HD126 63.48% 36.52%
PREVIOUSLY Having a high profile referendum on the ballot helps drive extra turnout. I know that the Republicans are claiming that these problems took place at mostly Republican locations another claim that is dubious at best and seemingly contradicted by news reporting on Election Day but even the most partisan locations arent unanimous. She got 553K votes, which is 42K less than Beto. HD140 30.31% 64.09% 5.61%
JP3 46.85% 53.15%
HD150 35,168 21,262
2022 TEXAS PRIMARY ELECTION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO VOTE. 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?. Mike Collier and Rochelle Garza both had leads against them of just over 100K votes, right in line with Betos lead against Abbott. HD129 37,473 24,455 1,607 766
For example, the Proposition B ordinance states no city funds will be used for THC testing of misdemeanor amounts of marijuana. Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed an election contest lawsuit in December after losing Harris Countys 189th judicial district court race to Democrat Tamika Craft. Beto versus the spread 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. Those members left for Washington, D.C., for weeks to stop the House from being able to do business in an effort to prevent passage of the bill. Despite appearing so much lower on the ballot, the per-district vote totals in these races are about the same for the two major parties. "I'm disappointed to see another losing candidate challenging the results of their election. JP3 45.91% 54.09%
The Evaluation opened on Oct. 21 and closed on Nov. 8. CD07 40.61% 59.36% 0.02%
HD148 45.25% 54.75%
I dont know who counts as a person close to him, but as with Rep. Allred, Id like to hear the words come from his own mouth before I start to take it seriously. Sheldon A. Harris (all ballots . 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. Its big, its hard to do, and most importantly now everything that goes wrong is your fault. HD135 16,314 23,615 964
HD128 32,057 12,551 995 399
Its been a year since his home was raided. By voting to repeal Prop A, the Harker Heights City Council sent a clear message to their constituents that they dont respect the will of the voters or the democracy they participate in, Ground Game Texas Executive Director Julie Oliver said in a news release. HD127 60.65% 39.35%
It was the good ol boys system, 100 percent, [Jed Silverman, president of the Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association,] said. Hensley, who gave a presentation to the Denton City Council, said that since Nov. 1 about a week before Denton voters passed Prop B 52 citations and/or arrests were made by Denton police for misdemeanor marijuana possession or paraphernalia related to marijuana. 2023-01103; Kyle Scott v. Carla Wyatt. Like I said, this is plenty good enough for these purposes. Im willing to talk about what we have in our authority to do, Davis said regarding the budget and which part of the ordinance can be implemented. Hey, I knew what I was getting into when I started blogging. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. Now, were back at square one.. 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. 2018 1,082,506 2,307,654 46.91%
Garcia 33,177 8,498 0 54,177
In Galveston and to a lesser extent Waller, the growth has been in redder areas, and we need to find the allies there who likely feel isolated and help them connect with and amplify each other. HD149 38.56% 58.67% 2.77%
Oh, and if this is one of the final straws that leads to Constable precinct redistricting, I wont complain. This post is about the first three, and those are the races for Lite Guv, Attorney General, and Ag Commissioner. There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. We have multiple locations at which anyone can vote precisely as a hedge against problems at any one specific location. During the election CIA knocked on 300,000 doors. 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. CC1 25.71% 70.39% 2.59% 1.30%
CC1 73,858 195,066
That resolution passed overwhelmingly with little debate or fanfare. The lawsuit is an example of why the Texas Legislature should repeal the litigation exception provision in state law that offers public offices an option to withhold records during litigation, said Bill Aleshire, an Austin attorney who works with the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas.
At least in those cases, you can make the claim that the Libertarian received votes that might have otherwise gone to the Republican. I think this is a demonstration that when the people will it, it will happen.. How awful it was for democracy that these swarms of Democratic voters were mindlessly hitting one button and putting all these non-judges onto our benches. That keeps Senate district elections staggered every two years. Maybe such people exist and Republicans have been successful at keeping them all quiet until the lawsuits are heard, who can say. Not enough to swing any individual district only the two swing Commissioners Court precincts are that close to begin with, and the Dems prevailed in all three races here anyway. HD140 31.10% 68.90%
Published February 28, 2022. CC4 115,464 120,671
The usual caveat applies here, which is that this data is not exact. CC4 47.29% 50.67% 2.04% 0.00%
Thanks! HD128 71.88% 28.10% 0.03%
Weve seen this show before Comptroller Hegar misconstruing the law and playing political games to make headlines, Menefee tweeted. 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. As Ive said, Harris County is more Democratic now. 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. 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. There is no justification for denying the public information about a controversy just because it involves litigation, Aleshire said. One is that every Democratic candidate won Fort Bend County in 2018, by over 12K votes in each case. CC3 227,842 132,864
In 2019, I was selected by the newly-elected democrat County Court Judges to be their Staff Attorney, making her the African-American and female in that position. STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL EVALUATIONS - COOK COUNTY 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 28, 2022 . CC1 72,584 195,779 6,893
Experience: Melissa Morris has practiced criminal defense and family law for 15 years. JP6 5,571 16,529
HD128 67.93% 29.60% 2.47%
HD132 36,431 23,448
Hidalgo 612,111 1,095,479 101,400 36,568
The other notable thing is that with the lone exception of JP/Constable Precinct 5, Hidalgo still carried every district Beto carried. More than 20lawsuitsfrom losing Republican candidates have also been filed against the county, citing those problems and seeking a redo of the election. HD134 28,262 51,502 1,828
The county eventually began paying court-appointed attorneys hourly. I look forward to speaking with her about this. TEXAS SUPREME COURT, PLACE 3. None of us. Find ways to partner with Democratic parties in neighboring counties. HD126 63.64% 36.36%
HD127 60.79% 37.55% 1.65% 0.00%
Adrian Garcia, County Commissioner, Precinct 2 judges sued to undo 22 election. Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed a petition Wednesday seeking a new election in Harris County's 189th judicial district court race after . HD133 36,406 22,666
There is a deadline of MARCH 8 to raise funds!! HD129 38,091 26,236
HD147 20.84% 76.28% 2.88%
Putting them in the position of oversight would definitely change the dynamic.. 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. JP6 4,941 17,062 885
Radack 0 71,246 0 794,652, Court R Avg D Avg R pct D pct
There hasnt been nearly as much growth in Houston as there has been in the non-Houston parts of Harris County, but its still up over 150K from 2015. Defeated Republican judicial candidate contests Harris County election result, Timeline: How battle between Houston ISD, TEA has reached the point of a looming takeover. Beto got to 58% in 2018. 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. HD146 8,285 33,018 1,148
JP6 4,815 17,369 687
MJ Hegar, who didnt do nearly as well, still won Harris by 136K. 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. I turn as always to the numbers to see what they tell us. What then is the argument for getting the higher end of turnout this year? Of the other six races for statewide executive offices, three were similar in nature to the Governors race and three were friendlier to Republicans. HD141 18.27% 78.99% 2.72% 0.01%
None of us got 70% of the votes. Be that as it may, I will be very interested to see how this turns out, and whether something similar happens in Houston. JP2 21,364 29,906 1,317
Thats exactly what happened in 2020, as noted above. tampa population 2022 Vuse Alto Flavor Pack 5% Golden Tobacco Pods $ 12.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Power Unit Gold $ 8.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Flavor Pack 5% Rich Tobacco Pods $ 12.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Flavor Pack 2.4% Rich Tobacco Pods $ 12.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Power Unit Slate $ 8.00 Add to wishlist Vuse Alto Flavor . HD131 18.69% 78.34% 2.96%
HD135 43.39% 56.59% 0.02%
HD145 13,535 29,065 1,855 677
Just eyeballing the 2018 results I may go back and do these calculations for that year, just as a point of comparison I think the Dems that year did better overall than in other races, though they had about the same range of results. JP4 174,354 120,349
The Harris County Democratic Party is NOT doing anything to assist the 22 electeds. HD132 35,684 22,981 1,395 627
The 2018 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. 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. ======================
2020 Harris + FB 108K to 156K. Life comes at you fast. Of all the Criminal District Courts in Harris County, the 184th District Court under Judge Anastasio has the smallest backlog of cases. HD149 39.42% 60.56% 0.01%
If anyone on the Republican side thought that the other Democratic judges might become collateral damage, theres no evidence to support that. About 40K people on average skipped these three races, compared with a bit less than 23K for RRC. 2023-301111; Will Archer v. Judge James Horwitz. 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. JP5 47.07% 50.22% 2.71%
See here for the previous entry. After a minute, I decided to go with the obvious, which was to separate the counties into those that are good for the Dems and those that are not, and see what that told me. Tatum has maintained that while paper supplies ran low at some locations, the county has not been able to confirm whether any voters were turned away as a result. HD144 11,924 13,703
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. . 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. It is believed that the purpose of these suits is to drag out the cases, have judges dip into personal resources, and be exhausted financially and emotionally by the time of their next race. JP2 42.30% 53.77% 3.93%
Elections 2022 Statewide News Texas Election Results Tracker: . Now lets look at Houston voter registration numbers. His application of state law is wrong. 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. 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. JP1 30.69% 66.39% 2.92%
Even for a few weeks. For the latter at least, weve had a strong response from the County Attorney, but we cant assume that will always be the case. Maybe Im wrong about that, I dont know. This story came out the same day that a Senate committee approved a bill making illegal voting a felony with even harsher punishments and lower standards for illegality than before. Wayne Dolcefino, a media consultant and former TV journalist. 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. The Y-axis is the percentages. 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. HD129 60.85% 39.15%
JP8 48,774 27,636 2,000
Judicial candidates. According to the petition filed Monday night,Wayne Dolcefino, a media consultant and former TV journalist,submitted multiple requests for public information on behalf of the Gallery Furniture owner, who was a major donor supporting Republican candidates including County Judge LinaHidalgos opponent Alexandra del Moral Mealer. Hidalgo versus Mealer. 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. SD13 21.23% 78.74% 0.04%
If youre in San Antonio, Id love to hear from you about this, so please send an email or leave a comment. Judge Lawton-Evans is represented by Anthony Drumheller. Judge Sepolio is represented by John Raley.
HD134 34,947 43,974
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. 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.. Paxton encouraged his supporters to launch a pressure campaign and flood the court with calls and emails demanding,unsuccessfully, thatthey reverse the decision. I dont have this data for every year, but we can do with a sample: As noted, there will be a different voter registration figure this fall, likely a bit higher for each but with more growth in the non-Houston part of Harris County. Those challenges do not amount to voter suppression, Stein said, but merely suggest that Harris County should operate fewer, better-resourced polling locations. 2015 268,872 979,401 27.45%
Judge Cox is represented by Cris Feldman. If we have the same turnout rate as we did in 2003, were looking at over 353K voters from Harris County. Note how even the lowest scorers this year exceeded Obamas performance in non-Houston by three or four points in 2008 and four or five points in 2012, while doing about as well in Houston. Harris County Judge is on the ballot in the 2022 Texas Primary Election. Burgess 940 14,710 5,207 5,403
We saw it with Bill White in 2010, too as Ive observed in the past, White received something like 300K votes from people who otherwise voted Republican. HD143 8,706 15,000
HD144 11,869 13,567 682 4
There has been no wrongdoing on my part, Cuellar said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. He represented juvenile and adult clients charged with misdemeanors and felonies. CC3 62.89% 37.11%
The amendment would require the speaker to use public resources, including staff time and government facilities, on behalf of one political instrumentality, Phelan said the first time. We have to talk about the many millions of dollars spent by various wealthy wingnuts against Judge Hidalgo and Democratic criminal court judges. HD140 32.14% 67.86%
I consider what Harker Heights City Council did to be defensible, but I would not feel the same way if this effort succeeds and they override it again. unfair distribution of election supplies. It is not clear when the lawsuit will be filed. I will never not be mad about all of the lazy, uninformed, and frankly kind of racist assumptions that went into that hypothesis. 2022 Harris + FB 9K to 38K. Sen. LaMantia had a tough race in 2022, and at this time I have no idea if its better for her to run in 2024 or not. HD139 30.91% 69.06% 0.03%
GOP lawmakers including Gov. In April 2013, Sanchez joined the Harris County District Attorneys office in the misdemeanor division. This story is mostly about Ted Cruz and whether he might run for President again in 2024; the tone of the story is that he probably wont. 19 Cause No. And that brings us to Julian Castro, whose name has certainly been mentioned as a possible statewide candidate before. HD149 39.55% 60.45%
One is Fort Bend, which was positive for Dems in 2018 and 2020, but not in other years. HD140 32.61% 67.36% 0.03%
HD138 30,328 25,534 1,383
Rep. Allred may see it differently, but I think hes not likely to make this leap. DEMOCRAT. HD130 44,307 20,934 1,434
These victories gave Dems a 5-4 majority on each court, and it seemed there would be more to come. CC4 48.90% 51.10%
HD141 17.82% 77.79% 3.09% 1.31%
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. The 30-year-old native of Katy is the youngest person and the first African American to serve as the party chairperson, according to a news release. HD138 31,928 22,708 1,350 641
HD142 9,047 25,391
HD131 6,519 24,611 13
Not much else to say at this time for 2024, but I will note that at least some of the Democratic judges whose election is being challenged by a sore loser are raising funds for their legal defense. What you see above is the range for each, so the vote deficit for these counties goes from 105K to 112K. Judge Payne is represented by John Raley. Bennett 0 1,022 0 14,527
For whatever the reason fewer people split their tickets, even though they had no choice but to vote (or not) in every single race. JP6 21.05% 75.94% 3.00%
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. 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. 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. Education: University of Florida College of Law, Endorsements: judgehilaryunger.com/endorsements. HD143 37.22% 62.78%
Its a matter of execution from here. HD133 60.51% 39.49%
Its deeply annoying that we have to do this as a reminder, these cases are stinking piles of nothing and the losers pursuing them damn well know it but its where we are. JP2 41.97% 52.90% 3.88% 1.25%
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. Beto versus the spread. Public servants have moved on. Which brings me to the second point of interest, which is really hammering the message home about voting all the way down the ballot.