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. SD18 18,199 17,006 4
Appeals from the Southern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit . The Legislature lowered the punishment when it passed Senate Bill 1, but top Republicans including Gov. CC3 61.34% 38.66%
What I did was add up the Republican and Democratic votes for each candidate in those races there were four that year, as there were this year and then took the difference. 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. JP7 14.44% 83.28% 2.28%
Education: Prairie View A&M University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Endorsements: votemelissamorris.com/endorsements. 2023-00955; James Lombardino v. Judge Audrie Lawton-Evans.
Dade Phelan had never met them. "I'm disappointed to see another losing candidate challenging the results of their election. About 40K people on average skipped these three races, compared with a bit less than 23K for RRC. Although the petition garnered support from McKee-Rodriguez and an array of progressive groups from around the state, its likely to face stiff resistance from others. Early voting results will be released at 7 p.m. CST on March 1, 2022. 2023-01067; Dan Spjut v. Judge Juanita Jackson. JP2 22,125 28,127 2,055
HD145 12,368 32,031 1,449
The story goes into detail about how absurdly vague the provisions are, which could put a whole lot of election administrators in solidly red counties in danger if something goes wrong, as things sometimes do.
CC2 94,272 105,549 6,218
Luong then practiced law with two civil trial law firms in Houston. "This case will focus on the details of every aspect of the November 8 election in Harris County. Experience: Sherlene Cruz has worked 16 years in the criminal justice system. If the margin is 60-40, the net gain is about 500 votes.
2022 General Election Democratic Candidates - Harris County Democrats CC2 47.51% 48.77% 3.72%
Collier 312,803 273,337 62.81% 45.64%
PDF 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 28, 2022 - Illinois State Bar Association 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. I do not and never will understand anyone who thinks that writing in a candidate for County Judge could possibly be productive, but thats not important right now. Under the new rules, quorum-breakers can now be subject to daily fines and even expulsion from the chamber. After 10 people spoke and each commissioner offered their opinions on Proposition A, they voted 5-0 on an authorization to litigate.. The deadline for paying the required fee I have no idea how much, but if there was even a sliver of a chance this was for real, this guy would have had no trouble getting some fat cat to pay for it as needed was December 9. CC2 98,597 101,176
JP7 15.20% 80.93% 2.46% 1.42%
Thats a lot! CC4 44.09% 53.35% 2.57%
Well just have to see. JP4 173,381 126,119
ELECTION MAP: See if your Harris County neighborhood voted for Greg Abbott or Beto O'Rourke in the 2022 midterms. HD126 37,148 21,466
This is nothing but a pretext. The day before Harris County Commissioners Court was set to certify the results of the November election, the Texas Attorney General's Office filed a last-minute petition to throw out 2,000 provisional ballots cast during an extended hour of voting on Election Day. Harris County has long been ground zero for the national debate over bail reform. The government moved forward at that point, but its not necessarily surprising that we havent seen any other announcements or any other information thats gone public, said Edward Loya Jr., a Dallas-based attorney and former federal prosecutor. 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. San Antonios police unionhas criticized the Justice Charter as an overreach into police policies as well as violations of state and federal law. HD129 56.03% 41.03% 2.95%
A federal judge has handed Texas' elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022s first primary. HD146 19.66% 77.97% 2.36%
The root cause of that debate, however, remains unresolved, Hegar said in the statement, referring to the defunding spat from last fall. DA is technically a state office for smaller counties, the DA can cover several of them at once so Id normally expect to see them on the Texas Ethics Commission site. CC2 97,146 99,729 7,605
We need to be aware of past and current threats to our elections and candidates, we need to be on the lookout for emerging threats, and we need to have a plan and dedicated staff and resources to respond to them. In a statement, Menefee confirmed his office will file a lawsuit against Hegar. Legal experts on both sides of the political aisle have raised concerns for many years . As the title says, what do we need to do to hold onto them? In what should be a stronger Democratic year, Ill be very interested to see how things change. HD147 20.37% 75.10% 2.95% 1.58%
Warford 290,364 251,323 59.02% 42.41%
The judges listed as well as Lina have little in their campaign coffers. HD128 31,548 13,748 1,148
SD17 58.16% 41.82% 0.02%
HD144 11,734 13,368 1,167
HD145 32.67% 67.33%
On the other hand, the Lege is out there as well, with a giant hammer to wield against cities and counties that do things the Republicans dont like. HD127 38,578 26,405 1,691
Election 2022 Voters' Guide: Who's Running for Judge in Texas? Reid Epstein Mar 1, 2022 When he ran for the Senate four years ago, Democrat Beto O'Rourke . 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 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. The appellate courts cover multiple counties. Morris is managing partner of the Morris Law Firm - Houston office.
Republican judges swept out by voters in Harris County election - Chron HD150 34,404 20,882 1,366 623
Something like this was surely inevitable. Activists in Harker Heights, which is also in Bell County, are planning to force another vote on the issue, though that may wind up being moot, depending on how this goes. Herman 0 96,574 0 518,009
DECISION 2022: Primary election results for local races in Harris Hays 308,304 269,169 62.61% 45.36%
Scroll down to find results for statewide, congressional, and state legislative . CC3 224,670 141,583
Whitmire drew a two-year term, and Zaffirni drew a four-year term. Anyway. 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. JP7 16.15% 83.85%
2023-00841; Tami Pierce v. Judge DaSean Jones. HD132 59.59% 38.35% 2.06%
Judge Craft is represented by Steve Kherker. 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. As happened last fall, Hegar and County Administrator David Berry have used different methods to project out Heaps seven-month budget to a full year. My post about the HD135 election contest ran on December 3, so it was filed at least one day before then. JP7 11,370 65,643 2,250
HD131 6,062 24,496
At a high level, its federal races, then state races, then county races, then city and other local entities if applicable. Other non-judicial statewide positions that appeared on the ballot include the races for Comptroller, . Mealer 356,684 621,482 0 188,512
Beto versus the spread This week, Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan dismissed the election contest filed by Mike May, the candidate who lost to Representative Jon Rosenthal in the 2022 election for house district 135. It belongs to the people. The number of registered voters in Harris County, and thus in Houston, will certainly change between now and November. Let me know what you think. Therefore, even if the public does adopt the charter amendments, the charter amendments as written will not be enforceable, he said. 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. HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25%
She handled cases ranging from Class C speeding tickets to non-death Capital Murders. A big part of what the countys organizing, and the growth of the local clubs, has done is to dispel that notion and allow people the chance to enhance their communities. The initiative follows the Gallery Furniture ownerslawsuit filed last weekaccusing the Harris County Elections Administrators Office of refusing to turn over public records related to the election. CC3 227,110 133,538
In addition, unlike Presidential years when higher profile county offices like Sheriff and County Attorney and Tax Assessor appear (District Attorney is a state office), the ones on this ballot are low profile and mostly clerical in nature. JP8 48,118 27,102 2,000 871
These losing candidates should move on too.. Buckingham 184,006 323,967 37.41% 54.65%
11 Cause No. You can also contribute to any candidate you like directly just google them or find their campaign Facebook page to get to a suitable Donate link for them. HD148 45.83% 54.14% 0.02%
HD134 42.55% 57.45%
JP3 35,923 42,332
After watching Congress attempt to function last week, I cannot imagine why some want Texas to be like D.C, Phelan said. I understand that, but we dont have the authority.. Make of that what you will. HD141 17.82% 77.79% 3.09% 1.31%
If you decide to make a contribution a check can be sent to: CLUBS IN ACTION HD141 18.77% 81.23%
HD138 32,324 23,310 968 2
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. Segovia said the city would defer to the amendments authors. HD142 26.27% 73.73%
HD137 38.73% 58.25% 3.03%
The chart below is the vote percentage for both parties in each of those races individually. Ms. Wyatt is represented by Neal Manne. Its deeply annoying that we have to do this as a reminder, these cases are stinking piles of nothing and the losers pursuing them damn well know it but its where we are. HD143 8,457 14,290 1,159 373
At the other end of the scale is the problem known as Galveston: 23K to 27K in 2012 The tens of thousands of residents who signed this petition understood that each of these police reforms are part of a comprehensive approach to public safety, and we expect to vote on them in the same way they were presented as one unified package, Act 4 SA Executive Director Ananda Tomas said in a statement Sunday night. CC4 49.47% 50.53%
In a statement, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee said his office will keep a close eye on Lunceford's election contest. HD130 46,145 18,886 963 5
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. 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. JP3 45.91% 52.02% 2.06% 0.01%
Anything is possible. As weve discussed, there is consistently a three-to-four point range between the top-scoring Democratic judicial candidate and the lowest-scoring one. The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced that he would step down at the end of February. Overall, it looks like Collier and Garza did about as well percentage-wise as Beto did. In April 2013, Sanchez joined the Harris County District Attorneys office in the misdemeanor division. 2023-00927; Bruce Bain v. Judge Corey Sepolio. HD149 12,101 18,269 925 429
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See here for the previous entry. I treasure the work we were able to accomplish during the last two years, Evbagharu said in the release. See if your Harris County neighborhood voted for Greg Abbott or Beto O'Rourke in the 2022 midterms, 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, Texas GOP may censure Tony Gonzales over gay marriage, gun votes, Rep. Joaquin Castro's health plan points to a new Texas trend, Rep. Joaquin Castro diagnosed with cancer, undergoes surgery, Texas House Speaker appoints committee for gun legislation, Santa Fe families still denied video, records from 2018 shooting. HD139 29.30% 70.70%
HD141 4,753 20,212
HD139 12,541 30,343
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judges sued to undo 22 election. JP4 57.72% 40.01% 2.27%
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. So well know soon enough. Its not that hard.. But the Republicans in the Lege dont care about that. So if I understand this correctly, the Elections Office could provide these documents on demand, but legally they dont have to until they get an opinion on it from the AGs office. Ill have more to say about those Commissioners Court precincts later, so lets put a pin in that for now. These election contests are frivolous attempts to overturn the votes of more than a million residents in the third largest county in the country. Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel indicated there could be more election contests to come. Bruce Bain is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. HD138 30,328 25,534 1,383
I look forward to speaking with her about this. HD126 60.98% 35.61% 2.33% 1.09%
HD144 45.44% 51.94% 2.61% 0.02%
A lack of funding is one big factor, but money isnt the only reason. CC3 226,675 133,751
The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate. House and Senate bills filed by Republican lawmakers in response to Harris Countys mismanagement of its recent elections could give the Texas secretary of state the authority to step in, suspend county election administrators when a complaint is filed and appoint a replacement administrator. Susan Hays did pretty well compared to the other Dems in that straight up two-way race: Miller was definitely a slight notch up from the first three. 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. CC3 225,304 134,394 7,641
HD129 38,119 24,936 1,559
Harris County Election Results: 10 Democratic judges lost primary Judge Jones is represented by Oliver Brown. That is nonsense and not our job.. JP8 59.30% 37.90% 2.80%, Dist Paxton Garza Lib
He aint running for anything in 2024, Im confident of that. CC1 29.16% 70.81% 0.03%
Menefee 36,826 30,700 0 193,291
Briones 819,495 331,782 0 667,234
HD129 61.17% 38.83%
Harris County 263rd Criminal District Court incumbent Amy Martin and challenger Melissa Morris. A native Houstonian, Jen graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University and earned a master's degree from University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. JP8 46,811 29,923 2,210
Opponents of the so-called Justice Charter have filed an emergency petition asking the Texas Supreme Court to require separate votes for each of its provisions, including decriminalizing marijuana and abortion and banning police chokeholds and no-knock warrants.
Bail Reform, Rising Crime Shine Spotlight on Harris County Judicial HD139 28.11% 69.53% 2.35% 0.00%
I guess what Im saying is that while theres still no reason yet to get on the Julian Castro might really run for something statewide this time! train, theres also nothing obvious out there that would be an obstacle to it. I was on several endorsements interviews with some of these judges through a different organization. So with all that preamble, heres the data: To be clear about what this data shows, Beto won the city of Houston by a margin of 317,736 to 175,533, or 63.43% to 35.04%, while Greg Abbott carried the non-Houston parts of the county 314,728 to 277,917. Judge Fleischer is represented by John Raley. Wyatt 293,352 256,862 60.86% 44.00%
JP8 62.62% 35.61% 1.76% 0.01%, Dist Chris Warford Lib Grn
Paxton encouraged his supporters to launch a pressure campaign and flood the court with calls and emails demanding,unsuccessfully, thatthey reverse the decision. I would expect this to pass, as similar referenda has done in other cities.
Seems to me the easy choice is to stay put and wait until Texas is competitive enough to tip the odds in your favor. Breaking it up into its components means there will be multiple lawsuits instead of one.
Meet the primary candidates running for Harris County's justice of the HD145 33.87% 66.10% 0.02%
In the two good years, Dems carried Fort Bend by over 10K votes in each race. For the most part, Hidalgos performance in each district is about what youd expect in comparison to Beto. JP6 4,941 17,062 885
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. See here for some background and here for an earlier version of the story. Im just guessing the evidence is minimal, there arent that many of these races, the gap isnt that much but its what Ive got. CC4 47.51% 50.03% 2.46%
Unfortunately, more than 20 other election contests are still pending in Harris Countymost of those races had greater vote margins than Mays.
Vuse Alto pods are great tasting and long lasting pods. The Golden 2023-00952; Nile Copeland v. Judge Latosha Lewis Payne. The San Antonio Report adds some details. I was invited to this meeting because of the effort to create and carry out block walking events. The Trib, which reported Patricks remarks but didnt fact check them, and Campos, who called the Trib story lazyarse reporting, have more. She got 553K votes, which is 42K less than Beto. JP1 64,874 118,648 3,973 11
Democratic Primary: Beth Payan, Paula Knippa, Rosa Lopez Theofanis Run for Judge of 3rd . 300 intermediate appellate court seats. She serves on the Houston Bar Associations Gender Fairness Committee as well as the HAY Center Committee. HD131 6,519 24,611 13
CC2 49.76% 50.24%
HD135 42.95% 57.05%
Thats too many cases for one lawyer to handle, Harris County chief public defenderAlex Buninsaid of Ortizs caseload. ======================
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2018 Harris + FB 121K to 174K. In 2020, eleven Democratic judicial candidates were unopposed. We should find ways to collaborate and cooperate to help our candidates in these races. A William Wagner, about whom I could find nothing, filed the same for Constable in Precinct 7. The usual caveat applies here, which is that this data is not exact. CC1 76,230 193,216
All those requests were ignored. HD150 36,105 21,302 10
How often do we see that 70% pass anywhere? HD145 32.67% 67.33%
Judge Payne is represented by John Raley. ==============================
2022 General Election Democratic Candidates. PREVIOUSLY For more than a year, we've repeatedly asked Judges Hillary Unger, Greg Glass, and Jason Luong for interviews for Breaking Bond reports. 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. After the last Family Court race is the County Judge, the top race in the county, and then the County Civil courts, the County Criminal courts, and finally the County Probate courts. One year later, there have been no arrests or charges filed related to the case.
The path to retaining these judges is there. ORourke did not respond to a request for comment on whether he was considering a second Senate run against Cruz. As for Beto, Im pretty sure weve seen the last of him on the statewide stage, at least for the foreseeable future. 2015 979,401 2,054,717 47.67%
2022 1,133,155 2,543,162 44.56%, Name Raised Spent Loans On Hand
Rutherford County General SessionsIt worked out because the clerks were Wyatt 1,950 2,110 0 2,258
HD137 38.33% 59.01% 2.65% 0.01%
2020 bad counties 122K to 127K