JP4 57.09% 39.45% 2.41% 1.05% HD148 45.64% 54.36% ELECTION MAP: See if your Harris County neighborhood voted for Greg Abbott or Beto O'Rourke in the 2022 midterms. HD142 8,984 24,532 839 4 Our position remains that the Council will put the petition on the ballot as one Justice Policy proposal because that was the way it was presented to those who signed the petition, Segovia said in an email Sunday. HD145 14,403 29,681 As of today, the office has not received an opinion on how to proceed with these particular public information requests. Biden (and Ed Gonzalez) got 900K in 2020. HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25% HD140 5,904 13,079 HD139 12,576 30,341 "I'm disappointed to see another losing candidate challenging the results of their election. HD132 36,413 23,479 JP6 5,571 16,529 A proposed City Charter amendment that seeks to ban police from using no-knock warrants and chokeholds, as well as expand the citys cite-and-release policy for low-level, nonviolent crimes, has enough certified signatures supporting it to appear on the ballot in San Antonios May municipal election. In this context, after the statewide offices and the legislative offices (including the SBOE), there are the judicial races. CC1 23.57% 73.81% 2.62% HD141 4,527 19,765 784 332 Is there another shoe to drop? 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. HD132 35,684 22,981 1,395 627 The other notable thing is that with the lone exception of JP/Constable Precinct 5, Hidalgo still carried every district Beto carried. Same shit, different year. 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. JP7 16.15% 83.85% Youve got the nations third-largest county that has had multiple problems with multiple election officers, to the point where one had to resign, and the problem is that its too big a piece of the electorate to ignore.. HD128 70.08% 27.72% 2.20% Danny Diaz, head of San Antonios powerful police union, said his organization will work to defeat the measure, which he said ties officers hands. Thats the subject of the following email I got in my inbox yesterday, and I cant do any better than that for a post title. discovery of voted ballots after the polls close. This is how I learned how little was in their campaign accounts. 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. Well just have to see. JP8 48,118 27,102 2,000 871 County executive offices HD147 9,910 35,410 CC1 23.64% 73.61% 2.75% Inside the capsules were numbers: Even numbers meant two-year terms, and odd were for four-year terms. 2003 955,205 1,786,767 53.46% Well, sure, but the Republicans in the Lege, as well as the state courts, have not been shy about limiting cities authority in various matters, so I dont know how confident Id be in that position. JP2 22,268 28,432 1,306 7 HD133 34,391 23,900 1,215 616 JP6 23.14% 76.86% And every voter who might have been discouraged by issues at one location could have gone to another one, which would have been at most a couple of minutes away by car. Odus will serve through the end of this month, and the next CEC meeting on March 19 will be when his successor is named. Vacancy of the Hon. While at the DAs office, she handled thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases. HD129 58.99% 38.59% 2.41% HD146 22.29% 77.71% Theres already more than 2.5 million registered voters in Harris County, up about 100K from November 2020, and I expect there to be over 2.6 million by next November. You can see here for some background and here for Judge Hidalgos latest response to the mattress guy if you want. Legal experts on both sides of the political aisle have raised concerns for many years . We only need 26.3% turnout in 2023, based on the 2022 registration numbers, to equal the number of voters from 2003. 2023-00936; Mark Montgomery v. Judge Kelley Andrews. JP6 5,410 16,643 HD139 29.30% 70.70% No one cares about that, but because it is a story about 2024 and Ted Cruz will be running for re-election to the Senate in 2024, it contains the following bits of speculation about who might run against him: Cruzs focus on his Senate bid follows a tough 2018 reelection fight against former Democratic Rep. Beto ORourke, who lost by 2.6 points. A lot of them just went to another polling place. 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. Education: University of California, Berkeley and University of Alabama, School of Law, Campaign website: veronicanelsonforjudge.com. But Democrats didnt do as well in a number of dark blue districts in 2020 as they had in 2016 and 2018, and as we saw in 2022 it was in those districts where Beto fell short, often well short, of his 2018 performance. The table above is the average vote and percentage for the different types of judicial races. We have until noon on Tuesday to respond to the Texas Supreme Court. HD150 33,382 22,726 1,595 HD149 12,496 19,196 4 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. It is not fair for the voters to tell us to break the law. He wondered why the city didnt provide the demographic breakdown of those citations during Hensleys presentation because historically, minorities have been unfairly targeted by law enforcement. You may note that now two elections into the no-straight-ticket-voting era, the range of outcomes in both sets of these counties is the smallest. HD128 32,499 12,847 There needs to be a citywide referendum of the ballot in order to get at this data. Ive looked but never found patterns that I think satisfactorily and consistently explain the variations. 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. With the exception of County Judge, which is the first county office to appear, the other county races come after any county judicial elections, which we know in a non-presidential year is another two dozen, on top of all of the state judicial races youve just slogged through. We need to turn that around. We cant say for certain how much all that spending affected the final outcomes, but its impossible to think it had no effect. JP1 64,850 122,675 HD149 37.19% 60.24% 2.57% State Representatives. 12 Cause No. Ill post updates and candidate names as I get them. Texas House leadership on Wednesday shut down a long-building push to ban Democratic committee chairs, deploying procedural legislative maneuvers to defeat multiple proposals on the issue. 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. PPP/Emilys List, July 2: Biden 48, Trump 46, UT-Tyler/DMN, July 12: Biden 48, Trump 43, Morning Consult, July 28: Biden 47, Trump 45, Morning Consult, August 3: Biden 47, Trump 46, 2023 Off the Kuff | Powered by WordPress, Year Votes Registered Turnout Two things are different in 2018. Hudspeth 4,660 22,009 0 9,952 A lot has happened since then, all related to the ongoing whistleblower lawsuit, but if we were expecting to see Paxton get frog-marched by the FBI one fine day, were still waiting. I didnt blog about the raid at the time, mostly because I prefer not to think too much about Henry Cuellar. 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. All we can do about that is fight fire with fire. 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. HD129 38,169 25,015 1,149 3 HD132 36,340 23,387 1,259 One fine day well win enough elections to make it stop, but until then this is what were gonna get. HD129 60.98% 39.02% Its not hard to imagine him as a deputy whip or a powerful committee chair in a couple of cycles. Its kind of painful, but you can read the rest. Harris County Judge is on the ballot in the 2022 Texas Primary Election. HD150 34,841 21,318 1,294 HD147 10,964 35,240 12 HD130 44,307 20,934 1,434 Under the new rules, quorum-breakers can now be subject to daily fines and even expulsion from the chamber. HD148 15,938 19,168 1,217 514 Stones letterdisagreed, and asked the Texas Supreme Court to take swift action against the proposal in its entirety. At this level, this is just weird. 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. This is why we have so many voting locations on Election Day, precisely because stuff sometimes happens. 2020 Harris + FB 108K to 156K. It does cause concern that somebody from outside that jurisdiction would be able to usurp the authority of the elections commission in dealing with their elections administrator.. Some 64% of voters in the city of 34,000 people approved the decriminalization initiative. 41K to 42K in 2020. All those requests were ignored. HD146 19.66% 77.97% 2.36% HD130 44,397 20,427 1,713 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. Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee said the county would challenge Hegars finding in court if necessary. Ballotpedia provided coverage of supreme court and intermediate appellate court elections, as well as local trial court elections for judges within the 100 largest cities in the United States as . HD135 17,148 22,783 HD150 34,895 22,408 Theyre either for the initiatives or they just want to put it up to a vote because they think that this is something we should vote on.. Education: Prairie View A&M University and South Texas College of Law, Campaign website: beverlyarmstrongforjudge.com. 2023-00925; Michelle Fraga v. Judge Christine Weems. Beto versus the spread HD126 35,146 23,166 1,681 FOX 26 Reporter Randy Wallace shows you four district court judges who have a history of granting multiple bonds to men who keep committing crimes. HD127 40,131 24,789 1,092 0 JP5 47.07% 50.22% 2.71% JP8 46,854 29,698 2,230 JP1 63,938 115,819 5,264 2,359 PREVIOUSLY JP7 12,934 64,034 HD141 4,487 20,489 610 Plus, the idea of it makes me gag, so its just as well. As for Paxtons continued desire to be Supreme Prosecutor, the CCAs ruling was made on constitutional grounds. 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. Theres no explanation for it hes just flat wrong. While in her private practice she was chosen as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017 and 2018. Ill go into more detail on those in subsequent posts, but even there it topped out at about five percent. 2023-00964; Alexandra Mealer v. Lina Hidalgo. HD127 40,053 24,746 1,441 HD142 9,167 24,621 CC4 44.09% 53.35% 2.57% Amanda Reichek. 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. HD126 60.98% 35.61% 2.33% 1.09% CC2 47.94% 52.06% HD133 31,901 26,700 1,898 HD143 8,824 14,858 CC1 27.54% 72.46% HD129 58.28% 38.03% 2.50% 1.19% 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. I believe Ground Game Texas is on the right side of the issue and as noted Id vote for one of their propositions if it were before me, but the power imbalance is what it is, and theres not a clear way around it. HD132 59.56% 40.44% HD144 11,551 14,029 854 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Friday accused Harris County of defunding law enforcement,rekindling a feudfrom last fallin which Republican state officialsthreatened to blockthe countys annual budget. 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. HD143 37.08% 62.89% 0.02% On the other side of that, you can see that Judge Hidalgo left it all on the field. 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results. More or less the same story here, with the distinction between Houston and not-Houston being smaller than in prior years. Speaking as a resident of SD15, Im already exhausted by this possibility, which may not even happen. CC4 114,198 127,074 HD139 28.14% 69.18% 2.68% Glass has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for more than 15 years. Sometimes I dont necessarily mind Houston being a bit behind the activism curve. Harris County Elections Administrator Cliff Tatum did not respond to Votebeats request for his comment about the legislation. While there are no challenges on the Republican ballot in the Texas Primary Election, there are plenty on the Democratic ballot. Beto and Collier and Garza had enough money to at least run some ads, while Hays was still running against perhaps the highest-profile (read: got the most negative news for his ridiculous actions) incumbent after those three. JP6 23.28% 72.80% 3.90% 0.02% There has been no wrongdoing on my part, Cuellar said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. HD146 21.23% 76.41% 2.36% 0.00% HD128 32,433 12,955 But a lot of them were disenfranchised by not having the first place open and ready to go like it should have been. 2023-00937; Matthew Dexter v. Judge Genesis Draper. Ill have more to say about judicial races later. Burgess 940 14,710 5,207 5,403 primary, Frederick, MD tanker explosion leaves 1 dead; Shuts down part of US-15, Philadelphia Eagles WR Zach Pascal robbed at gunpoint in Maryland, ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING: Man shot in apparent accidental shooting in Houston, police investigating, CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Houston homeowner speaks out after being victim of terrifying attempted carjacking, Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' Actor, Dies at 61 after suffering brain aneurysm, Mother who drowned her 2 children, hid bodies under a neighbor's home given 40-year prison sentence, Watch: Fishermen spot sharks in huge feeding frenzy off Louisiana coast, Mother arrested after 4-year-old found outside alone, 1-year-old found laying in soiled linen, Strong to severe storms possible Thursday evening across SE Texas. Judge Fleischer is represented by John Raley. The Legislature lowered the punishment when it passed Senate Bill 1, but top Republicans including Gov. The contests being filed request that the more than one million votes cast in Harris County be voided and the county hold another election for the races being challenged (e.g., Harris County Judge, 189thDistrict Court, 180thDistrict Court, etc.). HD150 60.64% 37.11% 2.25% I have some specific thoughts on that, which I will share in a future post. If anyone on the Republican side thought that the other Democratic judges might become collateral damage, theres no evidence to support that. HD127 62.01% 37.99% HD140 30.03% 63.27% 5.24% 1.46% CC2 45.52% 51.84% 2.64% Breaking it down this way revealed three things to me that I might not have noticed otherwise. They were discouraged because the lines were long, or because they were told theyd have to wait.. 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. The Current has more. HD138 32,881 22,695 Which would be so outlandishly unlikely as to appear to be its own conspiracy. Greg Abbott in 2022, he told the audience in his concession speech that this may be one of the last times I get to talk in front of you all.. ====================== JP5 147,814 135,680 HD143 8,538 14,611 1,218 Republican criminal court candidates, at both the district and county levels, actually got more votes on average than their civil court counterparts, while the Democrats in those races got fewer votes than their civil court colleagues. HD135 17,174 23,491 HD145 14,698 29,537 Democrats would still be running the elections. This isnt a lobbying or legislating matter, its a political and electoral one. (Is it possible there are a few people who actually didnt vote because of the paper-outage delays? It could also ask voters to approve the funding reduction in a referendum, Hegar said. HD145 33.23% 66.77% 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.. Education: Alabama State University and Southern University Law Center. SAs City Council has to vote on it next week, and from there its off to the campaigns. Anything is possible. JP2 21,364 29,906 1,317 The past obstruction on Commissioners Court to implementing reforms like this has been eliminated thanks to the 2022 election. If you have a favorite or two among them and a few bucks to spare, Im sure theyd appreciate a contribution. We broke the record for total numbers of voters in any election in 2016, then shattered it in 2020. 22 GOP Candidates Contest Harris County Elections, Seek Records Inspection. HD145 30.71% 69.29% Mealer got 534K votes, 44K more than Abbott. HD145 32.67% 67.33% CC2 48.03% 49.53% 2.42% 0.01% Education: Wesleyan University and University of Texas School of Law, Endorsements: judgeamymartin.com/view-endorsements. The Current has more. HD130 69.92% 28.23% 1.86% Currently, Paxton can only get involved if invited by a district or county attorney, according to the courts ruling. 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. Sylvia Trevino, Constable Precinct 6 Download the Press Release. JP1 64,874 118,648 3,973 11 HD144 47.22% 52.78% I hope it at least amuses you. 2022 1,133,155 2,543,162 44.56%, Name Raised Spent Loans On Hand ====================== I wont be surprised if that number is matched or exceeded in 2024. This is where my thinking is. JP6 5,253 16,428 881 4 Hays 308,304 269,169 62.61% 45.36% According to Hegar, Heaps office was allotted about $46.6 million for the 2023 fiscal year. There are multiple precincts that are partially in Houston and partially not in Houston. She represented indigent capital murder defendants in death penalty cases. HD145 26.98% 69.86% 3.16% These candidates embody the progressive values we look for in our elected leaders and reflect the diversity of our county. 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. HD140 32.85% 67.15% And Cruz may face another fight in 2024, with Texas and Florida the only conceivable pick-up opportunities for Democrats in a cycle that will have them mostly on defense 23 of the partys seats are up next year. SD18 51.69% 48.30% 0.01% HD126 37,148 21,466 Whether it will get a similarly chilly reception from City Council or Commissioners Court remains to be seen. CC4 115,464 120,671 Not as good statewide races. The party overall is in decent shape, and better organized than it had been in the past. The race was not the only close margin in a Harris County judicial election last month. HD146 23.77% 76.21% 0.03% Our 2022 Candidates. 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. Were still working on the first part of that equation. For whatever the reason fewer people split their tickets, even though they had no choice but to vote (or not) in every single race. JP8 49,447 27,431 JP3 34,843 42,072 1,833 She is currently HCCLA's Secretary and coordinates the Second Chair Program. The good news is the vast majority of the law has actually been researched not only by me and the county attorney, (but) the city attorney in Harker Heights had the opportunity to review the matter legally and so has the city attorney in Killeen, Garza said. Judges who had not actively served at least six months on their current bench as of the date this questionnaire was prepared do not appear on the Judicial Evaluation. Im extremely doubtful that there is a legitimate legal challenge here, Stein said. CC2 45.75% 51.23% 3.02% DEMOCRAT. HD149 39.42% 60.58% HD126 58.56% 38.98% 2.46% HD130 66.45% 31.40% 2.15% We do not have any additional information prior to them receiving that work session report.. HD145 33.87% 66.10% 0.02% HD139 26.17% 71.01% 2.83% 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. He is the chair of the felony district courts' Bail Bond Committee. Cities can only nibble around the edges of that, and at their own peril in a state like Texas. Both sides of this argument are defensible, so it really is a question of whether SCOTx wants to step in now or just wait for the inevitable lawsuit later. We should find ways to collaborate and cooperate to help our candidates in these races. Burgess 290,267 255,860 60.14% 43.81% CC2 47.51% 48.77% 3.72% 2016 Harris + FB 22K to 67K. HD150 57.96% 39.56% 2.47% HD139 28.15% 71.85% 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. HD141 4,662 20,252 The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced, January 2023 campaign finance reports: Harris County, Precinct analysis: The different kinds of courts, ruling against the city of Houston giving health insurance benefits to same-sex spouses of city employees, The next round of voter suppression bills are coming, a complaint to the State Bar accusing Paxton of professional misconduct, Paxtons continued desire to be Supreme Prosecutor. HD126 63.38% 36.62% San Antonios police unionhas criticized the Justice Charter as an overreach into police policies as well as violations of state and federal law. The case was dismissed because May failed to timely pay the security of costs required by Texas law. PREVIOUSLY What I wonder about is whether there will be much appetite for that kind of spending in future races. HD131 20.28% 79.72% 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. Make of that what you will. HD145 30.56% 65.38% 4.06% If theres collateral damage, so be it. Elections Harris County election results 2022: County judge, commissioners, propositions. HD143 34.83% 58.86% 4.77% 1.54% SD07 163,993 97,075 50 It will be up to opponents of the charter changes to decide whether they want to challenge it, he said. 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. CD09 23,451 71,374 29 City Council is expected to order that the ballot proposition appear on the May 6 ballot Thursday, a formality they dont get to exercise judgment over. HD130 66.73% 30.70% 2.57% Thats too many cases for one lawyer to handle, Harris County chief public defenderAlex Buninsaid of Ortizs caseload. 2022 Election. HD131 20.93% 79.03% 0.04% I think this is a demonstration that when the people will it, it will happen.. JP8 64.32% 35.68%, Dist Stanart Hudspeth HD149 38.79% 58.96% 2.25% 0.00% While Hillary Clinton carried Fort Bend County by 17K votes, downballot candidates didnt do as well, and all four Dems trailed there by a little bit. One more thing to note is that despite the lesser Democratic performance, these candidates all still carried the three Commissioner Court precincts that are now Democratic. While the substance of this proposed charter amendment conflicts with multiple substantive provisions of state law, this mandamus proceeding concerns a procedural problem: the charter amendment plainly violates Texas laws longstanding prohibition on municipal charter amendments that contain more than one subject, Stone wrote. JP5 52.11% 47.89% Education: Baylor University, Eastern University in Pennsylvania, South Texas College of Law HoustonEndorsements: andreabeallforjudge.com/endorsements, Campaign website: andreabeallforjudge.com. Maybe a strategy that attempts to maximize Democratic turnout overall we have already discussed how Dems fell short in this election on that front would make them less likely to cross over, even for Republicans they dont approve of. US Representative, District 36: Jon Haire. JP2 44.36% 55.62% 0.02% But even if they miss that goal, voters can expect to see the slate of proposed changes, collectively known as the Justice Charter, to the city charter on the November 2023 ballot because the signatures collected are valid for six months. Did I mention that the primary runoff and the special election would take both place in May, but on different dates, again as it was in HD147? JP2 40.63% 56.87% 2.50% HD148 16,203 19,567 1,251 The average attorney charges $500 per hour. Elections 2022 Statewide News Texas Election Results Tracker: . HD150 36,105 21,302 10 I put all the county numbers for these races into a spreadsheet, which is my default starting move for a post like this, especially when Im not exactly sure where Im going with it. Im going to guess hed run as a Democrat, but I cant say for sure at this time. Home PREVIOUSLY So far the two candidates that I know of Silvia Mintz and Mike Doyle are the only two that have come forward. In 2020, eleven Democratic judicial candidates were unopposed. HD145 14,410 29,702 HD147 22.07% 77.93% HD138 57.11% 41.18% 1.71% 0.00% There were 1,232 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 14.4% of eligible HBA members.
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