HD128 71.46% 28.54% Why did those eight hundred and some people vote in the Treasurers race but not the County Clerks race? Maybe other Democratic candidates could get them with the right message, and if they were the right candidates. The closest they got was trailing by about 39K votes, and the farthest apart was about 89K votes. My focus remains the same from my very first day in office: delivering results for Texans across my district.. See here and here for the background. Phony Defunding Claims II: Electric Boogaloo, AG argues for separating that San Antonio criminal justice reform proposition into multiple questions, November 2022 election, adding to an array of GOP litigation. HD135 16,314 23,615 964 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. Putting them in the position of oversight would definitely change the dynamic.. JP6 5,410 16,643 Some Texas voting rights groups worry the Legislature will use the problems in Harris and those lawsuits as an excuse to advance bills such as these. Harris County, Texas contains 60 judicial districts, four probate courts and one county court. JP3 44.25% 53.43% 2.33% Published February 28, 2022. New rules get adopted each session, this can always be revisited in the future. HD148 43.79% 53.61% 2.60% 0.01% Hegar said in a statement that the county will be barred from increasing property tax collections plus revenue from properties added to the tax roll last year until it resolves the discrepancy. HD144 11,375 14,337 662 HD142 9,167 24,621 County Commissioner Court. Restraint and tolerance for any kind of dissent are not in their playbook. Anyway. She serves on the Houston Bar Associations Gender Fairness Committee as well as the HAY Center Committee. James Lombardino is represented by Jared Woodfill. JP5 52.11% 47.89% 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. Thats a lot! Dan Simons is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. JP1 30.90% 66.43% 2.68% HD144 46.97% 53.03% HD147 21.87% 78.13% Ten of them, in fact, five each on the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals, the first such victories since winning a lone bench in 2008. Andy Taylor, general counsel for the Harris County GOP, is representing Lunceford. Alexander Mealer is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Miller 184,139 324,228 37.39% 54.64% HD126 58.56% 38.98% 2.46% The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced that he would step down at the end of February. And as you can see, while there is that dip in percentage that we have discussed for the county criminal courts, it bounces right back for the probate courts. I will of course keep an eye on them. Stanart 188,573 326,633 39.16% 56.00% FOX 26 Houston. Who wants that? Glass has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for more than 15 years. 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. The ones who get to wait until 2026 are Brandon Creighton (SD04), Mayes Middleton (SD11), Borris Miles (SD13), and Lois Kolkhorst (SD18). There are multiple parking options available for those looking to attend the Houston Rodeo. HD141 19.04% 80.96% A study funded by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission in 2015concludedthat attorneys could only reasonably handle at most 128 felonies or 226 misdemeanors a year. HD133 36,909 23,379 11 JP5 152,130 137,293 52 Tami Pierce is representing herself with co-counsel, Paul Simpson. HD137 8,263 12,428 646 HD135 42.23% 57.77% As weve discussed, there is consistently a three-to-four point range between the top-scoring Democratic judicial candidate and the lowest-scoring one. HD144 46.53% 53.47% HD137 40.34% 59.66% They may have other priorities and Im open to that, I just want to be heard. Mealer got 534K votes, 44K more than Abbott. ============================== JP1 67,326 116,212 There were 1,232 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 14.4% of eligible HBA members. At this level, this is just weird. As for Beto, Im pretty sure weve seen the last of him on the statewide stage, at least for the foreseeable future. See here for some background and here for an earlier version of the story. No one cares about that, but because it is a story about 2024 and Ted Cruz will be running for re-election to the Senate in 2024, it contains the following bits of speculation about who might run against him: Cruzs focus on his Senate bid follows a tough 2018 reelection fight against former Democratic Rep. Beto ORourke, who lost by 2.6 points. For the latter at least, weve had a strong response from the County Attorney, but we cant assume that will always be the case. McIngvale said Tuesday he believes Harris County voters were disenfranchised based on reports of paper shortages, machine malfunctions and polling locations that did not open or close on time. HD138 33,169 22,469 HD127 57.86% 39.60% 2.54% Hidalgo got 50.78% of the vote, which is 3.25 points less than Beto. CD18 46,492 107,792 46 That short fiscal year has made it difficult to make year-to-year funding comparisons, and has resulted in the county and the comptrollers office using different methods to analyze whether the constables funding has increased or decreased. HD149 11,876 19,423 706 JP2 22,682 28,410 Take Action. Vacancy of the Hon. Houston furniture magnate Jim Mattress Mack McIngvalehaslaunched a websitein hopes of gathering evidence of voter disenfranchisement inHarris Countys November 2022 election. We know that Ken Paxton loves to sue Austin, loves to make an example of Austin elected officials and has not done so, Siegel told the daily. The Republicans are gonna do what theyre gonna do, and we cant stop them. Heres the same breakdown for the countywide races: No third party candidates here, just a write-in who got a handful of votes for County Judge, so the percentages mostly add up to 100. HD133 35,551 23,419 Whatever happens, this should be the last word, until and unless the state gets involved. CC3 233,567 133,554 63 discovery of voted ballots after the polls close. HD141 4,682 20,256 Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dist Crim 520,900 542,986 48.96% 51.04% Harris County 263rd Criminal District Court incumbent Amy Martin and challenger Melissa Morris. 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. Let me close with a visual reminder of all this. Hensley said that certain parts of the ordinance simply couldnt be implemented because it violates state and federal law. The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. 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. This is intended to help introduce the candidates and their experiences to those who plan to vote in March. But a lot of them were disenfranchised by not having the first place open and ready to go like it should have been. Hidalgo trailed Beto by six points in HD133 and seven in HD134. Slapping around Harris County is the point. HD128 32,447 13,641 Since attorneys earned a flat fee per case, the only way to make a living representing indigent clients was to take massive numbers of appointments. Hidalgo versus Mealer Nuff said. 11 Cause No. Beyond Harris County, lawmakers are looking at a slate of statewide elections reforms, starting with returning the penalty for illegal voting to a felony instead of a misdemeanor. Get more election results on our homepage and Vote 2022 . CC3 214,042 144,575 10,162 Heap 0 69,735 18,880 68,808 In the end, the results largely defied negative pronouncements about Democrats chances. 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. Briones 819,495 331,782 0 667,234 Education: Central College in Iowa, University of Houston, and University of Houston Law Center, Campaign website: alyciaharveyforjudge.com. 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. They may have drawn some support from people who otherwise voted Republican, or they got more people who might have been skipping other judicial races to push their buttons. CC3 224,670 141,583 (I am not taking the Justice of the Peace courts into consideration here, as they are not countywide and you only have one of them on your ballot.). HD145 30.61% 66.55% 2.83% 0.01% And if I flap my arms and think happy thoughts, I could fly. 2022 Candidate Endorsements. Third, I kind of suspect that in the same way that the TEA probably doesnt actually want to take over HISD, the SOS probably wants no part of administering Harris County elections. HD134 44.28% 55.72% US Representative, District 8: Laura Jones. SD07 62.80% 37.18% 0.02% Lets look at the numbers. 2022 Harris + FB 9K to 38K. CC1 70,449 192,875 7,107 3,563 HD150 57.96% 39.56% 2.47% Judge Horwitz is represented by John Raley. Dist Chris% Warford% Lib% Grn% Some of the electoral functions include: Providing training to all Presiding and Alternate Election Judges to ensure the proper execution of state and federal election law during each county . The tens of thousands of residents who signed this petition understood that each of these police reforms are part of a comprehensive approach to public safety, and we expect to vote on them in the same way they were presented as one unified package, Act 4 SA Executive Director Ananda Tomas said in a statement Sunday night. HD135 17,116 22,492 963 1 HD149 37.11% 60.69% 2.21% 2023-00937; Matthew Dexter v. Judge Genesis Draper. Be that as it may, however one may choose to interpret the lack of news about this situation, I feel compelled to note that the FBI has been investigating Ken Paxton since November of 2020, and served subpoeanas to his office in December that year. REPUBLICAN. HD140 30.31% 64.09% 5.61% I figure its just a matter of time before incumbent DA draws a primary challenger or two, so well want to keep an eye on her fundraising totals. These are nuisance suits but the Judges and Lina have had to hire attorneys to represent them against the claims. He has spoken with plenty of those disenfranchised voters himself, he said. But they argue that Cruz is more vulnerable than his other GOP counterparts, citing the close 2018 race and his castigated 2021 trip to Cancun while Texas underwent a power-grid emergency due to a winter storm. HD139 30.91% 69.06% 0.03% HD145 13,535 29,065 1,855 677 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. Hidalgo versus Mealer. JP4 59.16% 40.84% As such, if we have the same rate of turnout as we did in 2015, we would see over 311K Houston voters from Harris County, or more than a 40K increase from 2015. 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. Wyatt 1,950 2,110 0 2,258 DA is technically a state office for smaller counties, the DA can cover several of them at once so Id normally expect to see them on the Texas Ethics Commission site. Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I That keeps Senate district elections staggered every two years. She got 553K votes, which is 42K less than Beto. 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. HD150 62.88% 37.10% 0.02% HD132 34,417 25,498 1,374 She represented indigent capital murder defendants in death penalty cases. It belongs to the people. Beto got 800K in 2018. Phil Sandlin, Constable Precinct 8, Teneshia Hudspeth, County Clerk Legal experts on both sides of the political aisle have raised concerns for many years . 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.. Its not that hard.. HD131 19.20% 76.50% 3.02% 1.28% 19 Cause No. Two-thirds of the people I talked to sign [the petition], said Ananda Tomas, executive director of ACT 4 SA, whichlaunched the petitioneffort in October. So as a public service to you, and as my way of telling the candidates what will influence my vote, these are my priorities for the next HCDP Chair. Hidalgo versus Mealer I will pass along information about the fundraiser when I have it. There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. ==================================== HD129 38,523 24,788 What will it take to keep those ten appellate court benches we won in 2018? [1] The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has jurisdiction in Harris County. JP1 58,125 125,740 5,522 Like I said, Ill get into that a bit more in the next post. There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. 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.. HD145 30.56% 65.38% 4.06% 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. So if I understand this correctly, the Elections Office could provide these documents on demand, but legally they dont have to until they get an opinion on it from the AGs office. JP5 136,969 146,132 7,898 JP3 35,972 40,808 Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, then cited the new provision to call points of order procedural challenges on two amendments proposed by Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, to restrict Democratic committee chairs. CC4 47.29% 50.67% 2.04% 0.00% Education: Alabama State University and Southern University Law Center. 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. 2018 Judicial Preference Poll Press Release, 2018 Judicial Preference Poll Email Alert to HBA Members, 2017 Judicial Evaluation Poll Press Release [PDF], 2016 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF], 2016 Judicial Qualification Press Release [PDF], 2016 Judicial Candidate Qualification Questionnaire Results [PDF], 2015 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results, 2014 Judicial Preference Results (Download PDF), 2014 Judicial Candidate Qualification Questionnaire Results, 2013 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results, 2012 Judicial Preference Poll Results (Download PDF), 2012 Judicial Preference Poll Press Release (Download PDF), 2012 Judicial Preference Poll Candidate Website List (Download PDF), 2012 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Results, 2012 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Press Release, 2011 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results [PDF], 2010 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF], 2010 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Results [PDF], 2008 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF], 2008 Judicial Candidate Qualification Poll [PDF], 2023 Cornerstone: HBF Impact & Gratitude Report, Law Week Contests, Readings & Activities (All Ages). 2022 1,133,155 2,543,162 44.56%, Name Raised Spent Loans On Hand HD149 12,101 18,269 925 429 "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?" Ill be paying closer attention to these precincts, because this isnt always the case going forward. We have to talk about the many millions of dollars spent by various wealthy wingnuts against Judge Hidalgo and Democratic criminal court judges. 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. The move prompteda complaint to the State Bar accusing Paxton of professional misconductfor attempting to interfere in a pending case before the court. Thats too many cases for one lawyer to handle, Harris County chief public defenderAlex Buninsaid of Ortizs caseload. Siegels email was sent on Jan 3, three days before the deadline to file election contest lawsuits. Before coming to the Chronicle, Jen spent three years covering City Hall for Houston's NPR station. HD148 15,383 20,840 1,065 HD142 8,957 24,548 997 JP3 35,847 40,620 1,612 8 Were the only city in the whole state that sends them out and [posts them] online, Atkinson said. HD129 36,386 26,643 1,914 Gonzalez 0 4,032 0 9,258 Education: University of California, Berkeley and University of Alabama, School of Law, Campaign website: veronicanelsonforjudge.com. As for Joe Danna, is there ever a time when he isnt running for Sheriff? HD129 38,545 24,668 The other difference is that the surplus in Harris and Fort Bend far exceeded the deficit from the eight bad counties, and all ten candidates won. Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed a petition Wednesday seeking a new election in Harris County's 189th judicial district court race after . 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. 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. 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.