Education: University of Houston Law Center, Endorsements: chrismortonforjudge.org/endorsements, Campaign website: chrismortonforjudge.org. For sure, its hard to imagine much money spent on Republicans locally in 2024. Harris County went from being evenly matched in 2012 to the strong blue county it is now in large part because Dems have vastly increased performance in formerly dark red places. I found this to be fascinating, and quite different from the experiences in Bell County and Hays County, not to mention the pre-vote conflicts in San Antonio. 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. JP5 52.55% 47.43% 0.02% Jack Cagle (SPAC), County Commissioner, Precinct 4 HD127 39,533 24,297 1,535 651 HD148 16,522 19,677 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. Dist Hegar% Dudding% Lib% The cumulative deficit from the bad counties has been edging upward, but the Democratic potential in Harris County even all by itself, though Fort Bend should be an asset as well is more than enough to overcome it. 2022 General Election Democratic Candidates. In Chambers and Liberty, anything we can do to help slow down the small but steady Republican advantage will help. SD17 64,692 46,518 22 None of us got 70% of the votes. County Judge David Blackburn joined the meeting remotely, and Schumann chaired the meeting. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. HD126 38,281 21,401 17 This obviously would require the speaker to violate the Housekeeping Resolution., It was a relatively anticlimactic end to the fight over Democratic committee chairs, which were a major issue in House primaries earlier this year, a rallying cry for conservative activists and a recurring theme in speeches as the legislative session kicked off Tuesday. 2022 bad counties 100K to 102K Beck and fellow council members Vicki Byrd and Brandon Chase McGee encouraged city staff and other council members to follow the will of the voters and allow the courts to decide what can and cant be implemented. I have some specific thoughts on that, which I will share in a future post. HD148 16,934 20,004 8 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. Erin Lunceford is represented by Andy Taylor. Beto versus Abbott HD133 60.51% 39.49% I went back to 2012 to add in another Presidential year data point. JP8 64.32% 35.68%, Dist Stanart Hudspeth JP1 58,698 126,202 5,083 2023-00952; Nile Copeland v. Judge Latosha Lewis Payne. CD07 40.61% 59.36% 0.02% HD141 4,487 20,489 610 Hays 308,304 269,169 62.61% 45.36% Wyatt 293,352 256,862 60.86% 44.00% A trial date has not been set yet. The lesson we can learn from all this is that we need to maximize the Democratic vote in Harris County if we want to win these races. 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. Restraint and tolerance for any kind of dissent are not in their playbook. 1 resource, and that benefits all voters, said Jennifer Doinoff, Hays County elections administrator. HD131 6,108 24,414 But oftentimes, theyll tell the defense theyve been communicating with, Hey, this is over.. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate. JP3 35,962 40,821 HD150 35,089 21,326 189th Judicial District As always, please let me know what you think. For months, a small but vocal minority of House Republicans have been calling for the end of the chambers longtime tradition of having committee chairs from both parties. The intent is for it to be one single proposition. HD150 34,404 20,882 1,366 623 Which is what the Chron editorial board concluded a few days ago. JP1 38.13% 61.85% 0.02% I think that thats still going to be a conversation with City Council.. With crime and safety being top issues for Harris County voters, there was a major push by the GOP to oust Democratic criminal court judges. Two things are different in 2018. 2020, in the race for District Judge, 333rd Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas. Im being deliberately provocative here because I think this is urgent and I want people to see the dangers. The main thing I want to point out is just that we have more voters in Houston now than we did in 2015. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not a Houston Bar Association opinion or endorsement. HD140 5,605 13,078 466 Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I 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. HD140 32.61% 67.36% 0.03% CC3 227,842 132,864 HD143 8,631 15,710 Theres no explanation for it hes just flat wrong. I still think, based on past history, that SCOTx would prefer to not get involved at this time, but Im somewhat less confident of that now. Those commissions are made up of the county judge, the tax assessor-collector, the county clerk and the chairs of local political parties. 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. HD149 12,239 18,708 HD146 21.45% 76.29% 2.26% A study funded by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission in 2015concludedthat attorneys could only reasonably handle at most 128 felonies or 226 misdemeanors a year. 1. CC3 227,110 133,538 Harris County 230th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Chris Morton and challenger Joseph Sanchez. HD145 30.71% 69.29% CC3 61.33% 36.59% 2.08% 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. Houston, Texas - Today, several losing Republican candidates filed election contests to void the more than 1 million votes cast in Harris County's November 2022 election. Some election officials are concerned this change could prevent local election workers from asking questions or seeking help from the office for fear of being reprimanded. 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. HD127 62.30% 37.70% https://mailchi.mp/3860a20fae8b/we-need-your-help?e=cf7bb2b770&fbclid=IwAR3bf6Pdu4mhPHiTnPDtpzT361sMx5VyDAxSnUXy7qM7EbTLGfZabSUiT4w, Clubs in Action PAC (@CIAHTX) 8:32 PM 27 February 2023. But Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, and his allies moved successfully Wednesday to prevent the matter from even getting to a vote on the floor. Dist Paxton% Garza% Lib% HD132 56.37% 41.11% 2.52% Oh, and if this is one of the final straws that leads to Constable precinct redistricting, I wont complain. The path to retaining these judges is there. One person could face five elections total in 2024, if the primary and the special both go to runoffs; this would happen for someone who wins the primary in a runoff and makes it to the runoff (win or lose) in the special. Generally speaking, she did a couple of points worse. HD143 37.08% 62.89% 0.02% CC1 27.54% 72.46% JP2 22,460 28,561 3. 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. 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. Its unclear whether that estimate would be enough to flip even the narrowest margins, as in Luncefords race, which Craft won by 2,743 votes out of more than 1 million ballots cast, or 0.26 percent of the vote. Thats too many cases for one lawyer to handle, Harris County chief public defenderAlex Buninsaid of Ortizs caseload. Ed Gonzalez, Sheriff HD134 40.71% 57.65% 1.64% 2018 Harris + FB 121K to 174K. Oh, and the second place where there might be a Democratic primary fight worth watching is in Precinct 1. HD141 4,586 20,094 815 Either he actually does want to run and will eventually tell us so himself, most likely after multiple teases and hints like this could be, or he doesnt and he wont. HD135 16,373 23,514 1,050 HD143 8,538 14,611 1,218 Campaigns maybe ought to take that into account. 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. This means I will need to stay vigilant for future references to his possible candidacy. Experience: Chuck Silverman practiced law for more than 30 years in state and federal trial and appellate courts. About 40K people on average skipped these three races, compared with a bit less than 23K for RRC. JP2 40.63% 56.87% 2.50% 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. The office has since expanded dramatically, but it still takes the minority of criminal cases in Harris County. Im not going to expend any energy on that at this time. (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. HD145 26.72% 70.17% 3.12% Hidalgo versus Mealer However, state law does not prevent the county from providing the records, but rather gives the county discretion to decide. JP7 12,496 64,441 The fee cant be lowered due to appearance of impropriety issues. That link takes you here, and while the in-person fundraiser mentioned there is now over, the Donate link remains. When this happened, there was a lot of talk at the federal level about making changes, so we really hit the ground running toward that. This one was particularly unserious, and the resolution shows how weak it was. 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. HD142 26.27% 73.73% Experience: Gemayel Haynes was prosecutor for the Harris County District Attorneys Office in the Justice of the Peace, Misdemeanor, Juvenile, and Felony Trial Divisions. Not out of disbelief or derision but curiosity, to get a better understanding. Harris County Republican Party | 8588 Katy Freeway, Suite 445 Houston, TX 77024 | (713) 838-7900 . =============================================== I was on several endorsements interviews with some of these judges through a different organization. JP7 17.86% 82.10% 0.03% Results of the 2022 Judicial Preference Poll. Which brings me to the second point of interest, which is really hammering the message home about voting all the way down the ballot. Buckingham 184,006 323,967 37.41% 54.65% HD128 33,175 12,968 12 These candidates embody the progressive values we look for in our elected leaders and reflect the diversity of our county. 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. HD138 33,875 22,977 9 HD128 71.46% 28.54% United States Representative - U.S. House District 2 Robin Fulford. CLUBS IN ACTION is trying to raise 95K to donate to them. CC2 97,762 100,816 4,930 24 Education: Texas State University and University of Houston Law Center, Campaign website: kateferrellforjudge.com, CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THE 2022 TEXAS PRIMARY ELECTION. 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 HD139 30.91% 69.06% 0.03% HD134 39.50% 60.50% They were discouraged because the lines were long, or because they were told theyd have to wait.. 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. HD144 11,551 14,029 854 18 Cause No. There is no justification for denying the public information about a controversy just because it involves litigation, Aleshire said. JP7 16.24% 83.76% 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. Anything is possible. I dont know what theyll do, but as I said before, well surely find out quickly. 2023-01103; Kyle Scott v. Carla Wyatt. CD22 62.20% 37.79% 0.01% If anyone on the Republican side thought that the other Democratic judges might become collateral damage, theres no evidence to support that. HD135 17,150 22,829 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. That would not be a cheap race as things stand now, as you can see. HD138 59.16% 40.84% The table above is the average vote and percentage for the different types of judicial races. "Several of them are considering election contests.". 2504 Rusk St. #110 JP8 63.98% 36.02%, Dist Hegar Dudding Lib HD128 71.67% 28.33% Kleberg 296,878 257,563 60.34% 43.45% discovery of voted ballots after the polls close. HD126 37,324 21,321 HD134 31,902 47,475 1,190 6 HD137 8,600 12,670 9 HD144 11,679 13,015 1,125 328 Two other things can make a difference as well. But the Republicans in the Lege dont care about that. Morris is managing partner of the Morris Law Firm - Houston office. For the First and Fourteenth, those counties are Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington. The 2018 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. Stan Stanart is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. The Tennessee primaries took place on August 4, 2022, with Lee and Democrat Jason Martin winning their respective parties' nominations. HD150 57.96% 39.56% 2.47% HD147 21.87% 78.13% At the last CEC meeting, he made oblique reference to stepping down as the meeting was coming to an end. What Im really aiming for is a net of at least 300K for Biden in Harris County; he was at plus 218K in 2020, after Beto was at plus 200K in 2018. HD138 56.38% 40.10% 2.38% 1.13% HD148 16,397 19,705 HD138 57.30% 40.47% 2.23% Results of the 2020 Judicial Preference Poll. Find Race Results. Harris County Judge is on the ballot in the 2022 Texas Primary Election. 2023-01052; Sartaj Bal v. Judge Toria Finch. I truly . PREVIOUSLY Putting it another way, more than 96% of the people who cast a ballot in November of 2022 cast a ballot in these three races. What then is the argument for getting the higher end of turnout this year? The race was not the only close margin in a Harris County judicial election last month. Republicanshave also introduced billsto further investigate election fraud, to limit the states early voting period from two weeks to one, and to set earlier deadlines for handing in mail ballots. CC2 101,745 103,117 48 I dont expect the candidates for HCDP Chair to have fully formed answers to these problems, but I do hope they agree that these are urgent matters and deserve attention. Phony Defunding Claims II: Electric Boogaloo. JP1 67,346 116,157 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. HD126 64.12% 35.85% 0.03% "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. Voters will likely see just one item on the May 6 ballot to make the batch of changes to the Citys Charter but city officials could split them up into separate votes, Tomas said. "And, yet, that's not the way it's breaking.". Thus far, the Harris County Attorney's Office has identified filings by (and we expect more filings to be made today): Mark Montgomery, former candidate for Harris . 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. JP3 35,972 40,808 The case was dismissed because May failed to timely pay the security of costs required by Texas law. City Attorney Andy Segovia told reporters last week he believed most of the charter amendments provisions were at odds with state law andtherefore unenforceableby the city even if theyre approved by voters. My first thought is that Im not really clear what these guys are aiming at. We have until noon on Tuesday to respond to the Texas Supreme Court. JP1 34.12% 61.81% 2.81% 1.26% HD135 42.19% 55.44% 2.37% 0.00% HD137 35.76% 61.22% 3.02% Yet, the way the (Texas Public Information Act) is written, no one except those involved in the underlying lawsuit can get access to the public information.. The 2022 Texas Primary Election is fast approaching. Download the Press Release. He may or may not seek to run for something else do remember that the minute he says something to that effect hell have to resign, so all we would have before then is speculation but either way I wont be surprised to see some competition for the Precinct 1 slot. Federal. San Antonio marijuana decriminalization referendum already facing a legal challenge, You can help Democrats being sued by election losers, these cases are stinking piles of nothing and the losers pursuing them damn well know it, Here we go again with the defunding baloney, Marijuana decriminalization and other police reform proposals get closer to the ballot in San Antonio, Even the Republicans know their election contests are losers, A very early thought about turnout in the 2023 Houston election. Morton left the Harris County DAs office to open a criminal defense practice, where he accepted appointments to represent indigent defendants. HD135 40.00% 57.44% 2.56% While the administrator is a moderate Democrat, this blog is independently operated and not affiliated with any political party or political action committee (PAC). If they got new information that caused them to reopen the investigation, they wouldnt want to convey to anybody that No, we will never look at this again, Bash said. HD133 34,548 25,581 The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. HD145 32.67% 67.33% JP5 52.63% 47.37% Appeals 520,019 549,533 48.62% 51.38% Our 2022 Candidates. During the election CIA knocked on 300,000 doors. The school security measures have some value, and Id be all right with them for the most part if they were part of a larger deal that included real gun reform, but theyre not. HD132 59.59% 38.35% 2.06% Bell County commissioners, along with the district attorney, are determined to settle the question of whether Killeens Proposition A is lawful, making the governing body the first in Texas to sue one of its own cities over decriminalization of misdemeanor possession of marijuana. HD149 11,876 19,423 706 Dist Chris% Warford% Lib% Grn% Cant let Mattress Mack undo election wins. JP1 65,832 117,292 5,140 HD149 12,101 18,269 925 429 JP8 64.31% 35.67% 0.02%, You still have time to donate to the Democratic judges legal fund, Lege targets Harris County election administrator, approved a bill making illegal voting a felony, Lets spend less money on court-appointed lawyers, judges who make a whole lot of appointments to the same handful of attorneys, The Denton experience with marijuana decriminalization, Tell me you have no evidence of voter suppression without telling me you have no evidence of voter suppression, Houston furniture magnate Jim Mattress Mack McIngvale. And that matters because whenever theres large amounts of money at stake, the potential for ethical issues arises. JP2 21,608 29,498 1,599 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 local police reform advocacy groupACT 4 SAaims to collect 35,000 signatures anticipating that some wont be verified to submit to the City Clerk before the early January deadline. Heres the same breakdown for the countywide races: No third party candidates here, just a write-in who got a handful of votes for County Judge, so the percentages mostly add up to 100. Lesley Briones, County Commissioner, Precinct 4, Kim Ogg, District Attorney Austin, TX, November 3, 2022 Down-ballot races are not typically a hot election topic, but public concerns over rising crime have pushed Harris County's 68 judicial races to the forefront this cycle.. Of these, 60 are for various county criminal, civil, and family courts; four are for appellate court benches;and four are for justices of the peace. HD129 36,347 26,966 1,802 CC4 113,958 122,094 4,918 8 You may have heard me say something like this in the past, but were going to have to change our state government if we want things like this to go differently in the future. 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. JP4 174,354 120,349 Its rattlesnake season in Texas. Judge Sepolio is represented by John Raley. JP7 15.20% 80.93% 2.46% 1.42% According to Mealers petition, there is no dispute that there were several dozens of polling locations who at some point in the day, ran out of paper and turned voters away.. HD146 19.66% 77.97% 2.36% Odus Evbagharu has led the party since 2021. HD137 40.29% 59.71% That would mean that the Republicans netted about 1600 votes, which I need not point out is even farther away from closing the gap. HD127 40,530 24,529 ====================================== Not a surprise, but an aggressive position to take. I dont know if we will get Constable/JP redistricting, but there are always some interesting primary contests here, and even with the same maps we could have interesting November races in Precincts 4 and 5. In the meantime, let me know what you think. A person close to former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julin Castro said that he is weighing a run. CC1 28.29% 71.71% DECISION 2022: Texas judicial primary election results, from the state Supreme Court to district judges Published: March 1, 2022, 1:19 PM Updated: March 2, 2022, 10:05 PM Tags: Decision 2022 . He knows this. You can read the Chron story here and their explainer about election contests here. Judge Jackson is represented by John Raley. Weve seen this show before Comptroller Hegar misconstruing the law and playing political games to make headlines, Menefee tweeted. HD138 32,580 23,012 1,269 This includes: 84 supreme court seats. HD126 36,849 21,629 1,070 1 The results of these polls are distributed to the media and the public. For those of you whose memories stretch back as far as 2018, yes those were the three best races for Dems after the Beto-Cruz race for Senate as well. CC2 97,753 106,167 I treasure the work we were able to accomplish during the last two years, Evbagharu said in the release. Like I said, Ill get into that a bit more in the next post. HD145 13,855 29,642 1,839 Ananda Tomas, executive director of police reform group ACT 4 SA, told reporters that her group and its allies collected 38,200 signatures in favor of the San Antonio Justice Charter. HD132 36,431 23,448 Hidalgo versus Mealer. The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. CC4 112,533 119,027 6,359 3,012 See here for the previous entry. The commissions oversight powers allow it to appoint, terminate or accept the resignation of the countys election administrator. JP4 173,381 126,119 JP2 44.36% 55.62% 0.02% 2023-00930; Mark Goldberg v. Judge Erika Ramirez. HD135 42.90% 57.10% HD126 63.38% 36.62% CC1 26.37% 71.13% 2.50% Ogg 161,659 19,356 48,489 242,159 CC2 47.94% 52.06% Experience: Abigail Anastasio has served close to 20 years in law. Harris County Republican Party | 8588 Katy Freeway, Suite 445 Houston, TX 77024 | (713) 838-7900 Business hours | 10 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday The Elections Administrator of Harris County has the responsibility of carrying out statutory electoral functions outlined by federal and state laws. County Commissioner Court. Ill post updates and candidate names as I get them. The bench does not belong to the DA's Office. CC2 97,146 99,729 7,605 Part of this is that we have a vibrant Democratic club structure in place, with a lot of that participation coming in the formerly red areas. More than 120 candidates have filed for Harris County positions ahead of the March 2022 primaries, as of the candidate filing deadline Dec. 13, according to the Texas Secretary of State website. The margins are far wider in some other races candidates are contesting. The Press has more. 9 Cause No. As far as I know, any words to the effect that he has an interest or is seriously considering the possibility have yet to come from his own mouth, and as such I put this in with the speculation files. JP4 59.26% 40.74% The 2022 United States secretary of state elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the secretaries of state in twenty-seven states. HD148 16,203 19,567 1,251 The judge hearing the case is in San Antonio which complicates matters re time to get there and back for hearings. Now we wait to see what if anything SCOTx does. You may view the entire Evaluation or you may view selected courts. HD128 71.88% 28.10% 0.03% 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. This is nothing but a pretext. Race for Harris County judge still too close to call Published: November 8, 2022, 11:56 AM Updated: November 9, 2022, 1:04 AM Tags: Decision 2022 , Harris County , Voting , Lina Hidalgo . Segovia added that opponents should challenge the validity of the amendment after the election, not before.
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