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. CC2 49.35% 50.65% . Most years we dont get the data to differentiate between votes cast by residents of Houston and votes cast by Harris County non-Houston residents. I dont know how this will play out in the courts Im not optimistic for the Ground Game Texas folks, Ill say that much but even a favorable ruling may not help, as I would expect the Lege to weigh in as well, on the side of the opponents. After Hensleys presentation, council member Jesse Davis mentioned that it has been an all-or-nothing-type situation with the decriminalization issue and suggested finding a middle ground by implementing parts of the ordinance that doesnt violate state law. A lot has happened since then, all related to the ongoing whistleblower lawsuit, but if we were expecting to see Paxton get frog-marched by the FBI one fine day, were still waiting. 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. Results of the 2021 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire. For the First and Fourteenth, those counties are Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington. For his part, Berry noted that the county had already been forced to adopt the property tax revenue freeze for its current budget because Commissioners Court was unable to reach a quorum needed to set a tax rate. Ann Harris Bennett, Tax Assessor, Alan Rosen, Constable Precinct 1 Erin Lunceford is represented by Andy Taylor. 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. 16 Cause No. Experience: Gemayel Haynes was prosecutor for the Harris County District Attorneys Office in the Justice of the Peace, Misdemeanor, Juvenile, and Felony Trial Divisions. 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. City Council will call for the election, which will include council district seats and other local elections, during its Feb. 16 meeting. HD145 32.67% 67.33% HD146 8,922 33,114 HD126 38,281 21,401 17 HD150 60.90% 39.10% Please give a few bucks if you can and help them all out. Beto versus Abbott HD148 45.83% 54.14% 0.02% Houston furniture magnate Jim Mattress Mack McIngvalehaslaunched a websitein hopes of gathering evidence of voter disenfranchisement inHarris Countys November 2022 election. No big mystery here. This important legislation made its way through the House after several thoughtful amendments were adopted, he said. United States representatives. ELECTION MAP: See if your Harris County neighborhood voted for Greg Abbott or Beto O'Rourke in the 2022 midterms. HD150 34,884 21,411 1,016 3 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. HD128 32,446 12,873 706 9 March 1, 2022 - Primary Election. Theres no overall downward trend. JP7 16.80% 83.20% DECISION 2022: Texas judicial primary election results, from the - KPRC =================================== The argument that compels me is just simply that the last four even-number elections weve had have featured historically high turnout. 2015 979,401 2,054,717 47.67% JP6 24.53% 75.47% HD127 62.01% 37.99% Rutherford County General Sessions Court - Probate County Office Building 319 North Maple Street, Suite 121, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Phone: (615) 898-7800 Fax: (615) 898-7830. 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. Another way of looking at this is that there will be a lot of people who havent voted in a prior Mayoral election but will be participating this year, both because of the increase in registrations and the usual comings-and-goings over the years. His claims, which the story notes he does not try to verify, arent worth the effort to copy and paste, but this tidbit caught my eye: Without citing any examples of disenfranchised voters, the petition asks the court to declare the elections office made mistakes substantial enough to affect the outcome of the election. 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. Mike Collier and Rochelle Garza both had leads against them of just over 100K votes, right in line with Betos lead against Abbott. HD139 27.65% 68.39% 2.68% 1.27% 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. JP5 149,310 134,380 At this point, I dont know if he really is thinking that the time is right or if hes the 2023 version of John Sharp, destined to always be brought up in this kind of story because it would be weirder to not mention him. 2023-00924; Elizabeth Buss v. Judge David Fleischer. 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. Exclusive: Abbott explains push against diversity hiring programs, Texas wants to ban delta-8, but veterans are pushing back, The Breakfast Klub sues prominent City Hall consultant for fraud, UH, Texas A&M removing DEI statements from hiring practices, Astros GM Dana Brown the antithesis of his predecessors, Houston is the most stressful city to work in, says new study, Lauren Daigle at Houston Rodeo: 'God always has your number', Galveston gets fourth Carnival Cruise Line, Election-denying Houston Republican Mike May takes his case to the Texas House after 6,000-vote loss. Experience: Jason Luong began his legal career as the law clerk to United States District Court Judge Royal Furgeson, in Midland, Texas. County Commissioner Court. HD138 30,328 25,534 1,383 Hidalgo 294,968 257,935 59.79% 43.39% What I wonder about is whether there will be much appetite for that kind of spending in future races. We only need 26.3% turnout in 2023, based on the 2022 registration numbers, to equal the number of voters from 2003. 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. Nile Copeland is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. ============================= There are multiple parking options available for those looking to attend the Houston Rodeo. 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. HD134 44.28% 55.72% "And, yet, that's not the way it's breaking.". I dont know if we will get Constable/JP redistricting, but there are always some interesting primary contests here, and even with the same maps we could have interesting November races in Precincts 4 and 5. Glass has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for more than 15 years. HD141 4,667 20,779 HD139 28.14% 69.18% 2.68% Experience:Katherine Thomas currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney Felony Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. Mealer got 534K votes, 44K more than Abbott. I treasure the work we were able to accomplish during the last two years, Evbagharu said in the release. Hidalgos opponent Alexandra del Moral Mealer. See here, here, and here for some background. HD148 16,238 20,657 HD148 43.77% 52.85% 3.38% HD142 8,851 24,073 1,025 411 HD126 61.88% 36.32% 1.80% 0.00% The case was dismissed because May failed to timely pay the security of costs required by Texas law. Which brings me to the second point of interest, which is really hammering the message home about voting all the way down the ballot. ====================================== In what should be a stronger Democratic year, Ill be very interested to see how things change. That link takes you here, and while the in-person fundraiser mentioned there is now over, the Donate link remains. Now well look at the next highest profile race, in which the result was a surprise to some people who didnt connect Democratic performance at the top of the ticket with the other local races. 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. The problem needs to be resolved at a higher level, and thats a much more difficult thing to do. Two things are different in 2018. Weve seen this show before Comptroller Hegar misconstruing the law and playing political games to make headlines, Menefee tweeted. HD135 42.19% 55.44% 2.37% 0.00% HD143 37.26% 62.74% House Bill 2020andSenate Bill 823would allow the secretary of states office to take action in a county if a complaint is filed by one of several officials and organizations involved in elections, and if theres good cause to believe that a recurring pattern of problems with election administration exists.. JP1 58,125 125,740 5,522 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. 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. Vuse Alto pods are great tasting and long lasting pods. The Golden HD147 10,255 35,167 A federal judge has handed Texas' elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022s first primary. CC2 45.52% 51.84% 2.64% These antidemocratic politicians are trying to throw away the votes of more than 5,000 Harker Heights residents but we wont let them. HD150 34,841 21,318 1,294 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.. Experience: Kim McTorry worked as a prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. C Probate 511,900 540,619 48.64% 51.36%, Candidates Houston Not Hou Hou% Not% But plenty of others are considering a Cruz challenge. JP2 44.48% 55.52% McTorry served in the Special Crimes Unit as an elite member of the Human Trafficking Division and Sex Crimes Division. Segovia added that opponents should challenge the validity of the amendment after the election, not before. County executive offices City Council is expected to order that the ballot proposition appear on the May 6 ballot Thursday, a formality they dont get to exercise judgment over. I understand that, but we dont have the authority.. Get more election results on our homepage and Vote 2022 . Well just have to see. The ones who get to wait until 2026 are Brandon Creighton (SD04), Mayes Middleton (SD11), Borris Miles (SD13), and Lois Kolkhorst (SD18). HD141 4,753 20,212 JP8 62.50% 37.50%, Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I As you know, the Harris County Democratic Party will soon have a new Chair. JP2 42.30% 53.77% 3.93% Note how even the lowest scorers this year exceeded Obamas performance in non-Houston by three or four points in 2008 and four or five points in 2012, while doing about as well in Houston. 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. She consistently has one of the highest case clearance rates of all the Criminal District Courts* and has maintained the highest case clearance rate in over a decade of the 184th District Courts history. HD127 40,053 24,746 1,441 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. 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. Judge Cox is represented by Cris Feldman. Oh, and if this is one of the final straws that leads to Constable precinct redistricting, I wont complain. She won the jackpot. Start with a goal of 1 million Democratic votes for Joe Biden in 2024, and really aim for 1.1 million. As a judge she has been the chair of the Fair Defense Management Committee, where she initiated a pilot program to seamlessly appoint the Public Defender to represent indigent defendants. HD129 36,386 26,643 1,914 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. But we dont plan to let him abuse his power. HD135 17,150 22,829 Christian Menefee, Harris County Attorney There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. HD130 70.04% 29.96% HD139 12,541 30,343 Sure, maybe a couple. I want to know what the next Chair intends to do about that. 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. HD128 70.08% 27.72% 2.20% HD144 12,065 13,483 CC4 117,014 119,504 Im sure each and every one of you are happy with what you drew, right? Lt. Gov. HD129 36,347 26,966 1,802 Counting these as Houston precincts means you wind up with a lot more total votes in Houston than were cast in the referenda elections, and gives you a distorted picture of the candidate percentages. Published: 5:28 PM CST November 9, 2022 Updated: 5: . Beto versus the spread. JP4 175,012 119,960 CC4 48.90% 51.10% Tuesday, September 14, 2021. The Current has more. HD132 59.59% 38.35% 2.06% 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. JP7 16.24% 83.76% HD140 32.65% 67.35% There were more people who skipped these races than did so for Railroad Commissioner, the last of the statewide executive offices, but not that much more. HD130 66.73% 30.70% 2.57% 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. Morton left the Harris County DAs office to open a criminal defense practice, where he accepted appointments to represent indigent defendants. HD134 31,902 47,475 1,190 6 HD148 15,938 19,168 1,217 514 We have an open seat Mayoral race this year, and history says those are our biggest ones. (Im not concerning myself with fractional districts like CD08.) All of that was discussed in the story as well, so go read the rest. Court Judges who have opponents in the Dem. HD145 14,698 29,537 The Harris County Young Democrats is proud to endorse this amazing slate of candidates for the 2022 Democratic Primary Election. You might notice at this point that the range of outcomes in Harris plus Fort Bend is quite wide in both years, much wider than the range for the red counties. HD127 62.30% 37.70% Opponents of the so-called Justice Charter have filed an emergency petition asking the Texas Supreme Court to require separate votes for each of its provisions, including decriminalizing marijuana and abortion and banning police chokeholds and no-knock warrants. Kyle Scott is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. HD150 62.07% 37.93% 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. In this context, after the statewide offices and the legislative offices (including the SBOE), there are the judicial races. SD18 51.69% 48.30% 0.01% Alexander Mealer is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. 2023-01052; Sartaj Bal v. Judge Toria Finch. None of us got 70% of the votes. Thats a lot! Collier actually did a tiny bit better in HD133, and both did better in HD134. Solicitor General Judd Stone submitted a letter to the court Wednesday callingthe proposala grab-bag of provisions that flagrantly violates a state law prohibiting multi-subject charter amendments. Dist Civil 518,475 545,206 48.74% 51.26% HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. HD131 20.01% 79.99% I went back to 2012 to add in another Presidential year data point. I would expect this to pass, as similar referenda has done in other cities. Find ways to partner with Democratic parties in neighboring counties. Because respondents can correct the ballot now, [TALs] mandamus is appropriate.. A Harris County GOP judicial candidate who narrowly lost is contesting 20 Cause No. 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. We should find ways to collaborate and cooperate to help our candidates in these races. PPP/Emilys List, July 2: Biden 48, Trump 46, UT-Tyler/DMN, July 12: Biden 48, Trump 43, Morning Consult, July 28: Biden 47, Trump 45, Morning Consult, August 3: Biden 47, Trump 46, 2023 Off the Kuff | Powered by WordPress, Year Votes Registered Turnout HD134 40.71% 57.65% 1.64% Greg Abbott on Nov. 8. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Lee was re-elected to a second term with almost 65% of the vote, improving on his performance from 2018.. It would also be nowhere close to voter suppression, especially on a scale that could have affected even the closest race. Jen Rice is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle covering Harris County government. This makes sense to me, but as it agrees with my priors, Id like to check it. 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. HD145 33.87% 66.10% 0.02% Im not going to expend any energy on that at this time. HD131 6,081 24,219 829 1 The table above is the average vote and percentage for the different types of judicial races. 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. Election 2022: Candidates for Harris County judge race stake their 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. But Democrats didnt do as well in a number of dark blue districts in 2020 as they had in 2016 and 2018, and as we saw in 2022 it was in those districts where Beto fell short, often well short, of his 2018 performance. Garza 312,022 272,513 62.83% 45.61% They felt welcomed and heard on lobbying trips to Washington, D.C., and several of them campaigned heartily for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto ORourke, who lost his challenge to Gov. She has 32 years of experience in Harris County, state, and federal criminal and civil courts and has presented thousands of cases to citizens on grand juries. The bench does not belong to the DA's Office. She is 1 of 17 elected Harris County Dem. 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. These losing candidates are finally laying bare what we all know to be true for them, its not about improving elections or making sure our elections are secure, its about playing games with our democratic systems and refusing to accept the will of the voters.. HD130 44,397 20,427 1,713 CC4 47.33% 52.67% Adrian Garcia, County Commissioner, Precinct 2 The 2022 General Election is being held on November 8. In a statement Tuesday, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefees office said: The requests for these documents were handled the same as any other requests for documents related to ongoing litigation against the county. But they could if they are willing to do so.. According to Hegar, Heaps office was allotted about $46.6 million for the 2023 fiscal year. But we can and should spend less on those individual appointments, and get more for those dollars via the PDO. 15 Cause No. Note that as yet, not a single person has been identified as someone who showed up at a voting center on Election Day, was actually unable to cast a ballot while there because of paper issues, left before the problem was resolved, was unable to go to any of the 750 other voting locations in the county, and ultimately did not cast a ballot. HD150 33,382 22,726 1,595 The 30-year-old native of Katy is the youngest person and the first African American to serve as the party chairperson, according to a news release. Will Archer is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. JP4 57.72% 40.01% 2.27% 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. 2022 Candidate Endorsements. Even for a few weeks. HD144 46.97% 53.03% 3 Cause No. HD146 8,716 31,720 927 581 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. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate. Im extremely doubtful that there is a legitimate legal challenge here, Stein said. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate. HD130 66.45% 31.40% 2.15% 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results. JP7 12,417 64,481 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Friday accused Harris County of defunding law enforcement,rekindling a feudfrom last fallin which Republican state officialsthreatened to blockthe countys annual budget. Miller 184,139 324,228 37.39% 54.64% It marked an awkward transition for the Uvalde activists, who have spent months advocating for gun control laws. CC3 224,670 141,583 If we want to talk about making Texas competitive for Biden, and whoever our 2024 Senate nominee may be, thats the kind of Dem advantage in Harris County were going to need, at a minimum. So thats why we have charter cities that have this authority to adopt their own charters and decide their own laws.. Thats not as robust as what Dems did in 2018 as we know, but I cant blame Collier and Garza for that. HD149 11,923 19,315 824 As weve discussed, there is consistently a three-to-four point range between the top-scoring Democratic judicial candidate and the lowest-scoring one. There is no justification for denying the public information about a controversy just because it involves litigation, Aleshire said. The Republicans picked the judges with some of the smallest accounts. 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. He is a member of the ACLU and the Houston Democratic Lawyers Association. Under Texas law, the Texas House of Representatives presided over this contest because it was filed by a candidate for that body. 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. 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. 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. You may view the entire Evaluation or you may view selected courts. We have to talk about the many millions of dollars spent by various wealthy wingnuts against Judge Hidalgo and Democratic criminal court judges. I will pass along information about the fundraiser when I have it. What we can glean from this is that the investigation appears to be ongoing, and the government hasnt reached a resolution one way or another as to how it plans to proceed.. JP3 34,975 41,776 2,126 HD139 12,722 30,247 Along those lines, I note two potential future Constable candidates: Don Dinh, a Deputy Constable in Precinct 1 since 2020 who was for 24 years before that a sergeant in the Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Constables office, filed a designation of treasurer to run for Constable in Precinct 5. One year later, there have been no arrests or charges filed related to the case. JP1 67,346 116,157 HD131 6,206 24,390 Bennett 0 1,022 0 14,527 Public Education I think the methodology will be clear. CC1 23.64% 73.61% 2.75%
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