Because respondents can correct the ballot now, [TALs] mandamus is appropriate.. Judge Lina Hidalgo and the Harris County Commissioners Court are defunding the police.. JP7 12,266 66,242 I treasure the work we were able to accomplish during the last two years, Evbagharu said in the release. Endorsements: Houston Police Officers Union for the Democratic Primary, Campaign website: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077652602633. Election administration experts told Votebeat the legislation was an overreaction to the desire to hold Harris County accountable for years of election mismanagement, and would disrupt the states ability to help county election offices improve and address systemic problems. HD149 12,101 18,269 925 429 JP2 44.02% 55.98% HD138 57.30% 40.47% 2.23% HD141 4,586 20,094 815 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. Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel indicated there could be more election contests to come. Here's how to get tickets, passes for Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 2023, Full Interview with Rodeo Headliner, Parker McCollum. HD145 29.99% 64.40% 4.11% 1.50% HD128 70.40% 29.60% You may note that now two elections into the no-straight-ticket-voting era, the range of outcomes in both sets of these counties is the smallest. 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? JP4 59.99% 39.99% 0.02% The Republicans picked the judges with some of the smallest accounts. Campos and the Texas Signal have more. Dist Patrick% Collier% Lib% Filing in the 2022 Republican or Democratic Primary Election - Texas County executive offices 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.. So thats why we have charter cities that have this authority to adopt their own charters and decide their own laws.. HD141 18.34% 81.66% JP2 40.63% 56.87% 2.50% After the 2012 election, the main question was whether then-Sen. Wendy Davis, who won a tough race in a district carried by Mitt Romney, would have to run again in 2014. So keep all that in mind as we proceed. Court Judges who have opponents in the Dem. 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. HD140 5,850 12,681 647 Dist Daniel% Burgess% He is now a Managing Partner along with his father, Samuel L. Milledge, Sr. of The Milledge Law Firm, P.L.L.C. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. HD139 29.30% 70.70% HD150 60.64% 37.11% 2.25% HD137 40.87% 59.13% Looking back at those earlier years, Beto fell short of the top performers in Houston, which in 2008 and 2012 was Adrian Garcia and which in 2018 was himself, but he did better in non-Houston Harris County. Mark Goldberg is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. HD150 60.07% 36.46% 2.38% 1.09% Wayne Dolcefino, a media consultant and former TV journalist. The margins are far wider in some other races candidates are contesting. Unlikely, to my mind, but I want to be transparent here. Legal experts on both sides of the political aisle have raised concerns for many years . Hegars claim is a repeat of a fight thatalready played outbetween the comptroller and Harris County last August. Trevino 3,150 4,270 0 26,871 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. Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday voted to sueTexas Comptroller GlennHegars office in response to hiscomments accusing the countyof defunding law enforcement. HD146 21.22% 78.78% HD143 8,346 15,595 594 Based upon information to date we believe there were approximately 2,600 or more estimated voters turned away due to running out of ballot paper or machines not working for a period of time, Siegel wrote. I recognize the voters have spoken, Hensley told council members Tuesday afternoon. 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. Opponents of Prop A, including Garza, say it conflicts with state law where low amounts marijuana is still a misdemeanor and therefore should not be allowed in individual cities. They were turned away at one polling place and they gave up. Hidalgos opponent Alexandra del Moral Mealer. If we can at least keep the deficit here from growing or better yet, if we can shrink it be a couple thousand votes we can take a bit of pressure off of Harris and Fort Bend. 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. Of course, we were in a time and of a political makeup in which Dems were getting creamed in non-Presidential years. In the Senate, they drew their lots to see who would have to run again in 2024. HD149 38.79% 58.96% 2.25% 0.00% HD137 38.54% 61.46% JP3 35,923 42,332 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. Judge Hidalgo is represented by Neal Manne. CD02 62.45% 37.53% 0.02% Education: University of California, Berkeley and University of Alabama, School of Law, Campaign website: veronicanelsonforjudge.com. HD130 69.92% 28.62% 1.46% 0.01% 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. ============================= 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. These are all criminal justice reform measures, and if the law is usually interpreted broadly then I dont think theres a leg to stand on. I am running these responses in the order . HD131 5,857 24,875 694 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results. HD134 35,653 45,142 16 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. HD141 20.56% 79.37% 0.07% 2 Cause No. 2022 Harris + FB 9K to 38K. The effect was generally stronger in the Republican districts than in the Democratic ones, with HDs 133 and 134 being the most notable. Nelson worked as a Senior Prosecutor and a Chief Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office for about 10 years. Jack Cagle (SPAC), County Commissioner, Precinct 4 Tatum has maintained that while paper supplies ran low at some locations, the county has not been able to confirm whether any voters were turned away as a result. HD132 59.59% 38.35% 2.06% 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. HD146 9,975 31,981 11 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. HD131 6,091 25,170 Ive speculated about potential future candidacies for people myself, its a fun and mostly harmless activity. REPUBLICAN. Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan, whose chamber amended the bill to include the lower penalty, rejected the idea when it was first floated during a series of 2021 special sessions. The minimum number of signatures that must appear on a candidate's petition for district, county or precinct office is the lesser of (1) 500 or (2) 2% of the total vote received in the district . Family 508,801 546,195 48.23% 51.77% 2022 General Election Democratic Candidates. She has also worked in the juvenile, the mental health, intake, misdemeanor, felony, and justice of the peace divisions. HD147 18.69% 78.72% 2.58% As for Beto, Im pretty sure weve seen the last of him on the statewide stage, at least for the foreseeable future. 16 Cause No. HD137 7,690 13,164 650 Beto versus Abbott 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. The petition also acknowledges the county has provided some of the requested documents. Judge Craft is represented by Steve Kherker. Election results 2022: Judicial races, Democrat and Republican - KSAT 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election - Wikipedia One of the things were going to have to explore is: Why arent the elected tax assessor-collector and the elected county clerk which are, quite frankly, both Democrats why are they not running the election, where theres some public accountability?. JP2 21,846 27,531 2,021 648 JP6 4,941 17,062 885 HD134 31,902 47,475 1,190 6 CLUBS IN ACTION is trying to raise 95K to donate to them. As these parents know all too well, its just a matter of time before some other group of parents are in the same unfathomable position theyre in now. So far the two candidates that I know of Silvia Mintz and Mike Doyle are the only two that have come forward. No other information was available for this candidate. 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. I think we need to fully implement it and if the state slaps our hands back, we know where we are, McGee said. If I were the New York Times, Id spend the next six months visiting brunch counters in those districts to talk to more-in-sadness-than-in-anger Mealer voters, who will turn out to have been almost uniformly Ed Emmett voters in 2018 but who will insist that they really wanted to support Hidalgo, they largely agreed with her on how she handled the pandemic and all, but for reasons they cant quite articulate they just couldnt. The term limits thing doesnt even make my Top 25 list of Ted Cruz atrocities. That is nonsense and not our job.. County Judge David Blackburn joined the meeting remotely, and Schumann chaired the meeting. HD140 30.31% 64.09% 5.61% JP3 47.09% 52.91% The potential was there. Chris Daniel is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. The San Antonio Report adds some details. JP8 48,829 29,299 Just eyeballing the 2018 results I may go back and do these calculations for that year, just as a point of comparison I think the Dems that year did better overall than in other races, though they had about the same range of results. These election contests are frivolous attempts to overturn the votes of more than a million residents in the third largest county in the country. That may be a bad feature of the law as it now exists, but it is the law and a district court is highly unlikely to deviate from the normal course of behavior. Election 2022: Candidates for Harris County judge race stake their CC2 97,753 106,167 HD129 36,347 26,966 1,802 9 Cause No. HD147 9,676 35,412 1,338 They did it by passing a housekeeping resolution earlier in the day that included a new section codifying a constitutional ban on using House resources for political purposes. Cities can only nibble around the edges of that, and at their own peril in a state like Texas. HD148 16,934 20,004 8 Im sure they all have tears in their eyes and call him sir, too. HD129 60.85% 39.15% Chair for Pct. So as I said, this was expected. Which would be so outlandishly unlikely as to appear to be its own conspiracy. CC1 65,573 204,223 7,632 Weve faced previous legal challenges over voting locations and voting hours and mail ballots and on and on. JP6 4,815 17,369 687 One year later, there have been no arrests or charges filed related to the case. CC2 49.71% 50.29% Experience:Katherine Thomas currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney Felony Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL EVALUATIONS - COOK COUNTY 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 28, 2022 . CC4 115,688 120,613 Weve looked at the Governors race, in which Beto was the top Democratic performer. Below we review the incumbent criminal district court judges and their Democratic challengers. After 10 people spoke and each commissioner offered their opinions on Proposition A, they voted 5-0 on an authorization to litigate.. HD133 57.46% 42.54% Morris is managing partner of the Morris Law Firm - Houston office. In her most recent role, she serves as a Vehicular Crimes Prosecutor. This year's GOP primary in House District 138 pits freshman state Rep. Lacey Hull against Josh Flynn, a GOP activist and former Harris County Department of Education trustee, for the second cycle . Thats a bigger and more long-term problem. JP7 16.15% 83.85% 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. Thats a new statutory deadline for all judicial fundraising it used to be the case that judges who were involved in lawsuits could continue past that deadline, but the law was changed in the last session, so here we are. 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. Currently, Paxton can only get involved if invited by a district or county attorney, according to the courts ruling. SD15 97,303 146,861 50 ============================================= See here for the background. There hasnt been nearly as much growth in Houston as there has been in the non-Houston parts of Harris County, but its still up over 150K from 2015. CC2 99,209 100,166 CD07 40.61% 59.36% 0.02% Judicial Poll Results. HD138 32,580 23,012 1,269 CC1 71,746 202,649 Part of this is that we have a vibrant Democratic club structure in place, with a lot of that participation coming in the formerly red areas. JP4 170,806 118,025 7,219 3,145 Ive said this before, but Mitt Romney won 11 State Rep districts in 2012, and he won them all with over 60% of the vote. CC1 76,230 193,216 Maybe such people exist and Republicans have been successful at keeping them all quiet until the lawsuits are heard, who can say. HD148 45.64% 54.36% 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. 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. =============================================== HD143 8,824 14,858 HD150 62.07% 37.93% HD133 35,705 23,303 She drew a short straw, and I think that contributed to her decision to run for Governor. JP7 13,972 64,220 27 HD139 26.17% 71.01% 2.83% HD147 20.37% 75.10% 2.95% 1.58% The X-axis is where they are on the ballot, so on the left we start with the appellate races, then go through the district and family courts, then into the county civil, criminal, and finally probate courts. HD132 61.04% 38.95% 0.01% HD150 34,895 22,408 JP1 30.90% 66.43% 2.68% Election 2022 Voters' Guide: Who's Running for Judge in Texas? Given that, what is the upside to making an at-best longshot run for the Senate? HD133 60.29% 39.71% But a lot of them were disenfranchised by not having the first place open and ready to go like it should have been. Dan Patrick joked. CC4 115,464 120,671 SD06 35.59% 64.38% 0.03% HD137 40.42% 59.54% 0.04% HD130 69.15% 27.87% 2.07% 0.90% The roots of the Texas Constitution are in local self control [and] self determination. My first thought is that Im not really clear what these guys are aiming at. I feel confident saying that a constitutional amendment to allow this will not pass. 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. JP5 152,130 137,293 52 HD131 18.64% 79.15% 2.21% CIA plans to hold a fundraiser, hopefully on Feb 19. Wyatt 293,352 256,862 60.86% 44.00% Democratic Primary: Beth Payan, Paula Knippa, Rosa Lopez Theofanis Run for Judge of 3rd . Hegar 185,671 324,329 37.58% 54.52% Maybe they actually think Stan Stanart can win that ridiculous election contest, I dont know. A Harris County GOP judicial candidate who narrowly lost is contesting Hensley said that certain parts of the ordinance simply couldnt be implemented because it violates state and federal law. HD131 5,886 24,670 933 The ruling Friday night, Feb. 11, 2022 by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez in San Antonio weakens new rules that make it a crime . Houston furniture magnate Jim Mattress Mack McIngvalehaslaunched a websitein hopes of gathering evidence of voter disenfranchisement inHarris Countys November 2022 election. JP3 35,972 40,808 HD129 36,386 26,643 1,914 Hidalgo got 50.78% of the vote, which is 3.25 points less than Beto. Ill have more to say about those Commissioners Court precincts later, so lets put a pin in that for now. . HD141 4,662 20,252 Harris County, Texas contains 60 judicial districts, four probate courts and one county court. The judge hearing the case is in San Antonio which complicates matters re time to get there and back for hearings. HD128 69.69% 27.28% 2.16% 0.87% Let me close with a visual reminder of all this. But due to a change in state law, you only have until March 8 to make a contribution. HD127 40,060 25,992 HD143 8,856 14,935 Harris County 228th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Frank Aguilar and challenger Sam Milledge II. JP6 25.54% 74.43% 0.02% HD132 36,189 24,576 JP3 44.34% 52.96% 2.70% 19 Cause No. March 1, 2022 - Primary Election. In a unanimous vote on Thursday, Bell County commissioners agreed to file a lawsuit against Killeen over the citys adoption of Proposition A, the ballot measure that was approved by voters in November to decriminalize marijuana in Killeen. I Am Not A Lawyer, but I dont know offhand of any successful recent efforts to split up a ballot proposition like this. Rodney Ellis, County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Harris County 482nd Criminal District Court Judge: Democratic challengers Sherlene Cruz, Alycia Harvey and Veronica Nelson. JP8 48,774 27,636 2,000 The decision allows Nichols to seek declaratory relief authorizing peace officers licensed by the state of Texas to fully enforce marijuana laws as it is their duty to prevent and suppress crime under Section 2.13 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.. HD150 34,989 21,381 We made it through the 2022 election, the first post-Trump off-year election, with Democrats still in charge in Harris County. Voters will likely see just one item on the May 6 ballot to make the batch of changes to the Citys Charter but city officials could split them up into separate votes, Tomas said. Submit application to: Harris County Board of Elections, 1001 Preston, Houston, Texas . HD127 40,131 24,789 1,092 0 JP2 22,682 28,410 PREVIOUSLY The judge in the Lunceford contest was assigned on December 13, I dont know what has happened since then. WHD knocked on about 1500. 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. Appeals from the Southern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit . JP7 15.62% 84.38% Its big, its hard to do, and most importantly now everything that goes wrong is your fault. Please help. One person could face five elections total in 2024, if the primary and the special both go to runoffs; this would happen for someone who wins the primary in a runoff and makes it to the runoff (win or lose) in the special. Thus far, the Harris County Attorney's Office has identified filings by (and we expect more filings to be made today): Mark Montgomery, former candidate for Harris . 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.