HD150 34,895 22,408 HD141 5,209 20,104 17 Buckingham 184,006 323,967 37.41% 54.65% HD139 12,258 30,317 1,025 1 County Commissioner Court. Of the other six races for statewide executive offices, three were similar in nature to the Governors race and three were friendlier to Republicans. HD148 45.83% 54.14% 0.02% =================================== Harris County Judge is on the ballot in the 2022 Texas Primary Election. 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. Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Texas 208th District Court in Harris County Beverly Armstrong (D) and Heather Hudson (R) completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. HD130 70.04% 29.96% CC2 101,745 103,117 48 HD145 13,535 29,065 1,855 677 Eagleton 51,665 23,158 119,650 59,159 Erin A. Nowell. John Bash, a defense attorney who previously worked at the U.S. Department of Justice and served as a U.S. attorney in Texas, said that the DOJ is under no obligation to publicly announce that a case is closed or that a subject related to the case is not a target. Dist Paxton% Garza% Lib% Elizabeth Buss is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. I still think, based on past history, that SCOTx would prefer to not get involved at this time, but Im somewhat less confident of that now. Every two years, the HBA conducts a Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire, in which members are asked to evaluate elected and appointed judges on a number of professional and ethical questions, based on personal, firsthand knowledge. HD135 42.01% 55.20% 2.79% The good news is the vast majority of the law has actually been researched not only by me and the county attorney, (but) the city attorney in Harker Heights had the opportunity to review the matter legally and so has the city attorney in Killeen, Garza said. And that matters because whenever theres large amounts of money at stake, the potential for ethical issues arises. The Texas Supreme Court has declined to disqualify those votes. Harris County Election Results: 10 Democratic judges lost primary McTorry served in the Special Crimes Unit as an elite member of the Human Trafficking Division and Sex Crimes Division. 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. Cities can only nibble around the edges of that, and at their own peril in a state like Texas. HD134 40.71% 57.65% 1.64% They start with the appellate courts, the 1st and 14th for those of us in Harris County, then the District Courts in numerical order, which means that Criminal District Courts and Civil District Courts are mixed together. "I'm disappointed to see another losing candidate challenging the results of their election. HD135 16,314 23,615 964 Appeals 520,019 549,533 48.62% 51.38% Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo tries to win re-election but faces a challenge from Republican Alexandra . The best the Uvalde parents can hope for is a state ban on straw-person sales, which is already a federal crime. In a closely watched election between Democrat DaSean Jones and Republican Tami Pierce for the 180th state district court, Pierce led Jones by more than 1,200 votes the morning after the election, but the final count including absentee and provisional ballots flipped the race in Jones' favor. The petition also acknowledges the county has provided some of the requested documents. Its not that hard.. And yes, it really is all about voter suppression, even if Texas Republicans are better than their Wisconsin colleagues at keeping the quiet part to themselves. The 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Tennessee. The Tennessee primaries took place on August 4, 2022, with Lee and Democrat Jason Martin winning their respective parties' nominations. CC3 227,842 132,864 HD141 4,635 20,039 691 3 CC3 63.17% 36.83% 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. Warford 290,364 251,323 59.02% 42.41% Those violations include issues such as warrants, criminal trespass or public intoxication. Some people will skip races that are not of interest to them, I will absolutely stipulate to that. 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. He suggesting the court has long favored stopping such charter amendments before theyre voted on, something thats still possible if it can prevent San Antonio from including it on the ballot this week. Alexandra del Moral Mealer,now appears to be searching for just that. HD139 12,325 30,301 1,174 Maybe a strategy that attempts to maximize Democratic turnout overall we have already discussed how Dems fell short in this election on that front would make them less likely to cross over, even for Republicans they dont approve of. At this point, three months out, they seem as plausible as Bigfoot sightings, but lets take Cindy Siegel at her word and assume the existence of 2600 actual people who were actually unable to cast a ballot on Election Day. HD143 37.22% 62.78% If passed, the charter also would codify the ban the San Antonio Police Departments current leadership has placed on police chokeholds and no-knock warrants. Taylor alleged 80 percent of polling places with paper shortages on Nov. 8 were in areas considered Republican strongholds. Its big, its hard to do, and most importantly now everything that goes wrong is your fault. Experience:Andrea Beall is currently employed by the Harris County District Attorneys Office as a Felony Chief in the Child Fatality Division. ============================== HD149 12,496 19,196 4 Every election year, we host educational forums with candidates running for office in Houston and Harris County. Website Facebook . HD150 60.90% 39.10% Miller 184,139 324,228 37.39% 54.64% Hidalgo 294,968 257,935 59.79% 43.39% I wont be surprised if that number is matched or exceeded in 2024. CC2 99,209 100,166 Beto versus Abbott Okay, we can move on now. ====================== He and County Attorney Jim Nichols met with Commissioners Bobby Whitson, John Driver, Bill Schumann and Russell Schneider in executive session for an hour on Thursday. He is now a Managing Partner along with his father, Samuel L. Milledge, Sr. of The Milledge Law Firm, P.L.L.C. The Elections Administrator of Harris County has the responsibility of carrying out statutory electoral functions outlined by federal and state laws. JP8 48,118 27,102 2,000 871 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. Jan 25th, 2022. by Charles Kuffner. State Representatives. Well just have to see. If they got new information that caused them to reopen the investigation, they wouldnt want to convey to anybody that No, we will never look at this again, Bash said. Judge Jones is represented by Oliver Brown. Dist Stanart%Hudspeth% HD143 34.51% 62.22% 3.28% I didnt look closely at new Commissioner Briones report, but Id bet a nice lunch that a substantial chunk of her cash arrived after the election. In response to each of the requests for public information, the elections office responded by seeking an opinion from the Texas Attorney Generals office allowing it to withhold the information due to ongoing litigation, the lawsuit states. JP2 21,608 29,498 1,599 State and county Republican officials have made several attempts to cast doubt on the results of the November elections in Harris County. CD29 33,392 66,220 27 Better statewide races State judicial elections, 2022 - Ballotpedia HD135 16,373 23,514 1,050 HD137 40.87% 59.13% So far the two candidates that I know of Silvia Mintz and Mike Doyle are the only two that have come forward. HD150 34,989 21,381 JP5 146,733 136,478 6,730 This is why we have so many voting locations on Election Day, precisely because stuff sometimes happens. She is currently HCCLA's Secretary and coordinates the Second Chair Program. 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. JP5 47.07% 50.22% 2.71% Hidalgo versus Mealer Candidates - Harris Votes 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.. No big mystery here. 33K to 35K in 2020. Experience: Jason Luong began his legal career as the law clerk to United States District Court Judge Royal Furgeson, in Midland, Texas. He has spoken with plenty of those disenfranchised voters himself, he said. HD144 11,551 14,029 854 One is Fort Bend, which was positive for Dems in 2018 and 2020, but not in other years. Breaking it down this way revealed three things to me that I might not have noticed otherwise. Looking at the numbers, its not an irrational fear. 2504 Rusk St. #110 HD142 27.04% 72.96% For whatever the reason fewer people split their tickets, even though they had no choice but to vote (or not) in every single race. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. JP4 173,174 120,696 5,428 13 HD127 60.47% 37.36% 2.18% HD144 11,734 13,368 1,167 JP4 54.96% 42.53% 2.51% HD133 52.73% 44.13% 3.14% The cumulative deficit from the bad counties has been edging upward, but the Democratic potential in Harris County even all by itself, though Fort Bend should be an asset as well is more than enough to overcome it. HD146 22.29% 77.71% HD128 32,057 12,551 995 399 CC1 26.15% 73.85% HD131 20.01% 79.99% The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. HD131 6,062 24,496 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. 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. CC3 60.63% 36.12% 2.24% 1.02% Restraint and tolerance for any kind of dissent are not in their playbook. HD132 60.84% 39.16% HD150 57.96% 39.56% 2.47% HD134 31,793 48,687 The Harris County Democratic Party is dedicated to the ideal that everyone deserves an equal shot at life, . Ill get into it a bit more in the next post when we look at the higher-scoring Republicans, but my sense is that these three Dems, plus Beto, received some crossovers. 2023-00936; Mark Montgomery v. Judge Kelley Andrews. 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. Last January, FBI agents raided U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellars home and office in Laredo, emerging with a computer and plastic bins and bags containing personal items in a stunning spectacle that occurred just weeks before a tough primary election. CC4 48.90% 51.10% HD134 28,201 50,706 2,371 We only need 26.3% turnout in 2023, based on the 2022 registration numbers, to equal the number of voters from 2003. Judge Williams is represented by Anthony Drumheller. Speaking as a resident of SD15, Im already exhausted by this possibility, which may not even happen. It was the luck of the draw for Texas senators on Wednesday as they drew lots to decide which half of them would get two-year terms and which would get four-year terms. Ferrell is a former Assistant District Attorney who prosecuted thousands of misdemeanor and felony cases. Experience: Abigail Anastasio has served close to 20 years in law. It would also be nowhere close to voter suppression, especially on a scale that could have affected even the closest race. HD145 32.67% 67.33% Cuellar emerged largely unscathed soundly winning his November reelection for a 10th term in office. CC4 107,368 129,927 6,251 I hope it at least amuses you. This important legislation made its way through the House after several thoughtful amendments were adopted, he said. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. HD128 71.88% 28.10% 0.03% 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. CC4 49.46% 50.52% 0.02% A total of 384 appellate court seats were up for election in 2022. HD129 38,169 25,015 1,149 3 Morton left the Harris County DAs office to open a criminal defense practice, where he accepted appointments to represent indigent defendants. Theres already more than 2.5 million registered voters in Harris County, up about 100K from November 2020, and I expect there to be over 2.6 million by next November. SD04 58,925 34,135 14 Were answerable to the people. CC1 76,230 193,216 ============================= Harris County courthouse. DOWNLOAD: HARRIS COUNTY GOP VOTER GUIDE. The average attorney charges $500 per hour. The Republicans picked the judges with some of the smallest accounts. CC1 27.54% 72.46% 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. Garcia, A 175,027 340,089 0 291,697 HD141 4,527 19,765 784 332 CC2 49.35% 50.65% HD138 57.30% 40.47% 2.23% Race for Harris County judge still too close to call Published: November 8, 2022, 11:56 AM Updated: November 9, 2022, 1:04 AM Tags: Decision 2022 , Harris County , Voting , Lina Hidalgo . CC4 107,284 129,131 6,533 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. Danny Diaz, head of San Antonios powerful police union, said his organization will work to defeat the measure, which he said ties officers hands. 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. HD141 18.71% 81.29% JP8 46,854 29,698 2,230 Those members left for Washington, D.C., for weeks to stop the House from being able to do business in an effort to prevent passage of the bill. . I was worried that if Hidalgo lost, there was a real chance Dems could lose not one but both of the Commissioners Court races as well. HD138 59.62% 40.38% HD137 35.94% 61.06% 3.00% State Rep. Jacey Jetton, a Richmond Republican, said hes exploring legislation to facilitate [the mail ballot] process, such as enabling election officials to check all identification numbers associated with an individual at the Texas Department of Public Safety. The 2020 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. If passed, the secretary of states office would change from being a guide and resource for election workers to being an auditor that can investigate and fire them. Texas constitutiongives judges the ultimate authorityto assign indigent defendants an attorney, and to decide how much that attorney gets paid. One is that the many millions of dollars spent by the Mealer/Mattress Mack cohort did have some effect, specifically in the criminal court races, with that effect being slightly larger in the county courts than in the district courts. Its not clear to me why the gap was greater in the county (which is to say, misdemeanor) courts; the anti-Democratic advertising wasnt at all subtle about who was responsible for whatever outrage they were fulminating about. Now, given the vast sum of money spent by wingnut richies to smear Democratic judges, it may be that was at least as big a challenge as undervoting was. Wyatt 293,352 256,862 60.86% 44.00% JP2 21,846 27,531 2,021 648 Anything else, however, is fair game and just a matter of whether the Republicans want it to pass or not. SD13 25,998 96,440 45 And that brings us to Julian Castro, whose name has certainly been mentioned as a possible statewide candidate before. SD17 58.16% 41.82% 0.02% Experience: Kim McTorry worked as a prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. =============================================== 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. Several Democratic and Republican candidates are gunning for the top position of the largest county in Texas. Under the new rules, quorum-breakers can now be subject to daily fines and even expulsion from the chamber. CC2 97,146 99,729 7,605 CC1 72,584 195,779 6,893 ====================== Like Castro, Allred is in a (now, post-redistricting) blue district and hes building up seniority while also being seen as a rising star within the party. JP4 57.89% 42.11% Gonzalez 0 4,032 0 9,258 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. 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. I then did the same thing for Harris and Fort Bend counties, to see how big the Democratic surplus was in each race. Dan Simons is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. 2023-301111; Will Archer v. Judge James Horwitz. Ananda Tomas, executive director of police reform group ACT 4 SA, told reporters that her group and its allies collected 38,200 signatures in favor of the San Antonio Justice Charter. JP4 173,366 120,182 6,806 Jack Morman did not have a report filed or Id have included him as well. CC1 71,640 196,243 6,241 17 2020, in the race for District Judge, 333rd Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas. 19 Cause No. Under Texas law, the Texas House of Representatives presided over this contest because it was filed by a candidate for that body. Get more election results on our homepage and Vote 2022 . Harris County General Election 2022 - University of Houston HD129 56.03% 41.03% 2.95% JP4 175,012 119,960 From the County Attorneys press release, they may take awhile to be resolved. While the substance of this proposed charter amendment conflicts with multiple substantive provisions of state law, this mandamus proceeding concerns a procedural problem: the charter amendment plainly violates Texas laws longstanding prohibition on municipal charter amendments that contain more than one subject, Stone wrote. JP7 11,370 65,643 2,250 HD144 45.44% 51.94% 2.61% 0.02% We have multiple locations at which anyone can vote precisely as a hedge against problems at any one specific location. I was invited to this meeting because of the effort to create and carry out block walking events. I will of course keep an eye on them. 2022 General Election Democratic Candidates. This isnt a lobbying or legislating matter, its a political and electoral one. 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. 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. She handled cases ranging from Class C speeding tickets to non-death Capital Murders. HD141 4,667 20,779 Harris County 263rd Criminal District Court incumbent Amy Martin and challenger Melissa Morris. Although the petition garnered support from McKee-Rodriguez and an array of progressive groups from around the state, its likely to face stiff resistance from others. Education: Spelman College and Howard University School of Law, Campaign website: katherinethomasfor184thjudge.com. HD127 39,533 24,297 1,535 651 Thats consistent with what Ive said before about how Democrats have overall grown their vote in the former strong Republican areas, while falling short on turnout this year, at least in the strong Democratic areas. HD148 45.42% 54.58% And every voter who might have been discouraged by issues at one location could have gone to another one, which would have been at most a couple of minutes away by car. After the introductions in a room at the local community college, a family member started with the groups main question: Will the Legislature raise the minimum age to purchase an assault-style weapon from 18 to 21? HD147 21.11% 78.89% 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. 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. 2022 March Primary Endorsements - Harris County Young Democrats I believe Ground Game Texas is on the right side of the issue and as noted Id vote for one of their propositions if it were before me, but the power imbalance is what it is, and theres not a clear way around it. HD126 61.88% 36.32% 1.80% 0.00% HD148 15,938 19,168 1,217 514 JP6 22.21% 70.15% 5.65% 1.98% And more money will be hard to come by after the county adopted a lower-than-planned tax rate last year following a bitter political fight. Our position remains that the Council will put the petition on the ballot as one Justice Policy proposal because that was the way it was presented to those who signed the petition, Segovia said in an email Sunday. HD133 61.63% 38.37% Im just guessing the evidence is minimal, there arent that many of these races, the gap isnt that much but its what Ive got. Hidalgo 612,111 1,095,479 101,400 36,568 There are multiple precincts that are partially in Houston and partially not in Houston. Theres already a lot of money in the campaigns, which if nothing else should mean plenty of advertising. CD07 53,108 77,625 29 2009 178,777 935,073 19.12% Bell County commissioners, along with the district attorney, are determined to settle the question of whether Killeens Proposition A is lawful, making the governing body the first in Texas to sue one of its own cities over decriminalization of misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Ill have more to say about those Commissioners Court precincts later, so lets put a pin in that for now. HD133 61.21% 38.77% 0.02% They have the votes and they have the will, and theres basically nothing Dems can do to stop them. HD132 35,684 22,981 1,395 627 JP2 22,682 28,410 Dist Daniel% Burgess% HD127 62.30% 37.70% That would not be a cheap race as things stand now, as you can see. Judge Horwitz is represented by John Raley. Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I In the two good years, Dems carried Fort Bend by over 10K votes in each race. 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. Now, were back at square one.. No one wants all this hard work to go to waste. JP4 173,381 126,119 HD144 11,375 14,337 662 In Harris County, judges for decades doled out the vast majority of court appointments to a select few. It will be up to opponents of the charter changes to decide whether they want to challenge it, he said. HD143 34.02% 63.56% 2.42% Voter Resource Guide - Harris County Republican Party Candidate John Grace Challenges Judge Ann-Marie Carruth for Lubbock County's 72nd District Court Seat. Judges cant take pro bono help to defend selves. So well know soon enough. JP4 59.33% 40.67% Beto versus Abbott HD129 59.21% 40.79% If they keep making it harder to vote, and they keep making it costlier to make an honest mistake in voting, and that cost is almost entirely borne by Democratic-leaning voters of color, its suppressive. HD148 45.64% 54.36% I dont know what else to say. HD145 13,871 31,301 Dont think this one will work, but after that who knows. CC4 117,014 119,504 ====================================================== JP4 174,354 120,349 SD06 35.59% 64.38% 0.03% JP2 22,268 28,432 1,306 7 Matthew Dexter is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. JP6 23.28% 72.80% 3.90% 0.02% Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey, the lone Republican on the court, voted against the measure. CC2 45.75% 51.23% 3.02% This includes: 84 supreme court seats. 3 Cause No. 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. 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. 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. It could also ask voters to approve the funding reduction in a referendum, Hegar said. Looking at what Ive written here, I need to do a post about third party votes, too. Ms. Wyatt is represented by Neal Manne. I will show in another post that the undervote rate doesnt correlate with partisan performance, at least in county judicial races, but with the appellate courts including all those Republican counties, its imperative to maximize those margins. Heres what you need to know. JP8 59.30% 37.90% 2.80%, Dist Paxton Garza Lib