CC1 71,640 196,243 6,241 17
Unger currently serves as a co-chair of the Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Standing Committee. This makes sense to me, but as it agrees with my priors, Id like to check it. Thats the kind of vision I want from the next Chair, and I want there to be a plan to go along with it. CC2 99,401 100,543
About 40K people on average skipped these three races, compared with a bit less than 23K for RRC. 2022 General Election Democratic Candidates. Nick Stevens, a board member of the advocacy group Decriminalize Denton, said later Tuesday evening at the City Council meeting that what some council members and city staff are saying publicly is different than what they claimed privately. More than seven months after a teenage gunman killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School, the speaker of the Texas House was in Uvalde for a private meeting with relatives of the victims. In addition to her retained work, she accepts indigent defense appointments. HD142 8,851 24,073 1,025 411
At this point, three months out, they seem as plausible as Bigfoot sightings, but lets take Cindy Siegel at her word and assume the existence of 2600 actual people who were actually unable to cast a ballot on Election Day. JP2 42.30% 53.77% 3.93%
Currently, Paxton can only get involved if invited by a district or county attorney, according to the courts ruling. CC3 224,670 141,583
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. HD131 6,062 24,496
HD150 57.85% 39.38% 2.76%
HD140 29.27% 68.30% 2.43%
300 intermediate appellate court seats. There is no reason not to do it, so lets do it.. At this point, I dont know if he really is thinking that the time is right or if hes the 2023 version of John Sharp, destined to always be brought up in this kind of story because it would be weirder to not mention him. We have to talk about the many millions of dollars spent by various wealthy wingnuts against Judge Hidalgo and Democratic criminal court judges. I truly . Education: Texas A&M University-College Station and South Texas College of Law-Houston, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR TEXAS GOVERNOR, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL. The chamber passed the overall rules package by a vote of 123-19, with Democrats making up most of the opposition. Anyway. HD144 12,065 13,483
We have until noon on Tuesday to respond to the Texas Supreme Court. I would expect this to pass, as similar referenda has done in other cities. On the ballot this year are . So there you have it. As of today, the office has not received an opinion on how to proceed with these particular public information requests. Meteorologist Lena Maria gives us a look at what we can expect as we gear up for the opening weekend of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo! Country music star and Conroe-native, Parker McCollum caught up with our Sally Mac after he was named the headliner for 2023's Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. State judicial elections, 2022 - Ballotpedia He is now a Managing Partner along with his father, Samuel L. Milledge, Sr. of The Milledge Law Firm, P.L.L.C. HD138 59.58% 40.41% 0.02%
HD147 9,684 35,282 1,243 1
As written the proposal, called the Justice Charter by its proponents, would ostensibly eliminate police enforcement of certain levels of marijuana possession, eliminate police enforcement of abortion-related crimes. 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. HD137 40.87% 59.13%
HD134 39.59% 58.92% 1.48% 0.01%
She won the jackpot. In 2016 the legal advocacy group Civil Rights Corps sued the county on behalf of Maranda Lynn ODonnell, a 22-year . 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. Ferrell has served as a member of the Board for the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association since 2017. In her most recent role, she serves as a Vehicular Crimes Prosecutor. He would almost surely run as a Dem in this heavily Democratic precinct. HD138 32,276 24,389
More or less the same story here, with the distinction between Houston and not-Houston being smaller than in prior years. CD18 30.13% 69.85% 0.03%
HD132 34,454 25,125 1,539
Dist Hegar% Dudding% Lib%
That helps, and I have hope it can be better than that in 2024. The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. Improve performance in base Democratic areas. So, you know, a banner Monday. Maybe other Democratic candidates could get them with the right message, and if they were the right candidates. I want to know what the next Chair intends to do about that. HD127 40,131 24,789 1,092 0
Dist Scott% Wyatt%
HD141 4,682 20,256
The best the Uvalde parents can hope for is a state ban on straw-person sales, which is already a federal crime. JP8 49,373 27,414
Scroll down to find results for statewide, congressional, and state legislative . Sen. LaMantia had a tough race in 2022, and at this time I have no idea if its better for her to run in 2024 or not. HD138 33,875 22,977 9
HD150 34,989 21,381
Judge Craft is represented by Steve Kherker. HD149 12,496 19,196 4
The Republicans picked the judges with some of the smallest accounts. HD132 36,413 23,479
JP3 35,348 39,739 2,132 865
In 2018, she gained her certification from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law. Theres no overall downward trend. Looking at the numbers, its not an irrational fear. HD149 11,876 19,423 706
HD131 19.53% 77.80% 2.66% 0.00%
HD142 25.96% 71.15% 2.89%
Better statewide races
Lunceford's opponent, Democrat Tamika Craft, won the election by 0.26 percent of the vote. 2023-01202; Stan Stanart v. Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth. JP8 62.20% 35.25% 2.55%, Dist Buck Kleberg Grn W-I
As the title says, what do we need to do to hold onto them? The annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is no fun and games if you don't have a ticket. HD130 46,489 18,687
HD137 8,263 12,428 646
Download this stock image: FILE -Pam Gaskin talks about her mail-in primary election ballot at her home Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Missouri City, Texas. The county eventually began paying court-appointed attorneys hourly. HD149 12,270 19,513
Hidalgo got 50.78% of the vote, which is 3.25 points less than Beto. San Antonio City Council approved it for the ballot as is, which was also as expected. I still have a couple more of these posts to work through. HD137 8,600 12,670 9
HD142 9,047 25,391
Phelan was one of the few lawmakers to address the Uvalde shooting when the legislative session began Tuesday, promising sensible, meaningful change. Republican leaders have focused on bolstering mental health resources and improving the physical defenses of schools both of which have bipartisan support as the session starts. It was the luck of the draw for Texas senators on Wednesday as they drew lots to decide which half of them would get two-year terms and which would get four-year terms. HD134 33,479 45,200
Like I said, Ill get into that a bit more in the next post. We only need 26.3% turnout in 2023, based on the 2022 registration numbers, to equal the number of voters from 2003. It is not clear when the lawsuit will be filed. Not as good statewide races HD126 64.12% 35.85% 0.03%
Experience: Chris Morton worked as Assistant District Attorney with Harris County for four and half years in the Trial Division, prosecuting thousands of cases ranging from the most minor of traffic tickets to the most serious of offensescapital murder. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not a Houston Bar Association opinion or endorsement. SD06 45,259 81,877 39
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. JP6 25.54% 74.43% 0.02%
Some 64% of voters in the city of 34,000 people approved the decriminalization initiative. 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. Home The Harris County Republican Party filed a lawsuit in November accusing Tatum and the county of several state election code violations, which Taylor said is on the back burner until after the election contests are resolved. Dist Patrick% Collier% Lib%
I think that thats still going to be a conversation with City Council.. Endorsements: Houston Police Officers Union for the Democratic Primary, Campaign website: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077652602633. The fee cant be lowered due to appearance of impropriety issues. Three Local Gay Judges Lost their Elections - OutSmart Magazine HD144 43.70% 53.07% 3.23%
CC3 61.33% 36.59% 2.08%
Chair for Pct. I had heard chatter about this for a couple of months. How often do we see that 70% pass anywhere? The Fort Bend and Montgomery share will likely be in the 5-6K range total, but even without that wed easily have a new high total for a Houston election. HD138 56.96% 43.04%
JP5 52.63% 47.37%
See here for the background. JP6 4,815 17,369 687
HD142 26.27% 73.73%
2003 955,205 1,786,767 53.46%
Rodney Ellis, County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Odus will serve through the end of this month, and the next CEC meeting on March 19 will be when his successor is named. We need to turn that around. You might notice at this point that the range of outcomes in Harris plus Fort Bend is quite wide in both years, much wider than the range for the red counties. 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. The Houston-area Senators who will be on the ballot in 2024 are Carol Alvarado (SD06), Paul Bettencourt (SD07), John Whitmire (SD15), and Joan Huffman (SD17). Thats well above the roughly 20,000 required to put it on the ballot for Mays citywide election. HD143 35.04% 59.96% 5.00%
CD08 46,156 45,668 17
In actuality, there were 486K total ballots cast, including undervotes, in the city prop races. That would not be a cheap race as things stand now, as you can see. Many Texans will vote for judicial candidates they know little or nothing about in this year's primaries. If even one is bounced, Abbott could appoint a replacement for those in the criminal courts. I was invited to this meeting because of the effort to create and carry out block walking events. 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. CD38 170,772 87,662 46
I made this point till I was sick of having to make it back in 2018 and again in 2020. Dist Civil 518,475 545,206 48.74% 51.26%
HD132 58.80% 37.87% 2.30% 1.03%
Not that Im complaining. HD132 60.80% 39.20%
HD127 41,603 24,533 5
HD141 17.82% 77.79% 3.09% 1.31%
CC2 101,745 103,117 48
JP6 5,019 15,850 1,277 447
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. Carla Wyatt, County Treasurer, Alexandra Mealer, County Judge How awful it was for democracy that these swarms of Democratic voters were mindlessly hitting one button and putting all these non-judges onto our benches. Harris County criminal court judge election results | khou.com 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. HD141 20.56% 79.37% 0.07%
HD147 8,809 36,618 1,383
The 2018 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. Second, these bills I assume theyre identical in each chamber are just a mess. I dont think Ive seen reports for District Attorney on the county election site before. But due to a change in state law, you only have until March 8 to make a contribution. JP7 12,214 64,137 2,011 2
Cuellar maintains that he was never the target of the investigation and will ultimately be cleared of wrongdoing. Harris County courthouse. Website Facebook . 33K to 36K in 2016 HD145 30.56% 65.38% 4.06%
Counting these as Houston precincts means you wind up with a lot more total votes in Houston than were cast in the referenda elections, and gives you a distorted picture of the candidate percentages. I dont have the data to make a judgment about that, but the possibility certainly exists. 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. As an attorney, Martin opened her own law practice, focusing on felony criminal cases. It does not make the records confidential (where it would be illegal to disclose the information); it just means the government is not required to disclose the information, Aleshire said. "Mr. Tatum, your day of reckoning has just started.". Looking at what Ive written here, I need to do a post about third party votes, too. The margins are far wider in some other races candidates are contesting. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. A federal judge has handed Texas' elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022s first primary. HD142 27.13% 72.87%
HD149 39.55% 60.45%
Judge Draper is represented by John Raley. Rory Olsen is represented by Jared Woodfill. At least in those cases, you can make the claim that the Libertarian received votes that might have otherwise gone to the Republican. She consistently has one of the highest case clearance rates of all the Criminal District Courts* and has maintained the highest case clearance rate in over a decade of the 184th District Courts history. Lets see how this breaks down. Democrats would still be running the elections. Thats an enormous increase over 2015. HD143 37.22% 62.78%
Beto versus the spread These victories gave Dems a 5-4 majority on each court, and it seemed there would be more to come. Home - League of Women Voters of Houston JP8 62.50% 37.50%, Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I
Bail Reform, Rising Crime Shine Spotlight on Harris County Judicial Harris County 230th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Chris Morton and challenger Joseph Sanchez. (Of course, if we had managed to pass a federal voting rights law over the past two years, we wouldnt be talking about any of this now. HD146 23.77% 76.21% 0.03%
HD145 14,698 29,537
HD140 31.10% 68.90%
HD138 32,324 23,310 968 2
This isnt a lobbying or legislating matter, its a political and electoral one. Indeed, three of the four races were actually in the Dem +34K to +38K range, with one outlier. JP6 23.14% 76.86%
Four months after a majority of voters approved Proposition B, Dentons misdemeanor marijuana decriminalization ordinance continues to be a difficult issue for city staff to implement completely, according to City Manager Sara Hensley on Tuesday. The practice is outlined in Article 3, Section 3, of the Texas Constitution, which calls for Senators elected after each apportionment [redistricting] to be divided into two classes: one that will serve a four-year term and the other to serve a two-year term. There will be a couple of referenda on the ballot, and maybe possibly an HISD bond referendum. HD145 14,403 29,681
HD128 70.08% 27.72% 2.20%
HD145 26.72% 70.17% 3.12%
HD131 19.48% 80.52%
HD127 40,378 24,663
JP1 58,698 126,202 5,083
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Hegar 185,671 324,329 37.58% 54.52%
Its perfectly appropriate for the chamber to have sanctions for that kind of action, and its not that different, at least to my mind, than what was passed after the 2003 walkout. Make of that what you will. The Current has more. I turn as always to the numbers to see what they tell us. That is nonsense and not our job.. 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. Hidalgos opponent Alexandra del Moral Mealer. JP4 59.16% 40.84%
JP1 71,793 116,463 40
Amanda Reichek. The travel time alone for the attorneys will be in the thousands when ZOOM meetings are not allowed! HD133 36,909 23,379 11
HD126 37,264 21,436
A William Wagner, about whom I could find nothing, filed the same for Constable in Precinct 7. If not, Ill be disappointed but not surprised. After losing his gubernatorial bid against Texas Gov. HD135 16,804 21,988 1,227 559
Judge Jones is represented by Oliver Brown. HD134 35,653 45,142 16
SD18 51.69% 48.30% 0.01%
Beall led the race by 13% in the primary. Same shit, different year. They may have drawn some support from people who otherwise voted Republican, or they got more people who might have been skipping other judicial races to push their buttons. 2020, in the race for District Judge, 333rd Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas. Hidalgo trailed Beto by six points in HD133 and seven in HD134. CC3 62.89% 37.11%
That is, of course, should he even choose to run for reelection, which would be strange considering his newly-introduced legislation to limit U.S. senators to two terms., Cruz, who would be running for a third term, told reporters this week that he doesnt support unilateral term limits, but would happily comply with them if they applied to everyone.. Clerk Burgess is represented by Neal Manne. We will have a couple of Houston referenda on the ballot this November so the higher end is more likely to me, but there is a range and a lower end is possible as well. 10 Cause No. UPDATE: I have since received an email from Mike Doyle, the current president of the Harris County Democratic Lawyers Association, announcing his candidacy as well. There is a deadline of MARCH 8 to raise funds!! 2023-00925; Michelle Fraga v. Judge Christine Weems. Ellis 40,800 443,116 0 3,543,358
Anyway. The commissions oversight powers allow it to appoint, terminate or accept the resignation of the countys election administrator. HD134 34.70% 62.39% 2.92%
HD131 6,108 24,414
If the margin is 60-40, the net gain is about 500 votes. Harris County Propositions A, B and C. 38% of Harris County likely voters intend to vote in favor of Proposition A (public safety bonds for up to $100,000,000), 31% intend . HD140 32.14% 67.86%
The main thing I want to point out is just that we have more voters in Houston now than we did in 2015. Im sure you can guess which of those favor Democrats and are needed for Team Blue to win. MJ Hegar, who didnt do nearly as well, still won Harris by 136K. HD141 4,487 20,489 610
Court Judges who have opponents in the Dem. A total of 384 appellate court seats were up for election in 2022. 13 Cause No. Radack 0 71,246 0 794,652, Court R Avg D Avg R pct D pct
Experience:Kate Ferrell entered private practice in 2016 and worked as an associate attorney before opening The Law Office of Kate Ferrell. Going into the rules debate, most attention was on the subject of committee chairs, who have the power to advance legislation or block it from being taken up by the full House. (Note: As I have done in past elections, I am running a series of Q&As for judicial candidates in contested Democratic primaries. JP2 22,125 28,127 2,055
HD127 40,060 25,992
In Galveston and to a lesser extent Waller, the growth has been in redder areas, and we need to find the allies there who likely feel isolated and help them connect with and amplify each other. 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.). JP4 59.33% 40.67%
CD22 62.20% 37.79% 0.01%
HD135 16,314 23,615 964
HD133 31,931 27,421 1,396
While at least two other of those votes received blowback from local officials, Harker Heights is so far the first to reject voters approval outright. By voting to repeal Prop A, the Harker Heights City Council sent a clear message to their constituents that they dont respect the will of the voters or the democracy they participate in, Ground Game Texas Executive Director Julie Oliver said in a news release. ROBERT FICKMAN'S 2022 HARRIS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY JUDICIAL ENDORSEMENTS Friends - The Harris County District Attorneys Office has SHAMEFULLY encouraged assistant district attorneys and pro- prosecution candidates to run against some of our best incumbent judges in the Democratic Primary. Anything we can do in a collaborative, how can we help? manner that respects the people who have been doing their own work there for a long time to help with that will help us all. It would also ostensibly ban the use of chokeholds by police, ban the use of no-knock warrants, create additional requirements to obtain a search warrant, and remove the officers discretion in whether to issue a citation or arrest for some low-level crimes. See here for the background. Boeing employee bought lottery ticket because it was at $747M, a nod to the aircraft. HD131 6,081 24,219 829 1
SD15 39.84% 60.14% 0.02%
Beto versus the spread HD139 29.61% 70.39%
JP8 61.62% 34.71% 2.56% 1.12%, Dist Patrick Collier Lib
Theres already a lot of money in the campaigns, which if nothing else should mean plenty of advertising. 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. I obviously wouldnt expect the Secretary of State to crack down on, say, Bell County as theyre slavering to do to Harris, but it could be that the first example to be made is in a red place. HD139 27.65% 68.39% 2.68% 1.27%
Dont think this one will work, but after that who knows. HD133 60.51% 39.49%
Heres the data for the County Judge race, in which Judge Lina Hidalgo won re-election by a close margin, though on a percentage basis it was slightly wider than her initial win in 2018. Again, I dont know exactly why. JP5 145,487 137,664 5,652 10
HD145 13,855 29,642 1,839
CC3 214,555 146,441 8,815
The elections for secretary of state had taken on heightened importance due to former President Donald Trump's baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen. MY 2022 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY JUDICIAL ENDORSEMENTS - Robert J. Fickman 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? 2015 268,872 979,401 27.45%
CC2 97,753 106,167
Harris County Elections Administrator Cliff Tatum did not respond to Votebeats request for his comment about the legislation. 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. HD127 40,320 24,703
Each of them should be deeply embarrassed and these claims should not be taken seriously by the public, said Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee. We have 26-pay-period accounting and Comptroller Hegar should know that, the judge said. Dan Patrick have called for Harris County toredo its November electionbased on claims of ballot paper shortages, though they have not provided any evidence or estimate of disenfranchised voters. After watching Congress attempt to function last week, I cannot imagine why some want Texas to be like D.C, Phelan said. Taylor said. A provision in the Texas Constitution states that no charter or any ordinance passed under said charter shall contain any provision inconsistent with the Constitution of the State, or of the general laws enacted by the Legislature of this State.. However, City Attorney Andy Segovia told reporters Wednesday the most of the provisions are inconsistent with state law and could not be enforced if even if theyre approved by voters. That looks like a significant difference, but its still less than four percent of the total turnout. CC2 94,272 105,549 6,218
unfair distribution of election supplies. Even under the most ludicrously generous assumptions, the math just plain doesnt work. Be that as it may, however one may choose to interpret the lack of news about this situation, I feel compelled to note that the FBI has been investigating Ken Paxton since November of 2020, and served subpoeanas to his office in December that year. Which would be so outlandishly unlikely as to appear to be its own conspiracy. Thus far, the Harris County Attorneys Office has identified filings by (and we expect more filings to be made today): These filings are in addition to previously announced contests by: Below is the statement from the County Attorney released this morning: This is a shameful attempt by a group of losing candidates who couldnt win the hearts and minds of Harris County voters and are now throwing nonsensical legal theories at the wall to see what sticks. JP5 47.01% 50.53% 2.46%
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. This is where my thinking is. Judge Horwitz is represented by John Raley. JP7 15.59% 81.84% 2.57% 0.00%
Not much else to say at this time for 2024, but I will note that at least some of the Democratic judges whose election is being challenged by a sore loser are raising funds for their legal defense. HD142 8,580 25,228 859
Ground Game Texas championed a similar proposal approved by Austin voters last May that decriminalized weed in that city. JP2 21,846 27,531 2,021 648
All of the information the City has to provide will be included in the City Managers presentation today to City Council, the Denton Police Department media relations team said in an email Tuesday. HD126 58.56% 38.98% 2.46%
41K to 42K in 2020. The 30-year-old native of Katy is the youngest person and the first African American to serve as the party chairperson, according to a news release. Deadline to post candidate requirements 1 Form 1-15 (PDF) Monday, March 1, 2021. Judges are being sued in their individual capacity. That is why each person named in a suit has to retain their own attorney. Under Hegars calculations, Heaps annualized budget would have been about $48.9 million over 12 months nearly $2.3 million more than the $46.7 million figure calculated by the county. Stones letterdisagreed, and asked the Texas Supreme Court to take swift action against the proposal in its entirety.