HD147 10,015 35,364 Putting them in the position of oversight would definitely change the dynamic.. HD139 12,325 30,301 1,174 DOWNLOAD: HARRIS COUNTY GOP VOTER GUIDE. Beyond that, its the usual bunkum about guns not being the problem and there being nothing we could do to stop the next school shooter even if guns were the problem, some promises to increase security at schools, and some vague and meaningless words about mental health. If you experienced difficulties or felt unjustly treated, we want to hear your story., Voters can fill out a form to share their voting experiences, upload evidence and agree to be filmed for upcoming social media or commercial purposes.. JP2 21,846 27,531 2,021 648 Morris is managing partner of the Morris Law Firm - Houston office. CD08 50.26% 49.73% 0.02% JP6 5,243 17,412 These losing candidates are finally laying bare what we all know to be true for them, its not about improving elections or making sure our elections are secure, its about playing games with our democratic systems and refusing to accept the will of the voters.. The judge in the Lunceford contest was assigned on December 13, I dont know what has happened since then. As a prosecutor, Thomas has tried cases ranging from Murder, Sexual Assault, Aggravated Robbery, Felony DWI, Sexual Assault of a Child, Evading Arrest and Aggravated Assault. If anyone thought that eliminating straight ticket voting would give Republicans more of a chance to win these farther downballot races because Dems would lose interest or get tired or whatever, they were wrong. Court Judges who have opponents in the Dem. 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 . I dont know what theyll do, but as I said before, well surely find out quickly. CC3 61.33% 36.59% 2.08% Experience:Kate Ferrell entered private practice in 2016 and worked as an associate attorney before opening The Law Office of Kate Ferrell. HD127 60.47% 37.36% 2.18% 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. Defeated Republican judicial candidate contests Harris County election result, Timeline: How battle between Houston ISD, TEA has reached the point of a looming takeover. San Antonio had previously passed an ordinance that recommends that no local funds be used to investigate criminal charges related to abortions. Ive looked but never found patterns that I think satisfactorily and consistently explain the variations. Its a matter of execution from here. A video of how to expunge ones record in Denton is embedded in the story. HD144 46.51% 53.45% 0.03% The Rutherford County Commissioner Craig Harris announced Judge McFarlin's retirement plans in a letter during Thursday night's commission meeting. CC2 99,209 100,166 ==================================== Not to be needlessly pedantic here believe me, this is extremely needed pedanticism but if they went to another location then by definition their vote wasnt suppressed because they did in fact vote. I dont have the data to make a judgment about that, but the possibility certainly exists. 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. The minimum number of signatures that must appear on a candidate's petition for district, county or precinct office is the lesser of (1) 500 or (2) 2% of the total vote received in the district . HD129 60.98% 39.02% 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. "Mr. Tatum, your day of reckoning has just started.". I have so much respect for them. In a closely watched election between Democrat DaSean Jones and Republican Tami Pierce for the 180th state district court, Pierce led Jones by more than 1,200 votes the morning after the election, but the final count including absentee and provisional ballots flipped the race in Jones' favor. Harris County 208th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Greg Glass and challengers Beverly Armstrong and Kim McTorry. HD146 9,031 32,118 953 The maximum that a judge can receive from a PAC is $5000, so that is the goal for each judge and for Lina. A voting surge cleared the Harris County courtrooms of all elected Republican judges, leaving only Democrats on the bench in civil, criminal, family, juvenile and probate courts. 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. 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 . Mealer got 534K votes, 44K more than Abbott. HD133 57.46% 42.54% For sure, if this passes it will be a quick matter before they have to rule on a temporary restraining order one way or the other about enforcement. HD128 32,447 13,641 HD138 59.58% 40.41% 0.02% HD131 5,886 24,670 933 HD138 52.82% 44.15% 3.03% CC1 71,640 196,243 6,241 17 HD146 22.26% 77.74% 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. 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. State Rep. Jacey Jetton, a Richmond Republican, said hes exploring legislation to facilitate [the mail ballot] process, such as enabling election officials to check all identification numbers associated with an individual at the Texas Department of Public Safety. 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 Christian 181,355 319,465 36.86% 53.91%, Candidates Houston Not Hou Hou% Not% She represented indigent capital murder defendants in death penalty cases. HD138 30,328 25,534 1,383 HD140 32.65% 67.35% Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer. HD137 40.29% 59.71% Thats too many cases for one lawyer to handle, Harris County chief public defenderAlex Buninsaid of Ortizs caseload. HD139 12,576 30,341 The question then is why. If you're planning on using the METRO to helo you get to and from the Houston Rodeo, here's everything you need to plan out your ride! . 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. Glass has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for more than 15 years. 2023-00841; Tami Pierce v. Judge DaSean Jones. MORE ON ELECTIONS: Election-denying Houston Republican Mike May takes his case to the Texas House after 6,000-vote loss. My point is simply that it would not take anything like a historic turnout percentage to produce a record number of total voters, just simply because there are more voters now. Hidalgo 294,968 257,935 59.79% 43.39% In fact, when something controversial enough happens to be the subject of a lawsuit, that is exactly when the public most needs to know what the record shows. HD149 38.14% 57.59% 2.92% 1.35% The other difference is that the surplus in Harris and Fort Bend far exceeded the deficit from the eight bad counties, and all ten candidates won. CD08 46,156 45,668 17 But we dont plan to let him abuse his power. I figure its just a matter of time before incumbent DA draws a primary challenger or two, so well want to keep an eye on her fundraising totals. I will of course keep an eye on them. HD145 32.67% 67.33% Website Facebook . HD149 12,239 18,708 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. 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. Again, you can see the result. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.. 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. HD144 11,869 13,567 682 4 Weve faced previous legal challenges over voting locations and voting hours and mail ballots and on and on. CC4 115,688 120,613 33K to 35K in 2016 HD141 4,662 20,252 In Chambers and Liberty, anything we can do to help slow down the small but steady Republican advantage will help. HD140 5,685 11,976 991 277 HD128 33,175 12,968 12 None of us got 70% of the votes. I do know that at least one more loser has filed a losers contest, but I dont care to give any of this any more validity. The table above is the average vote and percentage for the different types of judicial races. As an attorney, Martin opened her own law practice, focusing on felony criminal cases. ============================== Home WHD knocked on about 1500. Miller 184,139 324,228 37.39% 54.64% Education: University of Houston Law Center, Endorsements: chrismortonforjudge.org/endorsements, Campaign website: chrismortonforjudge.org. HD148 15,938 19,168 1,217 514 ============================= While at the DAs office, she handled thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases. The margins are far wider in some other races candidates are contesting. Oh, and the second place where there might be a Democratic primary fight worth watching is in Precinct 1. Turns out there was: You may have noticed that the ballot is arranged in a particular order. ============================== So keep all that in mind as we proceed. HD129 38,119 24,936 1,559 Cagle 64,225 186,970 0 5,056 State and county Republican officials have made several attempts to cast doubt on the results of the November elections in Harris County. Look, Biden won Harris County by 218K in 2020. JP7 12,214 64,137 2,011 2 In the end, the results largely defied negative pronouncements about Democrats chances. To the extent that it did work, the voters seemed to understand the difference between criminal courts and not criminal courts. 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. Education: Alabama State University and Southern University Law Center. JP8 59.30% 37.90% 2.80%, Dist Paxton Garza Lib JP3 45.27% 50.89% 2.73% 1.11% HD145 14,403 29,681 HD147 9,761 36,482 HD132 59.56% 40.44% Ted Heap, Constable Precinct 5 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. HD150 60.07% 36.46% 2.38% 1.09% 2023-00964; Alexandra Mealer v. Lina Hidalgo. The usual caveat applies here, which is that this data is not exact. SD15 97,303 146,861 50 Its been a year since his home was raided. As noted, I dont have a whole lot of data for this from previous elections, but what I do have can be found in these posts: There were city propositions in 2010, for red light cameras and ReNew Houston, but I didnt do the same city-versus-not-city comparisons that year, almost certainly because 2010 was such a miserable year and I just didnt want to spend any more time thinking about it than I had to. HD149 39.55% 60.45% With that margin, three of the four Dem candidates would have won by a couple thousand votes. I think the Trib story contains the most relevant bit of information: The Election Day problems were unlikely to have been substantial enough to swing the results of the Harris County judges race, according to Bob Stein, a political science professor at Rice University. 2023-00952; Nile Copeland v. Judge Latosha Lewis Payne. HD132 35,684 22,981 1,395 627 No one wants all this hard work to go to waste. Maybe theres a general impression among (at least some) voters that Republicans cant be trusted on Family Court benches, in the way that Republicans tried to push than message about Dems on Criminal Court benches. Union President Danny Diaz has pointed out that chokeholds and no-knock warrants already are prohibited, while enforcement policies for marijuana and abortion are determined at the state level. Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I I will pass along information about the fundraiser when I have it. https://mailchi.mp/3860a20fae8b/we-need-your-help?e=cf7bb2b770&fbclid=IwAR3bf6Pdu4mhPHiTnPDtpzT361sMx5VyDAxSnUXy7qM7EbTLGfZabSUiT4w, Clubs in Action PAC (@CIAHTX) 8:32 PM 27 February 2023. HD127 40,378 24,663 Danna 1,983 19,814 18,452 982 JP4 174,354 120,349 Christian Menefee, Harris County Attorney He aint running for anything in 2024, Im confident of that. 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. The judges listed as well as Lina have little in their campaign coffers. CC3 225,304 134,394 7,641 HD141 17.53% 79.15% 3.32% Second, these bills I assume theyre identical in each chamber are just a mess. CC2 49.71% 50.29% First day to file for a place on the Primary ballot for precinct chair candidates. Im going to look back at the four most recent elections to see if we can put some numbers on that. . JP3 44.34% 52.96% 2.70% HD133 34,565 24,654 915 2 Instead, Hidalgo said, the comptroller should have calculated on the basis of pay periods rather than the number of months. HD130 46,578 18,647 Lets make this happen. JP3 46.85% 53.15% As weve discussed, there is consistently a three-to-four point range between the top-scoring Democratic judicial candidate and the lowest-scoring one. Once again, Comptroller Hegar has abused his authority, the county attorney said. After the House reelected Phelan by a nearly unanimous vote, he cautioned freshmen to please do not confuse this body with the one in Washington, D.C.. Endorsements: Houston Police Officers Union for the Democratic Primary, Campaign website: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077652602633. Judge Weems is represented by John Raley. HD138 31,928 22,708 1,350 641 2022 bad counties 100K to 102K 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. CC2 98,597 101,176 Scroll within the result embeds to see all races. Having a high profile referendum on the ballot helps drive extra turnout. 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. That resolution passed overwhelmingly with little debate or fanfare. They were wrong back when they tried this the first time the comptroller and his allies and theyre wrong again now, County Judge Lina Hidalgo said before the court met in executive session Thursday. Lunceford's opponent, Democrat Tamika Craft, won the election by 0.26 percent of the vote. Its too early to draw any firm conclusions one way or another, Loya said. As for Whitmire, what this means is that if hes elected Mayor this year, things will be messy in SD15 the next year. What I did was add up the Republican and Democratic votes for each candidate in those races there were four that year, as there were this year and then took the difference. HD145 33.23% 66.77% There has been no wrongdoing on my part, Cuellar said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. Thats somebody thats supposed to have better acumen and better results than elected officials, but the reverse has been proven to be true in Harris County, Bettencourt said. HD142 9,167 24,621 Not too surprisingly, what we see in all three of these races ismore votes for the Republican candidate and fewer votes for the Democrat across the precincts, with a couple of exceptions here and there. One is Fort Bend, which was positive for Dems in 2018 and 2020, but not in other years. JP2 21,364 29,906 1,317 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. Galveston keeps on getting redder, and its big enough and growing enough for that to have an effect. Theres no explanation for it hes just flat wrong. HD134 42.49% 57.51% And no, he doesnt personally support it, either. JP5 47.07% 50.22% 2.71% HD132 36,431 23,448 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. 8(lost to Judge Erika Ramirez), Bruce Bain, former candidate for the269th District Court(lost to Judge Cory Sepolio), Michelle Fraga, former candidate for the281st District Court(lost to Judge Christine Weems), Elizabeth Buss, former candidate for theHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. I made this point till I was sick of having to make it back in 2018 and again in 2020. HD131 19.48% 80.52% JP3 35,972 40,808 Campos and the Texas Signal have more. We have multiple locations at which anyone can vote precisely as a hedge against problems at any one specific location. HD143 8,631 15,710 Im just guessing the evidence is minimal, there arent that many of these races, the gap isnt that much but its what Ive got. There needs to be a citywide referendum of the ballot in order to get at this data. Whatever happens, this should be the last word, until and unless the state gets involved. Dan Patrick have pushed to return it to the stiffer penalty. Debra Lehrmann (incumbent) TEXAS SUPREME COURT, PLACE 5. HD137 8,263 12,428 646 So is Henry Cuellar still being investigated by the FBI? 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.. HD126 36,931 21,555 1,269 Collier 312,803 273,337 62.81% 45.64% See here, here, and here for some background. Harris County, Texas contains 60 judicial districts, four probate courts and one county court. The Legislature lowered the punishment when it passed Senate Bill 1, but top Republicans including Gov. DA is technically a state office for smaller counties, the DA can cover several of them at once so Id normally expect to see them on the Texas Ethics Commission site. 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 HD146 21.23% 76.41% 2.36% 0.00% Third party candidates accounted for over 16K votes in the Governors race, while the write-in candidate for County Judge got 241 total votes. The Current has more. HD140 5,859 12,433 613 3 CC2 94,272 105,549 6,218 After losing his gubernatorial bid against Texas Gov. HD137 8,475 12,264 HD133 58.20% 40.08% 1.73% ============================== Nelson worked as a Senior Prosecutor and a Chief Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office for about 10 years. Hidalgo trailed Beto by six points in HD133 and seven in HD134. CC2 45.75% 51.23% 3.02% HD148 45.25% 54.75% JP6 4,815 17,369 687 The videos are also posted on YouTube. Democratic Primary: Beth Payan, Paula Knippa, Rosa Lopez Theofanis Run for Judge of 3rd . CC1 27.46% 72.54% HD144 12,065 13,483 No other information was available for this candidate. JP8 49,373 27,414 Silverman says he's led the charge on felony bail reform. In April 2013, Sanchez joined the Harris County District Attorneys office in the misdemeanor division. You may also recall the vast hand-wringing campaign about the scurrilous effects of straight-ticket voting in those years, in which Democrats swept Harris County. Were the only city in the whole state that sends them out and [posts them] online, Atkinson said. And that matters because whenever theres large amounts of money at stake, the potential for ethical issues arises. These elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections.. Looking at the numbers, its not an irrational fear. Alan Rosen had his eye on the Sheriffs office back when Ed Gonzalez was a nominee for head of ICE, but thats off the table now. Thats a bigger and more long-term problem. Cities can only nibble around the edges of that, and at their own peril in a state like Texas. JP2 22,256 29,898 CC4 44.16% 53.15% 2.69% The Texas Supreme Court has declined to disqualify those votes. I am running these responses in the order . The Trib, whose story published after I drafted this and which mostly recapitulates what Ive got here, has more. You can read the Chron story here and their explainer about election contests here. Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday voted to sueTexas Comptroller GlennHegars office in response to hiscomments accusing the countyof defunding law enforcement. Judicial Q&A: Angela Lancelin. HD133 36,909 23,379 11 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? HD142 24.89% 72.10% 3.00% Which would be so outlandishly unlikely as to appear to be its own conspiracy. CD38 66.07% 33.91% 0.02% And to me, thats the strongest indication that the state attorney general himself has determined that cities do have this discretion, that it is firmly grounded in the home-rule authority thats guaranteed by the Texas Constitution, and this is something that cities can decide for themselves.. HD146 21.22% 78.78% JP6 5,019 15,850 1,277 447 Theres a lack of clubs, and thus neighborhood-based outreach, in a lot of traditional Democratic areas. All we can do about that is fight fire with fire. 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. She has 32 years of experience in Harris County, state, and federal criminal and civil courts and has presented thousands of cases to citizens on grand juries. JP8 64.30% 35.70%, Dist Scott Wyatt Breaking it down this way revealed three things to me that I might not have noticed otherwise. CC1 74,077 194,887 HD137 35.76% 61.22% 3.02% CC1 76,230 193,216 But the Republicans in the Lege dont care about that. HD141 5,209 20,104 17 Scott 188,623 326,849 39.14% 56.00%, Dist Daniel Burgess The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate. 33K to 36K in 2016 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. What then is the argument for getting the higher end of turnout this year? HD133 61.63% 38.37% 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.).