Texas Attorney General's Office filed a last-minute petition to throw out 2,000 provisional ballots cast during an extended hour of voting on Election Day. Sherman Eagleton, Constable Precinct 3 Experience:Andrea Beall is currently employed by the Harris County District Attorneys Office as a Felony Chief in the Child Fatality Division. Is it finally the time for Julian Castro? 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. CLUBS IN ACTION is trying to raise 95K to donate to them. They were discouraged because the lines were long, or because they were told theyd have to wait.. HD139 28.15% 71.85%
Improve performance in base Democratic areas. HD144 46.51% 53.45% 0.03%
Stone urged the court to granta petitionfiled by the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life Inc. (TAL) requesting that the city reject the proposed ballot language, and instead require a vote on each provision individually. Website Facebook . JP4 54.96% 42.53% 2.51%
The school security measures have some value, and Id be all right with them for the most part if they were part of a larger deal that included real gun reform, but theyre not. Houston, Texas - Today, several losing Republican candidates filed election contests to void the more than 1 million votes cast in Harris County's November 2022 election. HD143 8,469 15,270 804
The Harris County Republican Party filed a lawsuit in November accusing Tatum and the county of several state election code violations, which Taylor said is on the back burner until after the election contests are resolved. Silverman says he's led the charge on felony bail reform. Again, I dont know exactly why. PREVIOUSLY In what should be a stronger Democratic year, Ill be very interested to see how things change. Gonzalez 0 4,032 0 9,258
HD149 37.11% 60.69% 2.21%
"This case will focus on the details of every aspect of the November 8 election in Harris County. Its kind of painful, but you can read the rest. Just eyeballing the 2018 results I may go back and do these calculations for that year, just as a point of comparison I think the Dems that year did better overall than in other races, though they had about the same range of results. HD142 9,047 25,391
"During the last month, we've had a lot of our candidates that were in very close races that have been talking to us wanting to know the information that we've accumulated and have reported," Siegel said. CD08 46,156 45,668 17
At a high level, its federal races, then state races, then county races, then city and other local entities if applicable. ======================
2023-00930; Mark Goldberg v. Judge Erika Ramirez. The Current has a rebuttal to the unenforceable argument. Harris County 228th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Frank Aguilar and challenger Sam Milledge II. HD146 21.45% 76.29% 2.26%
Its unclear whether that estimate would be enough to flip even the narrowest margins, as in Luncefords race, which Craft won by 2,743 votes out of more than 1 million ballots cast, or 0.26 percent of the vote. At the last CEC meeting, he made oblique reference to stepping down as the meeting was coming to an end.
HD134 42.55% 57.45%
Maybe he could have gotten an extension if hed asked and had some reason for it, but practically speaking this thing has been dead for a month. A person close to former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julin Castro said that he is weighing a run. The county will now have to spend substantial resources handling these contests, time that could instead be spent serving the people of Harris County, added County Attorney Menefee. "Several of them are considering election contests.". Democratic Primary: Beth Payan, Paula Knippa, Rosa Lopez Theofanis Run for Judge of 3rd . Download this stock image: FILE -Pam Gaskin talks about her mail-in primary election ballot at her home Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Missouri City, Texas. HD140 5,929 12,518
Dist Civil 518,475 545,206 48.74% 51.26%
HD140 6,030 12,441
The Legislature lowered the punishment when it passed Senate Bill 1, but top Republicans including Gov. HD140 32.61% 67.36% 0.03%
JP8 64.32% 35.68%, Dist Stanart Hudspeth
Hidalgo 612,111 1,095,479 101,400 36,568
County executive offices Experience: Sam Milledge II worked for the Clark County Public Defenders Office from 2009-2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Theyre lower overall because there are no third party candidates in these races, and that lack of mostly Libertarians does seem to be better for the Republicans than the Democrats. Inside the capsules were numbers: Even numbers meant two-year terms, and odd were for four-year terms. Judge Draper is represented by John Raley. If six months or a year from now this ordinance is in place and being complied with, Ill be delighted and looking to our city to follow suit. JP7 15.62% 84.38%
The Press has more. HD126 58.58% 38.61% 2.80%
CC1 73,858 195,066
HD140 6,042 12,353
The initiative follows the Gallery Furniture ownerslawsuit filed last weekaccusing the Harris County Elections Administrators Office of refusing to turn over public records related to the election. Ann Harris Bennett, Tax Assessor, Alan Rosen, Constable Precinct 1 Oh, and the second place where there might be a Democratic primary fight worth watching is in Precinct 1. 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. State and county Republican officials have made several attempts to cast doubt on the results of the November elections in Harris County. The families left discouraged, unsure of their next steps in a state where Republicans, most of whom oppose any firearm restrictions, control the Legislature. JP4 174,785 120,166
Ive been frustrated working within the system and working in City Hall to try to get things like this done, District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez told charter supporters. JP7 12,214 64,137 2,011 2
Under the new rules, quorum-breakers can now be subject to daily fines and even expulsion from the chamber. SD18 51.69% 48.30% 0.01%
HD133 58.20% 40.08% 1.73%
Martin represented clients in both state and federal courts, and has argued cases before the Texas Courts of Appeal throughout the state, as well as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. HD127 62.08% 37.92%
1 Cause No. HD129 60.98% 39.02%
Its been a year since his home was raided, FBI agents raided U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellars home and office, the FBI has been investigating Ken Paxton since November of 2020, Precinct analysis: Inside and out of the city, Uvalde parents will take their fight to the Lege. For sure, its hard to imagine much money spent on Republicans locally in 2024.
Putting it another way, more than 96% of the people who cast a ballot in November of 2022 cast a ballot in these three races. Both sides of this argument are defensible, so it really is a question of whether SCOTx wants to step in now or just wait for the inevitable lawsuit later. Overall, it looks like Collier and Garza did about as well percentage-wise as Beto did. 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. Now we wait to see what if anything SCOTx does. In the Senate, they drew their lots to see who would have to run again in 2024. Again, you can see the result. Find an event near you . 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. 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. 22 GOP Candidates Contest Harris County Elections, Seek Records Inspection. No matter how you get there, bullshit still walks. Im going to be tracking potential candidate mentions anyway, so well see where they and maybe others fit in. I dont expect the candidates for HCDP Chair to have fully formed answers to these problems, but I do hope they agree that these are urgent matters and deserve attention. TPR has more. JP1 34.58% 65.42%
The Harris County Elections Administrators Office also issued a statement, saying it readily has responded to requests that do not require documents subject to the litigation, and has sought an opinion from the attorney generals office on those that do. That looks to me to be the effect of the larger Libertarian vote in those races there were about 29K Lib votes in these two races, while there were about 16K third party and write-in votes for Governor. The Trib, whose story published after I drafted this and which mostly recapitulates what Ive got here, has more. Im sure they all have tears in their eyes and call him sir, too. HD139 12,044 29,784 1,169 555
HD148 16,934 20,004 8
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 . This is another way of illustrating that. Harris County 208th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Greg Glass and challengers Beverly Armstrong and Kim McTorry. CC2 47.13% 47.94% 3.64% 1.29%
HD146 9,455 31,723
Hidalgo versus Mealer. I wont be surprised if that number is matched or exceeded in 2024. HD146 21.22% 78.78%
I dont know what theyll do, but as I said before, well surely find out quickly. By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Make of that what you will. Federal. In 2016 the legal advocacy group Civil Rights Corps sued the county on behalf of Maranda Lynn ODonnell, a 22-year . Stones letterdisagreed, and asked the Texas Supreme Court to take swift action against the proposal in its entirety. According to the Texas Courts website, "district . Breaking it up into its components means there will be multiple lawsuits instead of one. HD126 61.80% 36.07% 2.12%
Beto versus Abbott Heres the data for the County Judge race, in which Judge Lina Hidalgo won re-election by a close margin, though on a percentage basis it was slightly wider than her initial win in 2018. Committee appointments are expected to be made in the next couple of weeks. See here for some background and here for an earlier version of the story. JP2 21,364 29,906 1,317
In this context, after the statewide offices and the legislative offices (including the SBOE), there are the judicial races.
The Republicans picked the judges with some of the smallest accounts. HD135 39.89% 57.75% 2.36%
HD146 23.77% 76.21% 0.03%
JP1 71,793 116,463 40
Galveston keeps on getting redder, and its big enough and growing enough for that to have an effect. JP8 62.62% 35.61% 1.76% 0.01%, Dist Chris Warford Lib Grn
8 Cause No. HD150 34,884 21,411 1,016 3
We worked hard to make this happen. Elections 2022 Statewide News Texas Election Results Tracker: . JP4 180,017 119,979 60
Jan 25th, 2022. by Charles Kuffner.
The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced, January 2023 campaign finance reports: Harris County, Precinct analysis: The different kinds of courts, ruling against the city of Houston giving health insurance benefits to same-sex spouses of city employees, The next round of voter suppression bills are coming, a complaint to the State Bar accusing Paxton of professional misconduct, Paxtons continued desire to be Supreme Prosecutor. While there are no challenges on the Republican ballot in the Texas Primary Election, there are plenty on the Democratic ballot. It would be one thing if the Senate seat were clearly winnable, but its a stretch and everyone knows it. HD150 35,089 21,326
In the two good years, Dems carried Fort Bend by over 10K votes in each race. They did it by passing a housekeeping resolution earlier in the day that included a new section codifying a constitutional ban on using House resources for political purposes. PREVIOUSLY tampa population 2022 Vuse Alto Flavor Pack 5% Golden Tobacco Pods $ 12.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Power Unit Gold $ 8.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Flavor Pack 5% Rich Tobacco Pods $ 12.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Flavor Pack 2.4% Rich Tobacco Pods $ 12.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Power Unit Slate $ 8.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Flavor . JP5 49.81% 46.48% 2.50% 1.21%
If anyone on the Republican side thought that the other Democratic judges might become collateral damage, theres no evidence to support that. On the other side of that, you can see that Judge Hidalgo left it all on the field. 2023-00934; Brian Staley v. Judge Monica Singh. These are nuisance suits but the Judges and Lina have had to hire attorneys to represent them against the claims.
HD141 18.71% 81.29%