HD132 36,431 23,448
After the introductions in a room at the local community college, a family member started with the groups main question: Will the Legislature raise the minimum age to purchase an assault-style weapon from 18 to 21? Mark Montgomery is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Looking at what Ive written here, I need to do a post about third party votes, too. The debate is about the extent, not the existence. TPR has more. 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. HD149 38.79% 58.96% 2.25% 0.00%
Experience: Melissa Morris has practiced criminal defense and family law for 15 years. Fortunately, we had that this year, so we can take a look at how the races of interest shaped up. 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. HD145 32.67% 67.33%
HD127 40,530 24,529
We have 26-pay-period accounting and Comptroller Hegar should know that, the judge said. Nearly 70% of voters cast their ballots during the early voting period, but Mealer only cites issues on Election Day itself. HD144 11,734 13,368 1,167
HD145 12,368 32,031 1,449
Will Archer is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez.
MY 2022 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY JUDICIAL ENDORSEMENTS - Robert J. Fickman primary, 2022 Texas Primary Election: What you need to know to vote, facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077652602633, Breaking Bond: In-depth look at four Criminal Dist. JP4 57.72% 40.01% 2.27%
City Attorney Andy Segovia told reporters last week he believed most of the charter amendments provisions were at odds with state law andtherefore unenforceableby the city even if theyre approved by voters.
The term limits thing doesnt even make my Top 25 list of Ted Cruz atrocities. Luong then practiced law with two civil trial law firms in Houston. As for Paxtons continued desire to be Supreme Prosecutor, the CCAs ruling was made on constitutional grounds. Harris County has long been ground zero for the national debate over bail reform. ELECTION MAP: See if your Harris County neighborhood voted for Greg Abbott or Beto O'Rourke in the 2022 midterms. Maybe they actually think Stan Stanart can win that ridiculous election contest, I dont know. Hey, I knew what I was getting into when I started blogging. Experience: Kim McTorry worked as a prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. We are subject to the authorities of those that appointed us, said Remi Garza, Cameron County elections administrator and the Texas Association of Elections Administrators legislative committee co-chair. Of the bright red counties, six of them are small, and while they have steadily become redder over the years, the net effect is fairly small. CD08 50.26% 49.73% 0.02%
SD13 21.23% 78.74% 0.04%
2022 General Election Democratic Candidates - Harris County Democrats 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. CC4 114,966 121,049 5,955
The Y-axis is the percentages. 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. HD133 61.21% 38.77% 0.02%
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. This makes sense to me, but as it agrees with my priors, Id like to check it. Sometimes I dont necessarily mind Houston being a bit behind the activism curve. JP6 5,019 15,850 1,277 447
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. She is licensed in Texas, Arkansas and the United States of America (Southern District of Texas-Federal Court). JP2 22,256 29,898
He knows this. 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. HD149 38.14% 57.59% 2.92% 1.35%
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. Scroll within the result embeds to see all races. Jason Luong, who currently serves as judge in the 185th district court, will face current Harris County prosecutor Andrea Beall in a run off. HD131 6,519 24,611 13
Ill get into it a bit more in the next post when we look at the higher-scoring Republicans, but my sense is that these three Dems, plus Beto, received some crossovers. CC2 45.75% 51.23% 3.02%
HD149 39.42% 60.56% 0.01%
HD138 32,881 22,695
HD148 40.88% 56.34% 2.78%
The Dems in the first four races we analyzed all topped 53% of the vote in Harris County. 12(lost to Judge Genesis Draper), Brian Staley, former candidate forHarris County Civil County Court at Law No. HD145 29.99% 64.40% 4.11% 1.50%
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. The bench does not belong to the DA's Office.
Harris County 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. JP4 165,760 127,783 8,087
JP2 42.30% 53.77% 3.93%
HD146 8,922 33,114
HD139 11,536 31,304 1,246
Democrats havent lost a judicial race in a Presidential year since 2012, and havent lost a majority of judicial races in a Presidential year since 2004. She handled cases ranging from Class C speeding tickets to non-death Capital Murders. MJ Hegar, who didnt do nearly as well, still won Harris by 136K. The results of these polls are distributed to the media and the public. JP4 54.95% 42.36% 2.68%
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. She drew a short straw, and I think that contributed to her decision to run for Governor. HD147 10,964 35,240 12
The videos are also posted on YouTube. 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. HD143 8,631 15,710
HD142 8,851 24,073 1,025 411
HD128 32,499 12,847
[1] The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has jurisdiction in Harris County.
Harris County Judge - Run for Office JP5 152,130 137,293 52
Judge Lina Hidalgo and the Harris County Commissioners Court are defunding the police.. CC3 62.89% 37.11%
Its not like voters were told they couldnt vote or that they had to go home. Many Texans will vote for judicial candidates they know little or nothing about in this year's primaries. Experience:Katherine Thomas currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney Felony Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. HD131 6,206 24,390
As for Beto, Im pretty sure weve seen the last of him on the statewide stage, at least for the foreseeable future. In all likelihood, these votes would more or less split fifty-fifty, as a microcosm of the larger election, but lets go ahead and assume the friendly turf claim as well. There will be a couple of referenda on the ballot, and maybe possibly an HISD bond referendum. Ive speculated about potential future candidacies for people myself, its a fun and mostly harmless activity. So thats why we have charter cities that have this authority to adopt their own charters and decide their own laws.. HD135 40.00% 57.44% 2.56%
Ogg 161,659 19,356 48,489 242,159
She lends a majority of her practice to the underprivileged and the disenfranchised. I wont be surprised if that number is matched or exceeded in 2024. The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Lee was re-elected to a second term with almost 65% of the vote, improving on his performance from 2018.. HD148 45.25% 54.75%
CC4 44.16% 53.15% 2.69%
DEMOCRAT. CIA plans to hold a fundraiser, hopefully on Feb 19. HD145 12,220 32,097 1,425
That is slightly less than it was in 2018, the last year of straight ticket voting, when nearly 97% of the people who voted cast ballots in these races, plus the two countywide HCDE races; to put it another way, the undervote rate in these races was generally between 2.5 and 3 percent. I feel confident saying that a constitutional amendment to allow this will not pass. Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Texas 208th District Court in Harris County Beverly Armstrong (D) and Heather Hudson (R) completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. JP3 47.74% 52.22% 0.04%
There were problems with elections back when the County Clerk specifically, Stan Stanart was in charge of running them. The past obstruction on Commissioners Court to implementing reforms like this has been eliminated thanks to the 2022 election. HD150 62.32% 37.68%
Why shouldnt that continue in the first open-seat Mayoral race since then? HD139 29.30% 70.70%
We start with 2016. Judge Finch is represented by Anthony Drumheller. 33K to 36K in 2016 I will of course keep an eye on them. "That is a key priority," Hidalgo said. 2023-00927; Bruce Bain v. Judge Corey Sepolio. CC4 119,394 121,960 51
During the election CIA knocked on 300,000 doors. 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. HD133 35,705 23,303
CC3 61.33% 36.59% 2.08%
Ive said this multiple times before, but as a reminder for the slow kids in the class, many counties have election administrators, including many Republican counties like Tarrant and Lubbock. Its also a dirty secret that some Democratic elected officials in those areas do very little to help with GOTV efforts. HD137 7,704 13,091 643
Harris County Election Results: 10 Democratic judges lost primary 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. I didnt look closely at new Commissioner Briones report, but Id bet a nice lunch that a substantial chunk of her cash arrived after the election. San Antonios police unionhas criticized the Justice Charter as an overreach into police policies as well as violations of state and federal law. JP1 34.97% 62.30% 2.73%
Houston/not Houston. HD126 58.56% 38.98% 2.46%
HD140 30.99% 65.76% 3.24% 0.02%
We have held our ground in Brazoria, which is educated and suburban enough to show a few tiny signs of moving a bit blue recently, at least at the top. Lesley Briones, County Commissioner, Precinct 4, Kim Ogg, District Attorney Mealer got 534K votes, 44K more than Abbott. HD143 8,457 14,290 1,159 373
The Harris County Democratic Party is dedicated to the ideal that everyone deserves an equal shot at life, . Brian Staley is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Experience: Jason Luong began his legal career as the law clerk to United States District Court Judge Royal Furgeson, in Midland, Texas. I was invited to this meeting because of the effort to create and carry out block walking events.
For months, a small but vocal minority of House Republicans have been calling for the end of the chambers longtime tradition of having committee chairs from both parties. The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced that he would step down at the end of February. Maybe Im wrong about that, I dont know. HD135 17,620 22,982 7
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. I am optimistic that the Commissioners will have the desire and the space to add to the public defender budget. This is how I learned how little was in their campaign accounts. HD131 5,857 24,875 694
Danna 1,983 19,814 18,452 982
Because respondents can correct the ballot now, [TALs] mandamus is appropriate.. CD36 62.72% 37.26% 0.02%
Paxton 170,642 309,499 34.36% 51.80%
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. Warford 290,364 251,323 59.02% 42.41%
CC2 47.13% 47.94% 3.64% 1.29%
JP8 48,774 27,636 2,000
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. 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. But we dont plan to let him abuse his power. Experience: Hilary Unger worked more than two-and-a-half decades as an Assistant District Attorney, as a public defender, and as a private attorney in both New York and Texas where she helped economically-disadvantaged clients. HD145 30.61% 66.55% 2.83% 0.01%
Achieving the goal set in item #1 will require an all-hands-on-deck mobilization. Elections 2022 Statewide News Texas Election Results Tracker: . I will pass along information about the fundraiser when I have it. Marilyn Burgess, District Clerk Tuesday's sweep . The Republicans picked the judges with some of the smallest accounts. Now you can just go somewhere else. HD130 71.91% 28.07% 0.02%
In her most recent role, she serves as a Vehicular Crimes Prosecutor. 6(lost to Judge Kelley Andrews), Matthew Dexter, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. 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 HD131 20.01% 79.99%
The judges listed as well as Lina have little in their campaign coffers. We need to turn that around. At Tuesdays Denton City Council work session, Police Chief Doug Shoemaker was also on hand during Hensleys presentation to answer questions and reassured council members that misdemeanor amounts of marijuana would continue to be a low priority for police. During each election year, the HBA distributes a Judicial Preference Poll before the general election, asking members to indicate their preferences for judicial candidates in contested races. JP7 15.62% 84.38%
These victories gave Dems a 5-4 majority on each court, and it seemed there would be more to come. Family 508,801 546,195 48.23% 51.77%
JP1 37.67% 62.33%
Threat management. CC4 115,464 120,671
What you saw (on Thursday) was really the beginning of getting this particular question before a court: What is the effect of a local municipal ordinance when it comes into conflict with state law?. He suggesting the court has long favored stopping such charter amendments before theyre voted on, something thats still possible if it can prevent San Antonio from including it on the ballot this week. CC4 113,958 122,094 4,918 8
Rodney Ellis, County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Beto won Harris County by 105K in 2022. But they could if they are willing to do so.. If they got new information that caused them to reopen the investigation, they wouldnt want to convey to anybody that No, we will never look at this again, Bash said. As the title says, what do we need to do to hold onto them? CD38 66.07% 33.91% 0.02%
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. It also opened a public defenders office in 2010, though many judges refused to use it, insteadcontinuingto appoint overloaded private attorneys. JP7 12,417 64,481
HD139 28.14% 69.18% 2.68%
A federal judge has handed Texas' elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022s first primary. In the old days, when you had to vote at your precinct location, you really were screwed. Those violations include issues such as warrants, criminal trespass or public intoxication. The Current has more. HD135 16,314 23,615 964
See here, here, and here for some background. It would be better if they didnt feel the need to try, as theres a perfectly good alternative already in place. Sure, maybe a couple. HD142 24.89% 72.10% 3.00%
All those requests were ignored. Nile Copeland is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Harris County paid one private attorney just over $1 million last year to represent hundreds of low-income people accused of crimes, helping proliferate a system thatcritics say wastes taxpayer dollarsand robs indigent defendants of a fair shake in court. HD128 32,447 13,641
Once again, Comptroller Hegar has abused his authority, the county attorney said. Lets make it a little less hard for these Dems who clearly and correctly won their races. HD149 12,270 19,513
Take Action. Here @JudgeGenesis Draper. Instead, Hidalgo said, the comptroller should have calculated on the basis of pay periods rather than the number of months. CC2 49.35% 50.65%
There would be both a primary and a special election to replace and succeed him, much as there was in HD147 this past year. HD127 60.47% 37.36% 2.18%
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CC1 80,014 194,272 79
At least in those cases, you can make the claim that the Libertarian received votes that might have otherwise gone to the Republican. CC1 71,746 202,649
These antidemocratic politicians are trying to throw away the votes of more than 5,000 Harker Heights residents but we wont let them.
The Legislature lowered the punishment when it passed Senate Bill 1, but top Republicans including Gov. 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. He also reaffirmed that the odor of marijuana wasnt initiating probable cause and search and seizure issues, though it was part of the process in some cases. HD137 8,600 12,670 9