HD139 28.15% 71.85%
In April 2013, Sanchez joined the Harris County District Attorneys office in the misdemeanor division. Ferrell has served as a member of the Board for the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association since 2017. Democrats would still be running the elections. My focus remains the same from my very first day in office: delivering results for Texans across my district.. Let me close with a visual reminder of all this. Well see him in court.. HD143 8,824 14,858
JP3 35,923 42,332
HD142 28.89% 71.09% 0.02%
Rebeca Huddle (incumbent) TEXAS . There is no justification for denying the public information about a controversy just because it involves litigation, Aleshire said. HD148 41.25% 55.89% 2.86%
County Commissioner Court. HD150 34,404 20,882 1,366 623
HD149 12,239 18,708
JP5 52.55% 47.43% 0.02%
Ted Heap, Constable Precinct 5 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. Ann Harris Bennett, Tax Assessor, Alan Rosen, Constable Precinct 1 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. HD134 44.28% 55.72%
For sure, its hard to imagine much money spent on Republicans locally in 2024. He is currently an Assistant Public Defender serving as Senior Litigator and Team Lead in the Felony Trial Division of the Harris County Public Defenders Office. HD127 40,378 24,663
Judicial Candidate Petitions; Certain judicial candidates in Bexar, Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Travis must file additional petitions (PDF). HD138 33,875 22,977 9
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. Beto versus the spread HD133 36,406 22,666
HD138 56.96% 43.04%
HD150 62.20% 37.80%
Since the killings at the Harding Street raid, Beall has been employed by the City of Houston to train police officers in Search and Seizure Law and to aid them in understanding the 4th Amendment protections provided to members of our community. As noted, I dont have a whole lot of data for this from previous elections, but what I do have can be found in these posts: There were city propositions in 2010, for red light cameras and ReNew Houston, but I didnt do the same city-versus-not-city comparisons that year, almost certainly because 2010 was such a miserable year and I just didnt want to spend any more time thinking about it than I had to. CC3 63.17% 36.83%
Thats too many cases for one lawyer to handle, Harris County chief public defenderAlex Buninsaid of Ortizs caseload. HD147 10,964 35,240 12
Education: Prairie View A&M University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Endorsements: votemelissamorris.com/endorsements. These are nuisance suits but the Judges and Lina have had to hire attorneys to represent them against the claims. Jack Morman did not have a report filed or Id have included him as well. CC2 49.71% 50.29%
CC1 71,746 202,649
The commissions oversight powers allow it to appoint, terminate or accept the resignation of the countys election administrator. The Evaluation opened on Oct. 21 and closed on Nov. 8. 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. Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed a petition Wednesday seeking a new election in Harris County's 189th judicial district court race after . Voters have moved on. 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 . Seems to me the easy choice is to stay put and wait until Texas is competitive enough to tip the odds in your favor. HD150 33,548 22,898 1,431
The move prompteda complaint to the State Bar accusing Paxton of professional misconductfor attempting to interfere in a pending case before the court. HD127 62.01% 37.99%
We worked hard to make this happen. There is no reason not to do it, so lets do it.. HD127 60.47% 37.36% 2.18%
Haynes was in private practice for approximately five years. 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. JP1 63,938 115,819 5,264 2,359
The office has since expanded dramatically, but it still takes the minority of criminal cases in Harris County. HD127 62.90% 37.09% 0.01%
Dont think this one will work, but after that who knows. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.. CD22 13,292 8,076 2
JP1 71,793 116,463 40
Education: Rice University and The University of Texas School of Law, Endorsements: jasonluongforjudge.com/endorsements. We have an open seat Mayoral race this year, and history says those are our biggest ones. Hidalgo versus Mealer HD139 12,258 30,317 1,025 1
HD130 71.33% 28.67%
HD147 20.84% 76.28% 2.88%
Download the Press Release. Endorsements: Houston Police Officers Union for the Democratic Primary, Campaign website: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077652602633. CC4 113,958 122,094 4,918 8
Hey, I knew what I was getting into when I started blogging.
CC2 97,146 99,729 7,605
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. ===============================================
The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. Elections. In 2020, eleven Democratic judicial candidates were unopposed. CC3 225,304 134,394 7,641
JP1 58,698 126,202 5,083
Her opponent, incumbent county Judge Lina Hidalgo, told ABC13 at the time the numbers were looking better and that Harris County is not alone in battling crime. My post about the HD135 election contest ran on December 3, so it was filed at least one day before then. March 1, 2022 - Primary Election. HD148 43.27% 52.03% 3.30% 1.40%
That system has led topersistent allegations of favoritismat the expense of defendants. HD133 34,565 24,654 915 2
HD145 14,698 29,537
Scroll within the result embeds to see all races. 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. 2022-79328; Erin Lunceford v. Judge Tami Craft. I then did the same thing for Harris and Fort Bend counties, to see how big the Democratic surplus was in each race. HD144 46.53% 53.47%
Thats exactly what happened in 2020, as noted above. During Evbagharus tenure, the party raised more than $2.1 million and created programs dedicated to voter outreach and volunteer recruitment, according to the release. HD134 31,793 48,687
You may have heard me say something like this in the past, but were going to have to change our state government if we want things like this to go differently in the future. And if we do assume that statement to be a fact, then it is still the case that every single one of those Republican losers are still losers, with most of them still losing by more than a full percentage point, which is well above the standard for recounts that the loser doesnt have to pay for. HD140 32.65% 67.35%
Here's how to get tickets, passes for Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 2023, Full Interview with Rodeo Headliner, Parker McCollum. HD137 35.76% 61.22% 3.02%
A lot of them just went to another polling place. Berrys office said Heap actually received $48.5 million. Judge Horwitz is represented by John Raley. HD127 40,060 25,992
SD18 51.69% 48.30% 0.01%
HD134 42.55% 57.45%
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. Hidalgo versus Mealer With that margin, three of the four Dem candidates would have won by a couple thousand votes. She is in charge of half of all investigations and pending cases in Harris County where a child under the age of 14 has been killed. 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 . In 2012, Luong returned to private practice, where he focused on representing Harris County citizens in criminal matters and handling court appointments cases, including representing indigent veterans and persons with mental health illnesses. HD149 12,101 18,269 925 429
A William Wagner, about whom I could find nothing, filed the same for Constable in Precinct 7. However, state law does not prevent the county from providing the records, but rather gives the county discretion to decide. CC1 23.57% 73.81% 2.62%
HD137 38.73% 58.25% 3.03%
HD134 35,653 45,142 16
JP2 41.97% 52.90% 3.88% 1.25%
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. 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. 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. Silverman says he's led the charge on felony bail reform. 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. Closely Vetting All 2022 Judicial Candidates Regardless of their Ethnicity is a Must as the Midterm Election Cycle Draws Nearer Judge Brittanye Morris . In the meantime, let me know what you think. He would almost surely run as a Dem in this heavily Democratic precinct. But we have a public defender now, and yet we still have judges who make a whole lot of appointments to the same handful of attorneys. JP1 36.68% 63.32%
15 Cause No. HD144 43.13% 54.36% 2.51%
Ive looked but never found patterns that I think satisfactorily and consistently explain the variations. HD146 9,455 31,723
REPUBLICAN. HD148 16,333 19,766
Judge Sepolio is represented by John Raley. Herman 0 96,574 0 518,009
Im pretty sure Ive expressed this sentiment before, but if I had the power and the funds Id order a study, to try to identify these voters and ask them why they did what they did. CD29 33.51% 66.46% 0.03%
Those challenges do not amount to voter suppression, Stein said, but merely suggest that Harris County should operate fewer, better-resourced polling locations. In addition to her retained work, she accepts indigent defense appointments. CC3 58.02% 39.60% 2.38%
HD139 28.11% 69.53% 2.35% 0.00%
Dan Simons is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. HD130 69.92% 28.23% 1.86%
HD131 18.69% 78.34% 2.96%
In 2008, Jason left his civil practice to accept a position as an Assistant District Attorney in Harris County, where he went on to serve as the Chief Prosecutor in two different County Criminal Courts. 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. HD127 39,533 24,297 1,535 651
HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25%
- Houston suspends sister city ties with Russian cities on the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, - Mayor Turner's office accuses Pappas of 'smear campaign' on Hobby deal, says city followed its rules, - Houston leaders divided on support for controversial affordable housing projects, - Five years after Santa Fe massacre, relatives still denied records of loved ones' last moments, - Kingwood operators released sewage in creek that feeds into Houston's drinking water, HPD alleges. This includes: 84 supreme court seats. We need to turn that around. Im sure you can guess which of those favor Democrats and are needed for Team Blue to win. HD144 12,065 13,483
CC2 45.52% 51.84% 2.64%
And the fact that the furniture dealer is openly looking for any such example, especially those that include people who did actually vote, shows just how desperate and ridiculous and baseless these Republican charges have been all along.). This story is mostly about Ted Cruz and whether he might run for President again in 2024; the tone of the story is that he probably wont. The local police reform advocacy groupACT 4 SAaims to collect 35,000 signatures anticipating that some wont be verified to submit to the City Clerk before the early January deadline. 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. This is why we have so many voting locations on Election Day, precisely because stuff sometimes happens. Judicial Q&A: Angela Lancelin. HD137 8,475 12,264
More than 20lawsuitsfrom losing Republican candidates have also been filed against the county, citing those problems and seeking a redo of the election. HD134 33,450 45,266
HD139 12,325 30,301 1,174
Lunceford's opponent, Democrat Tamika Craft, won the election by 0.26 percent of the vote. JP5 145,619 143,496
Her court has one of the shortest dockets of individuals awaiting trial, and one of the shortest lists of people on bond. JP6 21.59% 74.55% 3.87%
The chamber also approved new punishments for members who break quorum, like most House Democrats did two years ago in protest of GOP-backed voting restrictions. 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. The effect was generally stronger in the Republican districts than in the Democratic ones, with HDs 133 and 134 being the most notable. HD132 56.16% 41.60% 2.24%
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. 2023-301111; Will Archer v. Judge James Horwitz. HD149 39.42% 60.56% 0.01%
I assume this would go further than that, but its not clear to me exactly how the referendum differs from the existing ordinance. HD131 5,857 24,875 694
HD142 25.76% 70.06% 2.98% 1.20%
Defeated Republican judicial candidate contests Harris County election result, Timeline: How battle between Houston ISD, TEA has reached the point of a looming takeover. 2009 178,777 935,073 19.12%
HD131 18.64% 79.15% 2.21%
Were evaluating the lawsuit and will let the courts sort it out.. JP1 34.58% 65.42%
Is it finally the time for Julian Castro? 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. 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. 2023-00937; Matthew Dexter v. Judge Genesis Draper. Sure, maybe a couple. 2022 Candidate Endorsements. 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. 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.. JP3 46.84% 53.16%
Inside the capsules were numbers: Even numbers meant two-year terms, and odd were for four-year terms. There were 1,232 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 14.4% of eligible HBA members. Were answerable to the people. HD142 25.96% 71.15% 2.89%
FOX 26 Reporter Randy Wallace shows you four district court judges who have a history of granting multiple bonds to men who keep committing crimes. Milledge II is the head of the firms Federal and State Criminal Law, Entertainment, and Personal Injury divisions. HD141 4,662 20,252
HD144 12,051 13,606
At a high level, its federal races, then state races, then county races, then city and other local entities if applicable. Ellis 40,800 443,116 0 3,543,358
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. A voting surge cleared the Harris County courtrooms of all elected Republican judges, leaving only Democrats on the bench in civil, criminal, family, juvenile and probate courts. 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. After losing his gubernatorial bid against Texas Gov. US Representative, District 36: Jon Haire. HD131 6,114 24,275 906
See here for the previous entry. According to Mealers petition, there is no dispute that there were several dozens of polling locations who at some point in the day, ran out of paper and turned voters away.. JP4 57.89% 42.11%
Cuellar declined to be interviewed. Let me know if you have any questions.