US Representative, District 8: Laura Jones. One is Fort Bend, which was positive for Dems in 2018 and 2020, but not in other years. 2023-00934; Brian Staley v. Judge Monica Singh. WHD knocked on about 1500. As for Whitmire, what this means is that if hes elected Mayor this year, things will be messy in SD15 the next year. The amendment about sanctions for quorum-busting drew more No votes, almost entirely from Dems. HD131 6,206 24,390 The problem needs to be resolved at a higher level, and thats a much more difficult thing to do. CC4 107,368 129,927 6,251 Garcia, A 175,027 340,089 0 291,697 Beto versus Abbott The main thing I want to point out is just that we have more voters in Houston now than we did in 2015. HD132 36,189 24,576 In the Senate, they drew their lots to see who would have to run again in 2024. He also knows that his audience doesnt care, and he knows that if he keeps repeating the lie, some people who dont pay close attention will just think that the election was a mess and we dont really know who won and maybe these election integrity laws that the Republicans keep passing have some merit. To get those appointments, attorneys gained favor with the judges by doing everything fromcontributingto their campaigns to bringing tacos for courtroom staff. CC2 45.75% 51.23% 3.02% 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. Im going to look back at the four most recent elections to see if we can put some numbers on that. If the facts as stated above are accurate, then this really is another case of political math being used in place of, well, math. HD137 8,141 12,532 562 2 Judge Craft is represented by Steve Kherker. 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. Which would be so outlandishly unlikely as to appear to be its own conspiracy. 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. In counties like Brazoria and Montgomery, population growth near the Harris County border has led to some burgeoning Democratic turf, mostly around Pearland for the former and around the Woodlands for the latter. Judge Jackson is represented by John Raley. Experience: Alycia Harvey worked at the Harris County District Attorneys Office, where she has practiced criminal law for 20 years. Its certainly possible that these laws arent as good at actually suppressing the vote as theyre intended to, but thats beside the point. 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. County races appear towards the bottom of the ballot, after all of the federal and state races. SD17 64,692 46,518 22 CD22 13,292 8,076 2 We did (barely) win two of the four races in 2020, with one exceedingly close loss and one less close loss, but we went 0 for 4 this year. HD131 18.64% 79.15% 2.21% HD127 39,533 24,297 1,535 651 One is that the many millions of dollars spent by the Mealer/Mattress Mack cohort did have some effect, specifically in the criminal court races, with that effect being slightly larger in the county courts than in the district courts. Ed Emmett first proposed the idea for Harris County. HD141 5,209 20,104 17 They were still top scorers, it was mostly that the environment wasnt as good for them. Were evaluating the lawsuit and will let the courts sort it out.. HD144 45.44% 51.94% 2.61% 0.02% Texas Republicans spent most of the 2021 legislative session focusing on election security and this year, its a top priority for them again. We only need 26.3% turnout in 2023, based on the 2022 registration numbers, to equal the number of voters from 2003. HD140 31.10% 68.90% We cant say for certain how much all that spending affected the final outcomes, but its impossible to think it had no effect. Much of this is also covered in this Trib story. JP7 15.67% 81.91% 2.42% Its big, its hard to do, and most importantly now everything that goes wrong is your fault. Experience: Gemayel Haynes was prosecutor for the Harris County District Attorneys Office in the Justice of the Peace, Misdemeanor, Juvenile, and Felony Trial Divisions. Its a matter of execution from here. State judicial elections, 2022 - Ballotpedia "During the last month, we've had a lot of our candidates that were in very close races that have been talking to us wanting to know the information that we've accumulated and have reported," Siegel said. HD132 36,340 23,387 1,259 SD04 63.31% 36.68% 0.02% At a high level, its federal races, then state races, then county races, then city and other local entities if applicable. No big mystery here. HD139 29.30% 70.70% The dropoff in votes cast for each party from appellate to probate, and from county civil to probate, is about the same; the dropoff from district civil to probate favors the Dems. Lesley Briones, County Commissioner, Precinct 4, Kim Ogg, District Attorney 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. HD140 5,685 11,976 991 277 JP2 22,682 28,410 Education: Alabama State University and Southern University Law Center. JP7 15.59% 81.84% 2.57% 0.00% HD131 19.84% 80.16% HD133 34,565 24,654 915 2 Of those 52 cases, Hensley pointed out that 23 arrests were for primary violations other than marijuana possession. In some cases, like HD132 and HD138, Collier and Garza were about equal with Beto but Patrick and Paxton were a point or two behind Abbott. HD135 42.90% 57.10% 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 also think that SCOTx would prefer to wait until the voters have their say, as then they have a chance to duck the question. Experience: Melissa Morris has practiced criminal defense and family law for 15 years. HD134 44.12% 55.86% 0.02% As the title says, what do we need to do to hold onto them? HD150 60.86% 37.36% 1.77% 0.01% HD144 12,051 13,606 Im here to tell you, because Ive looked at this before, the undervote rate in City Council races is much higher than that, and thats a much shorter ballot. Ill post updates and candidate names as I get them. But oftentimes, theyll tell the defense theyve been communicating with, Hey, this is over.. There will be a couple of referenda on the ballot, and maybe possibly an HISD bond referendum. Dist Civil 518,475 545,206 48.74% 51.26% Which makes this entire spectacle little more than a plea for attention and a waste of everyones time. Instead, Hidalgo said, the comptroller should have calculated on the basis of pay periods rather than the number of months. Weve looked at the Governors race, in which Beto was the top Democratic performer. HD134 34.70% 62.39% 2.92% JP8 50,379 27,941 16 HD127 40,131 24,789 1,092 0 Cities can only nibble around the edges of that, and at their own peril in a state like Texas. CC3 221,887 132,181 8,202 3,726 Look at these three posts from the archives on this topic, and note that even though they span a decade, the same names kept coming up, with certain attorneys being closely connected to certain judges and not at all coincidentally their campaign coffers. 2003 955,205 1,786,767 53.46% Authored by state Rep. Tom Oliverson and state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, both Harris County Republicans, the bills are among several already filed this legislative session in reaction to the long lines, late openings and reports of shortages of ballot paper on Election Day inHarris County. Dudding 294,958 255,993 59.69% 43.03% =============================================== Harris County Elections Administrator Cliff Tatum did not respond to Votebeats request for his comment about the legislation. CC3 61.36% 36.95% 1.68% 0.00% ============================== Thats the kind of vision I want from the next Chair, and I want there to be a plan to go along with it. Election 2022: Candidates for Harris County judge race stake their As for Beto, Im pretty sure weve seen the last of him on the statewide stage, at least for the foreseeable future. HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25% The party overall is in decent shape, and better organized than it had been in the past. According to the Public Information Act, the attorney generals office has 45 working days from the day after the request to respond. CC3 63.61% 36.37% 0.02% Is there another shoe to drop? JP5 145,487 137,664 5,652 10 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. HD145 13,871 31,301 HD130 44,307 20,934 1,434 Sometimes I dont necessarily mind Houston being a bit behind the activism curve. HD130 70.04% 29.96% HD130 46,320 18,701 1,229 Harris County criminal court judge election results | khou.com Phil Sandlin, Constable Precinct 8, Teneshia Hudspeth, County Clerk 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. Breaking it up into its components means there will be multiple lawsuits instead of one. This one was particularly unserious, and the resolution shows how weak it was. And as you know, I am a Democratic precinct chair, which means Im one of the several hundred people that will vote on who that is. Mealer got 534K votes, 44K more than Abbott. HD143 35.46% 64.54% Judicial Poll Results. It belongs to the people. The amendment would require the speaker to use public resources, including staff time and government facilities, on behalf of one political instrumentality, Phelan said the first time. The table above is the average vote and percentage for the different types of judicial races. SD13 25,998 96,440 45 2023-01103; Kyle Scott v. Carla Wyatt. My post about the HD135 election contest ran on December 3, so it was filed at least one day before then. HD128 33,175 12,968 12 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. HD129 60.85% 39.15% So there you have it. Mark Montgomery, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No.