Were ready, City Clerk Debbie Racca-Sittre said inside City Hall as she and a colleague sealed and time stamped four boxes filled with more than 5,000 pages of petition signatures. HD138 33,169 22,469
She is licensed in Texas, Arkansas and the United States of America (Southern District of Texas-Federal Court). HD146 8,922 33,114
Were answerable to the people. JP7 11,370 65,643 2,250
The Harris County Democratic Party is dedicated to the ideal that everyone deserves an equal shot at life, . HD138 52.82% 44.15% 3.03%
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. 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. According to the Public Information Act, the attorney generals office has 45 working days from the day after the request to respond. CC2 49.65% 50.32% 0.02%
2009 178,777 935,073 19.12%
According to Hegar, Heaps office was allotted about $46.6 million for the 2023 fiscal year. GOP lawmakers including Gov. Education: Rice University and The University of Texas School of Law, Endorsements: jasonluongforjudge.com/endorsements. ===============================================
CD22 13,292 8,076 2
My post about the HD135 election contest ran on December 3, so it was filed at least one day before then. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. Not that Im complaining. 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. Harris County 482nd Criminal District Court Judge: Democratic challengers Sherlene Cruz, Alycia Harvey and Veronica Nelson. I took the average number of votes each partys candidates got in these races I omitted the one Appellate Court race that had a third candidate in it so that wed have a cleaner comparison and the average vote percentage for each group, which you see in the table. Family 508,801 546,195 48.23% 51.77%
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. In Hensleys presentation, she pointed out that the City Council does have the discretion to amend the budget in regards to how city funds are spent. She has also worked in the juvenile, the mental health, intake, misdemeanor, felony, and justice of the peace divisions. Campos and the Texas Signal have more. HD147 8,731 36,766 1,206
Thats not as robust as what Dems did in 2018 as we know, but I cant blame Collier and Garza for that. Dist Buck% Kleberg% Grn% W-I%
JP3 45.55% 51.75% 2.70%
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. HD139 12,258 30,317 1,025 1
Rosen 717,202 84,691 0 1,322,398
HD138 32,580 23,012 1,269
Judge Sepolio is represented by John Raley. HD146 23.77% 76.21% 0.03%
JP8 62.62% 35.61% 1.76% 0.01%, Dist Chris Warford Lib Grn
HD139 11,438 31,372 1,145
We know that Ken Paxton loves to sue Austin, loves to make an example of Austin elected officials and has not done so, Siegel told the daily. HD130 70.04% 29.96%
DECISION 2022: Primary election results for local races in Harris County and surrounding counties Published: March 1, 2022, 1:39 PM Updated: March 2, 2022, 10:02 PM Tags: Decision 2022 , Texas . The numbers tell the tale. HD139 29.61% 70.39%
JP6 21.05% 75.94% 3.00%
"If it was just mismanagement, it was just gross incompetence, wouldn't one think that the lack of paper would apply equally and uniformly across the map, so that there would be roughly an equivalent number of Democratic stronghold precinct neighborhoods as well as Republican precinct stronghold neighborhoods?" Closely Vetting All 2022 Judicial Candidates Regardless of their Ethnicity is a Must as the Midterm Election Cycle Draws Nearer Judge Brittanye Morris . Results of the 2022 Judicial Preference Poll. The Rutherford County Commissioner Craig Harris announced Judge McFarlin's retirement plans in a letter during Thursday night's commission meeting. 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. In fact, when something controversial enough happens to be the subject of a lawsuit, that is exactly when the public most needs to know what the record shows. HD142 8,580 25,228 859
Dist Stanart%Hudspeth%
FOX 26 has a list of these candidates and their biggest priorities if elected. HD144 45.24% 54.76%
Education: Prairie View A&M University and South Texas College of Law, Campaign website: beverlyarmstrongforjudge.com. HD140 30.03% 63.27% 5.24% 1.46%
Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I
JP7 16.80% 83.20%
The question about caseloads is one where theres room for disagreement Silverman, the HCCDLA President mentioned above, mounted a defense of the attorneys named in this story though those at the extreme end always look dodgy. Theyre trying to do something about that, but they really cant, not right now. JP8 63.98% 36.02%, Dist Hegar Dudding Lib
6(lost to Judge Kelley Andrews), Matthew Dexter, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. 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. He is a member of the ACLU and the Houston Democratic Lawyers Association. HD140 32.61% 67.36% 0.03%
SD11 60,351 32,991 17
Commissioners Court convened the special meeting to decide on a response to Hegars claim. For sure, its hard to imagine much money spent on Republicans locally in 2024. We need to turn that around. HD126 36,849 21,629 1,070 1
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. Because respondents can correct the ballot now, [TALs] mandamus is appropriate.. JP5 47.07% 50.22% 2.71%
2022 1,133,155 2,543,162 44.56%, Name Raised Spent Loans On Hand
CC2 95,951 97,604 7,402 2,627
JP4 57.09% 39.45% 2.41% 1.05%
JP5 147,814 135,680
The 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Tennessee. The bench does not belong to the DA's Office. The main thing I want to point out is just that we have more voters in Houston now than we did in 2015.
CC4 107,368 129,927 6,251
I was all set to have a peaceful weekend when I came across a press release from Commissioner Ellis office on Friday afternoon about this. The League of Women Voters of Texas in astatement last weeksaid such legislation, if passed, is fraught for potential abuse, infringes on the rights of county governments to select their own elections administrator, and demeans the meaning of local governance.. 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. JP7 12,266 66,242
HD131 20.01% 79.99%
Obviously, the Democratic candidates lost the four races. HD130 66.73% 30.70% 2.57%
My point is that 10-20 years ago, as Democrats were starting to assert power in Harris County, it was still quite common for Dems in the then-dark red areas to believe they were the only ones like themselves there. Who won and who lost in the 2022 midterm elections across Houston and rest of Texas? Ogg 161,659 19,356 48,489 242,159
Its also why there was such fierce opposition to the creation of such an office in Harris County even though most other large counties in Texas had them. The race was not the only close margin in a Harris County judicial election last month. Jack Morman did not have a report filed or Id have included him as well. MJ Hegar, who didnt do nearly as well, still won Harris by 136K. HD133 58.20% 40.08% 1.73%
In addition to her retained work, she accepts indigent defense appointments. The lawsuit is an example of why the Texas Legislature should repeal the litigation exception provision in state law that offers public offices an option to withhold records during litigation, said Bill Aleshire, an Austin attorney who works with the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Briones 819,495 331,782 0 667,234
PREVIOUSLY 2023-01202; Stan Stanart v. Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth. HD129 37,473 24,455 1,607 766
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. Thats a bigger and more long-term problem. JP2 42.67% 57.33%
Amanda Reichek. 13 Cause No. Like I said, this is plenty good enough for these purposes. HD144 46.53% 53.47%
With the exception of one provision calling for the creation of a city justice director, Segovia said the proposals elements are all inconsistent with state law.. HD127 41,603 24,533 5
Elections Harris County election results 2022: County judge, commissioners, propositions. 2022-2023 Chair: Diana Gomez, Chamberlain Hrdlicka For more information on this committee, contact Maggie Martin at maggiem@hba.org or 346-471-3428. Trevino 3,150 4,270 0 26,871
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. In actuality, there were 486K total ballots cast, including undervotes, in the city prop races. CC3 227,842 132,864
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. HD137 7,704 13,091 643
There are multiple parking options available for those looking to attend the Houston Rodeo. Nearly 70% of voters cast their ballots during the early voting period, but Mealer only cites issues on Election Day itself. In response to each of the requests for public information, the elections office responded by seeking an opinion from the Texas Attorney Generals office allowing it to withhold the information due to ongoing litigation, the lawsuit states. The raid cast a shadow over a competitive election year for the longtime Democratic congressman who defended his seat from a progressive in the March primary and then a well-funded and coordinated effort to flip his seat by Republicans in November. HD133 31,931 27,421 1,396
Judge Hidalgo is represented by Neal Manne. This is another way of illustrating that. In this context, after the statewide offices and the legislative offices (including the SBOE), there are the judicial races. Thats a lot! JP5 52.63% 47.37%
Heres County Attorney Menefees Twitter post, with a copy of the letter to May from Speaker Phelan: NEW: Speaker Phelan dismissed losing House candidate Mike Mays election contest against @Jon_RosenthalTX because he didnt pay the required fees. HD133 34,548 25,581
CD29 33.51% 66.46% 0.03%
HD149 39.55% 60.45%
Beyond Harris County, lawmakers are looking at a slate of statewide elections reforms, starting with returning the penalty for illegal voting to a felony instead of a misdemeanor. HD150 35,168 21,262
The San Antonio Report adds some details. Under Hegars calculations, Heaps annualized budget would have been about $48.9 million over 12 months nearly $2.3 million off from the $46.7 million figure calculated by the county. 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. 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. 12 Cause No. There will be a couple of referenda on the ballot, and maybe possibly an HISD bond referendum. Those cases are expected to proceed over the next few months. Ms. Wyatt is represented by Neal Manne. There is a legitimate question about what a City Council is supposed to do with a voter-passed ordinance that one can reasonably read to be in violation of state law, at least in part. 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. JP3 46.84% 53.16%
I know the job title is Harris County Dem Party Chair, but we abut a lot of other counties, and in quite a few places the development just sprawls over the border, making the distinction between the two of lesser value. Ramsey 550,625 149,433 0 944,935
Experience:Katherine Thomas currently serves as an Assistant District Attorney Felony Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office. JP8 62.20% 35.25% 2.55%, Dist Buck Kleberg Grn W-I
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. Texas Republicans spent most of the 2021 legislative session focusing on election security and this year, its a top priority for them again. Galveston keeps on getting redder, and its big enough and growing enough for that to have an effect. SD17 58.16% 41.82% 0.02%
SD18 51.69% 48.30% 0.01%
HD132 56.37% 41.11% 2.52%
For context, here are the Harris County turnout numbers from the last three open Mayoral races: I should note that in 2003 there was the Metro referendum, and in 2015 there was the (unfortunate and infuriating) HERO repeal referendum, in addition to four Harris County ballot propositions.