harris county judicial candidates 2022
We made it through the 2022 election, the first post-Trump off-year election, with Democrats still in charge in Harris County. 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. HD147 10,015 35,364 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. SD18 51.69% 48.30% 0.01% Hidalgo versus Mealer CC3 214,042 144,575 10,162 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. HD134 31,677 46,420 1,533 844 The two big red counties are Brazoria and Galveston, and they have acted distinctly differently over the last few elections: 32K to 36K in 2012 He is now a Managing Partner along with his father, Samuel L. Milledge, Sr. of The Milledge Law Firm, P.L.L.C. Steve Radack. 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. Under the new rules, quorum-breakers can now be subject to daily fines and even expulsion from the chamber. HD126 58.56% 38.98% 2.46% Anyway. JP1 30.90% 66.43% 2.68% 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. The bigger issue here remains the fact that state and federal law are much stricter about marijuana than the public wants them to be. Beto versus the spread. ====================== ============================================= Judge Payne is represented by John Raley. For more than a year, we've repeatedly asked Judges Hillary Unger, Greg Glass, and Jason Luong for interviews for Breaking Bond reports. Harris County went from being evenly matched in 2012 to the strong blue county it is now in large part because Dems have vastly increased performance in formerly dark red places. HD139 29.61% 70.39% JP5 146,733 136,478 6,730 JP5 47.01% 50.53% 2.46% 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. More than seven months after a teenage gunman killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School, the speaker of the Texas House was in Uvalde for a private meeting with relatives of the victims. HD134 31,793 48,687 (Is it possible there are a few people who actually didnt vote because of the paper-outage delays? CC1 73,858 195,066 HD142 9,939 24,454 7 Dan Patrick have called for Harris County toredo its November electionbased on claims of ballot paper shortages, though they have not provided any evidence or estimate of disenfranchised voters. HD129 56.03% 41.03% 2.95% HD145 30.71% 69.29% 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.. Its not hard to imagine him as a deputy whip or a powerful committee chair in a couple of cycles. Education: Central College in Iowa, University of Houston, and University of Houston Law Center, Campaign website: alyciaharveyforjudge.com. 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. Those challenges do not amount to voter suppression, Stein said, but merely suggest that Harris County should operate fewer, better-resourced polling locations. 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. And finally, with a less-predatory state government, we could have a reasoned discussion and admit there are problems that could be fixed with some help from that state government and Lege find ways to do elections better that arent predicated on punishment and the exercise of raw power. We destroyed the record for turnout in a non-Presidential year in 2018, and then even though turnout was down relative to it in 2022, it was still easily the second-highest off-year total, both in absolute numbers and percent of registered voters. The petition is filed in Harris County, but the case will be heard by a judge from outside the county, according to Menefee's office. The Dems in the first four races we analyzed all topped 53% of the vote in Harris County. McTorry served in the Special Crimes Unit as an elite member of the Human Trafficking Division and Sex Crimes Division. 17 Cause No. HD127 62.90% 37.09% 0.01% Jan 25th, 2022. by Charles Kuffner. The thing that strikes me about Allred is that hes in a similar situation that his colleague Rep. Joaquin Castro was in 2017 and being talked about a run against Cruz in that cycle. JP1 64,874 118,648 3,973 11 CC3 227,110 133,538 HD142 8,984 24,532 839 4 JP7 15.59% 81.84% 2.57% 0.00% As far as I know, any words to the effect that he has an interest or is seriously considering the possibility have yet to come from his own mouth, and as such I put this in with the speculation files. JP4 59.33% 40.67% The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced that he would step down at the end of February. Julian Castro is not running for President in 2024, and if what he really wants to do is run for Governor in 2026, maybe put the word out about that. Whether the charter rules, if approved, violate that provision may ultimately be left up to legal challenges but this is entirely legal, Mike Siegel, political director and co-founder of Ground Game Texas, told the San Antonio Report. JP4 173,366 120,182 6,806 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. 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CD38 170,772 87,662 46 Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum did not respond directly to the criticism, but said the office supports any legislation that increases voter registration and access to voting. This post is about the first three, and those are the races for Lite Guv, Attorney General, and Ag Commissioner. HD144 44.67% 50.89% 4.44% Theyll fight and theyll make noise and theyll employ the rules and pick up the occasional small-bore victory, but in the end they have no power. I was on several endorsements interviews with some of these judges through a different organization. HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25% HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. HD139 12,325 30,301 1,174 I recognize the voters have spoken, Hensley told council members Tuesday afternoon. Under Hegars calculations, Heaps annualized budget would have been about $48.9 million over 12 months nearly $2.3 million more than the $46.7 million figure calculated by the county. They may have other priorities and Im open to that, I just want to be heard. Once again, Comptroller Hegar has abused his authority, the county attorney said. HD126 63.64% 36.36% As for Joe Danna, is there ever a time when he isnt running for Sheriff? HD142 28.89% 71.09% 0.02% I think we need to fully implement it and if the state slaps our hands back, we know where we are, McGee said. So well know soon enough. HD126 61.92% 38.08% This isnt a lobbying or legislating matter, its a political and electoral one. JP3 46.84% 53.16% I did not get around to doing the 30-day and 8-day reports from 2022, so what you see here in these reports is not contiguous for those who were on last Novembers ballot. 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results. JP4 175,012 119,960 JP4 59.16% 40.84% Its also a dirty secret that some Democratic elected officials in those areas do very little to help with GOTV efforts. Fortunately, we had that this year, so we can take a look at how the races of interest shaped up. HD137 8,017 12,261 612 350 HD141 5,209 20,104 17 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. Many of them have a tiny number of Houston-specific votes in them, with a much larger contingent of non-Houston votes. 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. 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. 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. She is currently a Senior Litigator at the Harris County Public Defenders Office. JP3 34,975 41,776 2,126 She serves on the Houston Bar Associations Gender Fairness Committee as well as the HAY Center Committee. Not exactly rocket science, but the data is as clear as it could be. HD134 39.59% 58.92% 1.48% 0.01% HD142 26.27% 73.73% HD129 58.99% 38.59% 2.41% HD140 32.65% 67.35% 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. HD138 52.98% 44.60% 2.42% I dont have any great insight here, nor do I have much confidence that Dems could take action to mitigate against this. 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. I hope Im wrong, and Im confident well find out if this does pass. Democrats in the state are also watching Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas); state senator Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde, the town devastated by a school shooting; and state Rep. James Talarico, who sparred with Fox News host Pete Hegseth in 2021, according to a Texas Democratic strategist. There is a deadline of MARCH 8 to raise funds!! HD131 6,081 24,219 829 1 9 Cause No. Danna 1,983 19,814 18,452 982 2009 178,777 935,073 19.12% 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. CD22 62.20% 37.79% 0.01% JP2 21,364 29,906 1,317 He wondered why the city didnt provide the demographic breakdown of those citations during Hensleys presentation because historically, minorities have been unfairly targeted by law enforcement. JP8 59.47% 37.70% 2.83%, Dist Miller Hays HD141 4,753 20,212 Stan Stanart is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. The number of registered voters in Harris County, and thus in Houston, will certainly change between now and November. In an email obtained by Crafts attorneys and posted on the Harris County District Clerks website, Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel gave candidates the partys estimate of disenfranchised voters. Like I said, Ill get into that a bit more in the next post. HD126 60.98% 35.61% 2.33% 1.09% FOX 26 Houston. Not too surprisingly, what we see in all three of these races ismore votes for the Republican candidate and fewer votes for the Democrat across the precincts, with a couple of exceptions here and there. It does not make the records confidential (where it would be illegal to disclose the information); it just means the government is not required to disclose the information, Aleshire said. HD150 60.64% 37.11% 2.25% HD145 15,445 30,141 11 Unlikely, to my mind, but I want to be transparent here. HD138 30,328 25,534 1,383 HD144 45.44% 51.94% 2.61% 0.02% All of that was discussed in the story as well, so go read the rest. We do not have any additional information prior to them receiving that work session report.. Chris Daniel is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. HD150 34,404 20,882 1,366 623 HD132 34,417 25,498 1,374 HD143 8,706 15,000 Experience:Andrea Beall is currently employed by the Harris County District Attorneys Office as a Felony Chief in the Child Fatality Division. The maximum that a judge can receive from a PAC is $5000, so that is the goal for each judge and for Lina. 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. WHD knocked on about 1500. She got 553K votes, which is 42K less than Beto. Aaron Adams is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. JP2 44.02% 55.98% How often do we see that 70% pass anywhere? HD135 17,150 22,829 The annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is no fun and games if you don't have a ticket. Dudding 294,958 255,993 59.69% 43.03% HD133 34,391 23,900 1,215 616 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? HD146 8,285 33,018 1,148 With that margin, three of the four Dem candidates would have won by a couple thousand votes. Under Texas law, the Texas House of Representatives presided over this contest because it was filed by a candidate for that body. The Press has more. 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. JP6 21.59% 74.55% 3.87% 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. Houston furniture magnate Jim Mattress Mack McIngvalehas filed a lawsuit against the Harris County Elections Administrators office accusing it of refusing to turn over public records related to theNovember 2022 election, adding to an array of GOP litigationaimed at the countys elections process. CD36 62.72% 37.26% 0.02% JP8 49,447 27,431 HD129 38,091 26,236 Slapping around Harris County is the point. He knows this. The difference between these statewide races and the ones we have already looked at, including the Governors race, is very simple: These Republican candidates did better than the ones we have seen, and the Democrats did less well. Three candidates running against them were more than happy to talk to us. Dan Simons is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Organizers have gathered more than 26,000 signatures so far for a petition that would give San Antonio voters in May the opportunity to decriminalize marijuana possession, end enforcement of abortion laws, establish a city justice director position, ban police from using no-knock warrants and chokeholds and expand the citys cite-and-release policy for low-level, nonviolent crimes. As always, let me know if you have any questions. 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. JP7 12,417 64,481 Dist Buck% Kleberg% Grn% W-I% HD133 57.20% 39.75% 2.02% 1.02% But Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, and his allies moved successfully Wednesday to prevent the matter from even getting to a vote on the floor. Denton Municipal Judge Tyler Atkinson discussed the deferred adjudication process that is available to people who receive misdemeanor marijuana charges and how the municipal court does its best to work with offenders by lowering fines, offering community service and other opportunities. "This case will focus on the details of every aspect of the November 8 election in Harris County. I truly . For example, the Proposition B ordinance states no city funds will be used for THC testing of misdemeanor amounts of marijuana. HD145 26.72% 70.17% 3.12% Harvey is currently assigned to the Major Offenders Division where she tries cases and is on-call to assist the police in investigations and writing warrants. HD147 9,684 35,282 1,243 1 ====================== While at least two other of those votes received blowback from local officials, Harker Heights is so far the first to reject voters approval outright. Judicial Q&A: Angela Lancelin. And if I flap my arms and think happy thoughts, I could fly. In a few cases you can see a greater number of third-party votes, which can explain a part of a Democratic vote decline, but again the overall effect is too small to be generally explanatory. Mike Collier and Rochelle Garza both had leads against them of just over 100K votes, right in line with Betos lead against Abbott. C Probate 511,900 540,619 48.64% 51.36%, Candidates Houston Not Hou Hou% Not% 8 Cause No. Harris County 184th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Abigail Anastasio and challenger Katherine Thomas. When this happened, there was a lot of talk at the federal level about making changes, so we really hit the ground running toward that. JP6 5,253 16,428 881 4 Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I HD142 27.56% 72.44% It does cause concern that somebody from outside that jurisdiction would be able to usurp the authority of the elections commission in dealing with their elections administrator.. He is a member of the ACLU and the Houston Democratic Lawyers Association. JP4 174,785 120,166 There has been no wrongdoing on my part, Cuellar said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. Winning takes many forms, after all. My post about the HD135 election contest ran on December 3, so it was filed at least one day before then. This is the state house district in which I ran back in 2018 and 2020. HD145 12,220 32,097 1,425 Other non-judicial statewide positions that appeared on the ballot include the races for Comptroller, . Weve seen this show before Comptroller Hegar misconstruing the law and playing political games to make headlines, Menefee tweeted. The tense discussion on Jan. 4 lasted just shy of an hour and a half, and Phelan spent most of it discussing potential mental health legislation, participants said. There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. Herman 0 96,574 0 518,009 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. His math was wrong then and its wrong now.. ====================== This quick dismissal shows these election contests are largely about political posturing and undermining our democratic processes, said Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee. This is close enough for our purposes. 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 Go read those posts if you havent or if you dont remember them. 300 intermediate appellate court seats. JP1 64,850 122,675 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. HD134 40.71% 57.65% 1.64% Beall led the race by 13% in the primary. JP2 44.36% 55.62% 0.02% 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. HD146 9,159 31,995 11 Cause No. Jen Rice is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle covering Harris County government. No other information was available for this candidate. Judge Walker is represented by John Raley. Reid Epstein Mar 1, 2022 When he ran for the Senate four years ago, Democrat Beto O'Rourke . HD132 36,431 23,448 Weve looked at the Governors race, in which Beto was the top Democratic performer. Dist Stanart%Hudspeth% Sherman Eagleton, Constable Precinct 3 About 40K people on average skipped these three races, compared with a bit less than 23K for RRC. Union President Danny Diaz has pointed out that chokeholds and no-knock warrants already are prohibited, while enforcement policies for marijuana and abortion are determined at the state level. Cuellar declined to be interviewed. Better statewide races. Many millions of dollars in advertising was able to move the needle a bit in a handful of races, but thats it. HD145 30.61% 66.55% 2.83% 0.01% HD132 56.37% 41.11% 2.52% Third party candidates accounted for over 16K votes in the Governors race, while the write-in candidate for County Judge got 241 total votes. HD137 40.34% 59.66% She represented indigent capital murder defendants in death penalty cases. You know the mantra: Nothing will change until that changes. 2. The gap is the greatest between them and their Republican challengers, and they got the most votes in the aggregate of any non-appellate group. A federal judge has handed Texas' elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022s first primary. 8(lost to Judge Erika Ramirez), Bruce Bain, former candidate for the269th District Court(lost to Judge Cory Sepolio), Michelle Fraga, former candidate for the281st District Court(lost to Judge Christine Weems), Elizabeth Buss, former candidate for theHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. US Representative, District 36: Jon Haire. HD130 66.73% 30.70% 2.57% Beto versus Abbott 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. HD138 32,324 23,310 968 2 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results. CC3 61.36% 36.95% 1.68% 0.00%
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