Judge Jackson is represented by John Raley. CC3 61.36% 36.95% 1.68% 0.00% New rules get adopted each session, this can always be revisited in the future. Harris County is the big problem, said state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican who plans to file close to a dozen election bills this legislative session. Even for a few weeks. HD147 10,015 35,364 HD144 45.24% 54.76% 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. HD132 60.69% 39.31% 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 . 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 Ill get into it a bit more in the next post when we look at the higher-scoring Republicans, but my sense is that these three Dems, plus Beto, received some crossovers. Matthew Dexter is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. HD149 37.19% 60.24% 2.57% HD137 35.94% 61.06% 3.00% HD139 13,492 30,143 11 HD149 12,101 18,269 925 429 We broke the record for total numbers of voters in any election in 2016, then shattered it in 2020. 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.. HD140 5,904 13,079 Rosen 717,202 84,691 0 1,322,398 HD138 56.38% 40.10% 2.38% 1.13% To the extent that it did work, the voters seemed to understand the difference between criminal courts and not criminal courts. Stanart 188,573 326,633 39.16% 56.00% We have until noon on Tuesday to respond to the Texas Supreme Court. Sometimes I dont necessarily mind Houston being a bit behind the activism curve. A native Houstonian, Jen graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University and earned a master's degree from University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. After the 2012 election, the main question was whether then-Sen. Wendy Davis, who won a tough race in a district carried by Mitt Romney, would have to run again in 2014. HD127 40,530 24,529 I took the average number of votes each partys candidates got in these races I omitted the one Appellate Court race that had a third candidate in it so that wed have a cleaner comparison and the average vote percentage for each group, which you see in the table. HD150 33,548 22,898 1,431 HD134 28,201 50,706 2,371 ============================= The Harris County Democratic Party is NOT doing anything to assist the 22 electeds. The question then is why. JP5 149,310 134,380 HD146 21.45% 76.29% 2.26% A lack of funding is one big factor, but money isnt the only reason. HD143 8,856 14,935 Dist Civil 518,475 545,206 48.74% 51.26% HD138 56.96% 43.04% JP3 47.74% 52.22% 0.04% HD128 67.93% 29.60% 2.47% The judges listed as well as Lina have little in their campaign coffers. HD126 64.12% 35.85% 0.03% Segovia added that opponents should challenge the validity of the amendment after the election, not before. The Harris County Elections Administrators Office also issued a statement, saying it readily has responded to requests that do not require documents subject to the litigation, and has sought an opinion from the attorney generals office on those that do. CD18 46,492 107,792 46 Boeing employee bought lottery ticket because it was at $747M, a nod to the aircraft. CD08 50.26% 49.73% 0.02% 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. I was worried that if Hidalgo lost, there was a real chance Dems could lose not one but both of the Commissioners Court races as well. Cagle 64,225 186,970 0 5,056 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. CC2 101,745 103,117 48 County Commissioner Court. HD143 35.46% 64.54% HD128 31,548 13,748 1,148 CC4 47.29% 50.67% 2.04% 0.00% CD02 62.45% 37.53% 0.02% He also volunteered his time in Veterans Court working with court staff to develop treatment programs for veterans facing mental health and addiction issues. HD126 36,872 22,678 JP8 48,829 29,299 JP3 45.91% 54.09% 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. The debate over law-enforcement funding in Harris County stems from the countys decision to shift its fiscal year and budgeting schedule to start in October instead of March. HD148 43.27% 52.03% 3.30% 1.40% JP3 34,975 41,776 2,126 HD133 58.20% 40.08% 1.73% HD148 40.88% 56.34% 2.78% Judge Williams is represented by Anthony Drumheller. HD139 29.61% 70.39% I think Odus did a good job as HCDP Chair. It could also ask voters to approve the funding reduction in a referendum, Hegar said. HD142 25.96% 71.15% 2.89% HD133 31,901 26,700 1,898 I also think the next Chair will have some work to do to improve performance and get ready for the 2024 election. HD148 16,333 19,766 . If not, Ill be disappointed but not surprised. 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. CC1 74,077 194,887 I also believe that Conroe is starting to become like Sugar Land, a small but growing urban center of its own that we ought to see as such, and seek to build alliances there. Speaking as a resident of SD15, Im already exhausted by this possibility, which may not even happen. HD132 59.56% 40.44% 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. HD131 5,886 24,670 933 HD147 8,809 36,618 1,383 Dan Patrick have pushed to return it to the stiffer penalty. The best the Uvalde parents can hope for is a state ban on straw-person sales, which is already a federal crime. In 2016 the legal advocacy group Civil Rights Corps sued the county on behalf of Maranda Lynn ODonnell, a 22-year . In the Ag Commissioner race, Sid Miller got 507K votes to top Abbotts total, but he was aided by not having any third party candidates. Under Hegars calculations, Heaps annualized budget would have been about $48.9 million over 12 months nearly $2.3 million off from the $46.7 million figure calculated by the county. HD132 36,189 24,576 JP4 59.33% 40.67% CC3 224,673 135,288 6,151 14 Whitmire drew a two-year term, and Zaffirni drew a four-year term. Indeed, three of the four races were actually in the Dem +34K to +38K range, with one outlier. Are there more parks like Fairfield Lake out there? 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. The election contests will be heard by Judge David Peeples of Bexar County. So as I said, this was expected. One is that every Democratic candidate won Fort Bend County in 2018, by over 12K votes in each case. 4 Cause No. HD134 31,902 47,475 1,190 6 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. All we can do about that is fight fire with fire. Slapping around Harris County is the point. If we have the same turnout rate as we did in 2003, were looking at over 353K voters from Harris County. Combined, the two candidates raised close to $115 million, with ORourke bringing in more than $80 million. In Chambers and Liberty, anything we can do to help slow down the small but steady Republican advantage will help. 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. PREVIOUSLY I look forward to speaking with her about this. Hidalgos office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Jen Rice is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle covering Harris County government. The term limits thing doesnt even make my Top 25 list of Ted Cruz atrocities. HD137 35.76% 61.22% 3.02% Like I said, Im making some assumptions here, any or all of which could be wrong. 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.. GOP lawmakers including Gov. unfair distribution of election supplies. JP3 45.27% 50.89% 2.73% 1.11% HD127 60.47% 37.36% 2.18% Public servants have moved on. HD139 11,438 31,372 1,145 Not that Im complaining. While the administrator is a moderate Democrat, this blog is independently operated and not affiliated with any political party or political action committee (PAC). 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. Its not hard to imagine him as a deputy whip or a powerful committee chair in a couple of cycles. I included Mealer and Cagle for post-election inclusion mostly out of curiosity. One fine day well win enough elections to make it stop, but until then this is what were gonna get. HD128 32,433 12,955 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. Many of them have a tiny number of Houston-specific votes in them, with a much larger contingent of non-Houston votes. One of the things were going to have to explore is: Why arent the elected tax assessor-collector and the elected county clerk which are, quite frankly, both Democrats why are they not running the election, where theres some public accountability?. HD139 29.30% 70.70% HD145 30.56% 65.38% 4.06% Mike Siegel co-founder of progressive group Ground Game Texas, which backed the proposal told the Express-News that the Texas Constitution grants municipalities the right to so-called home-rule authority. If we want to talk about making Texas competitive for Biden, and whoever our 2024 Senate nominee may be, thats the kind of Dem advantage in Harris County were going to need, at a minimum. City Council will call for the election, which will include council district seats and other local elections, during its Feb. 16 meeting. JP6 4,815 17,369 687 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. The Republicans are gonna do what theyre gonna do, and we cant stop them. HD129 38,119 24,936 1,559 Thats a new statutory deadline for all judicial fundraising it used to be the case that judges who were involved in lawsuits could continue past that deadline, but the law was changed in the last session, so here we are. 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. HD145 32.67% 67.33% CC2 48.03% 49.53% 2.42% 0.01% I then did the same thing for Harris and Fort Bend counties, to see how big the Democratic surplus was in each race. Taylor accused Harris County Elections Administrator Cliff Tatum, who took over the office starting in August, of intentionally causing ballot paper shortages in Republican-leaning neighborhoods. Sartaj Bal is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. HD137 38.54% 61.46% Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday voted to sueTexas Comptroller GlennHegars office in response to hiscomments accusing the countyof defunding law enforcement. Im pretty sure Ive expressed this sentiment before, but if I had the power and the funds Id order a study, to try to identify these voters and ask them why they did what they did. Defeated Republican judicial candidate contests Harris County election result, Timeline: How battle between Houston ISD, TEA has reached the point of a looming takeover. Wyatt 293,352 256,862 60.86% 44.00% HD138 57.30% 40.47% 2.23% 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. HD145 14,403 29,681 The Legislature lowered the punishment when it passed Senate Bill 1, but top Republicans including Gov. I dont know if Speaker Phelan will be persuaded or arm-twisted into changing his mind about making whatever minor infractions into felonies, but I hope he holds out. HD147 9,910 35,410 Cuellar emerged largely unscathed soundly winning his November reelection for a 10th term in office. I didnt blog about the raid at the time, mostly because I prefer not to think too much about Henry Cuellar. HD132 59.59% 38.35% 2.06% 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. HD126 38,281 21,401 17 Harris County 183rd Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Chuck Silverman and challenger Gemayel Haynes. SD07 62.80% 37.18% 0.02% ============================== HD130 47,660 18,606 13 HD130 66.73% 30.70% 2.57% This quick dismissal shows these election contests are largely about political posturing and undermining our democratic processes. As for Beto, Im pretty sure weve seen the last of him on the statewide stage, at least for the foreseeable future. Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, then cited the new provision to call points of order procedural challenges on two amendments proposed by Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, to restrict Democratic committee chairs. Under Texas law, the Texas House of Representatives presided over this contest because it was filed by a candidate for that body. In the meantime, let me know what you think. HD150 34,989 21,381 HD148 41.25% 55.89% 2.86% So well know soon enough. HD127 57.86% 39.41% 2.73% District Clerk candidate Chris Daniel lost by 25,640 votes, while County Clerk candidate Stan Stanart lost by 34,448 votes. HD148 16,397 19,705 Hidalgo versus Mealer HD137 40.34% 59.66% These losing candidates should move on too.. CC4 114,198 127,074 Democrats would still be running the elections. Not a surprise, but an aggressive position to take. Judge Hidalgo is represented by Neal Manne. Were used to higher levels of turnout now. Achieving the goal set in item #1 will require an all-hands-on-deck mobilization. 4. JP6 21.05% 75.94% 3.00% After the last Family Court race is the County Judge, the top race in the county, and then the County Civil courts, the County Criminal courts, and finally the County Probate courts. HD142 9,132 24,642 Download the Press Release. Committee appointments are expected to be made in the next couple of weeks. Gonzalez 0 4,032 0 9,258 While in her private practice she was chosen as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017 and 2018. Third party candidates accounted for over 16K votes in the Governors race, while the write-in candidate for County Judge got 241 total votes. 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. SD11 64.64% 35.34% 0.02% Thats exactly what happened in 2020, as noted above. You may view the entire Evaluation or you may view selected courts. Will Archer is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. The litigation exception typically is upheld by courts, so McIngvales lawsuit is unlikely to produce the requested records, he said. HD145 29.99% 64.40% 4.11% 1.50% Hey, I knew what I was getting into when I started blogging. JP7 15.20% 80.93% 2.46% 1.42% 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. JP3 35,847 40,620 1,612 8 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. US Representative, District 8: Laura Jones. Commissioners Court convened the special meeting to decide on a response to Hegars claim. Tom Ramsey, County Commissioner, Precinct 3 CD22 62.20% 37.79% 0.01% 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. Ferrell has served as a member of the Board for the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association since 2017. State Representatives. HD139 28.11% 69.53% 2.35% 0.00% There is a legitimate question about what a City Council is supposed to do with a voter-passed ordinance that one can reasonably read to be in violation of state law, at least in part. HD129 39,519 24,982 11 Harris County, Texas contains 60 judicial districts, four probate courts and one county court. HD141 17.53% 79.15% 3.32% My first thought is that Im not really clear what these guys are aiming at. Basically, the discussion was going on in consideration of the ordinance that had been passed by the City Council of Killeen and the actions of the result of that particular vote, Bell County District Attorney Henry Garza told the Herald. The numbers tell the tale. There will be a couple of referenda on the ballot, and maybe possibly an HISD bond referendum. County executive offices Hidalgo trailed Beto by six points in HD133 and seven in HD134. What I wonder about is whether there will be much appetite for that kind of spending in future races. HD147 10,255 35,167 HD142 24.75% 72.77% 2.48% He also wants to review the systems new online mail ballot tracker and ensure its working properly. Suppose these votes split 80-20 for the Republicans, which would be plausible for an exclusive sample of such locations. JP4 59.16% 40.84% This quick dismissal shows these election contests are largely about political posturing and undermining our democratic processes, said Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee. CC2 45.52% 51.84% 2.64% Let me close with a visual reminder of all this. What we can glean from this is that the investigation appears to be ongoing, and the government hasnt reached a resolution one way or another as to how it plans to proceed.. HD130 71.35% 28.65% Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Lee was re-elected to a second term with almost 65% of the vote, improving on his performance from 2018.. 2023-00932; Chris Daniel v. Marilyn Burgess. 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