She is 1 of 17 elected Harris County Dem. 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 Dudding 294,958 255,993 59.69% 43.03% 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. 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 . HD130 71.33% 28.67% Unfortunately, more than 20 other election contests are still pending in Harris Countymost of those races had greater vote margins than Mays. CC1 71,746 202,649 HD140 5,929 12,518 HD132 58.80% 37.87% 2.30% 1.03% Judge Andrews is represented by John Raley. Hidalgo versus Mealer With this new referendum, Ground Game Texas will ensure the will of voters isnt trampled on by their local elected officials.. Warford 290,364 251,323 59.02% 42.41% We broke the record for total numbers of voters in any election in 2016, then shattered it in 2020. For sure, its hard to imagine much money spent on Republicans locally in 2024. 2022 Harris + FB 9K to 38K. Harris County 230th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Chris Morton and challenger Joseph Sanchez. HD146 8,716 31,720 927 581 Anyway. 2023-01052; Sartaj Bal v. Judge Toria Finch. In 2022, the county passed a shortened seven-month budget that was in effect until the new schedule began in October. HD127 62.30% 37.70% HD145 29.99% 64.40% 4.11% 1.50% In what should be a stronger Democratic year, Ill be very interested to see how things change. Second, these bills I assume theyre identical in each chamber are just a mess. JP7 15.20% 80.93% 2.46% 1.42% JP4 54.96% 42.53% 2.51% Defeated Republican judicial candidate contests Harris County election result, Timeline: How battle between Houston ISD, TEA has reached the point of a looming takeover. Im here to tell you, because Ive looked at this before, the undervote rate in City Council races is much higher than that, and thats a much shorter ballot. JP8 59.30% 37.90% 2.80%, Dist Paxton Garza Lib 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. Dan Patrick have called for Harris County toredo its November electionbased on claims of ballot paper shortages, though they have not provided any evidence or estimate of disenfranchised voters. On the other side of that, you can see that Judge Hidalgo left it all on the field. JP7 17.86% 82.10% 0.03% UPDATE: As soon as I had hit Save on this draft, I see via Stace that attorney and former HD132 candidate Silvia Mintz has announced her candidacy. What you see above is the range for each, so the vote deficit for these counties goes from 105K to 112K. Glass has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for more than 15 years. CD36 62.72% 37.26% 0.02% Attorney General Ken Paxtons office is urging the Texas Supreme Court to side with opponents of a proposed charter amendment that seeks to decriminalize marijuana and abortion, as well as enact a host of other police reforms. HD129 38,119 24,936 1,559 ====================== HD131 19.84% 80.16% I wont be surprised if that number is matched or exceeded in 2024. HD150 62.88% 37.10% 0.02% Two other things can make a difference as well. Honestly, I have no problem with what was passed. HD149 12,314 18,717 714 0 HD143 34.02% 63.56% 2.42% Stones letterdisagreed, and asked the Texas Supreme Court to take swift action against the proposal in its entirety. My point is that 10-20 years ago, as Democrats were starting to assert power in Harris County, it was still quite common for Dems in the then-dark red areas to believe they were the only ones like themselves there. Lets see how this breaks down. I put all the county numbers for these races into a spreadsheet, which is my default starting move for a post like this, especially when Im not exactly sure where Im going with it. CC3 233,567 133,554 63 I also think that SCOTx would prefer to wait until the voters have their say, as then they have a chance to duck the question. 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. 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 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.). Overall, she has tried close to 100 jury trials and handled thousands of cases, including charges of capital murder, child abuse, sex abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, weapons offenses, animal cruelty, and various financial crimes. JP8 62.20% 35.25% 2.55%, Dist Buck Kleberg Grn W-I Not much else to it, Im afraid. 2023-01103; Kyle Scott v. Carla Wyatt. 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.. In some cases, like HD132 and HD138, Collier and Garza were about equal with Beto but Patrick and Paxton were a point or two behind Abbott. SD15 97,303 146,861 50 Looking at what Ive written here, I need to do a post about third party votes, too. More or less the same story here, with the distinction between Houston and not-Houston being smaller than in prior years. While there are no challenges on the Republican ballot in the Texas Primary Election, there are plenty on the Democratic ballot. Not that Im complaining. JP1 67,326 116,212 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. HD143 8,457 14,290 1,159 373 Ill have more to say about those Commissioners Court precincts later, so lets put a pin in that for now. JP8 49,447 27,431 HD133 34,565 24,654 915 2 JP6 4,941 17,062 885 And of course, every election is different, with candidates and exogenous conditions having an effect on who does and doesnt vote. HD143 35.46% 64.54% HD145 30.71% 69.29% 1 Cause No. JP3 45.91% 54.09% ==================================== 17 Cause No. [The secretary of states staff] are our No. Download the Press Release. JP5 137,161 147,432 7,185 HD142 8,851 24,073 1,025 411 HD128 31,566 13,692 1,110 HD126 37,148 21,466 HD135 16,373 23,514 1,050 HD142 28.89% 71.09% 0.02% At issue is a new state law passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature,Senate Bill 23, that bars large counties from cutting law enforcement spending without getting approval from voters. The Rutherford County Commissioner Craig Harris announced Judge McFarlin's retirement plans in a letter during Thursday night's commission meeting. Experience: Gemayel Haynes was prosecutor for the Harris County District Attorneys Office in the Justice of the Peace, Misdemeanor, Juvenile, and Felony Trial Divisions. Legal experts on both sides of the political aisle have raised concerns for many years . JP5 47.01% 50.53% 2.46% Thats an enormous increase over 2015. UPDATE: I have since received an email from Mike Doyle, the current president of the Harris County Democratic Lawyers Association, announcing his candidacy as well. I still have a couple more of these posts to work through. The judge in the Lunceford contest was assigned on December 13, I dont know what has happened since then. HD131 18.64% 79.15% 2.21% HD149 37.11% 60.69% 2.21% The Trib, which reported Patricks remarks but didnt fact check them, and Campos, who called the Trib story lazyarse reporting, have more. HD129 38,545 24,668 I love this photo he took with little baby Christopher back during his 2020 re-election bid. HD134 35,653 45,142 16 22 GOP Candidates Contest Harris County Elections, Seek Records Inspection. Indeed, were approaching the ten-year anniversary of potential statewide candidate Julian Castro territory, as those stories were being written at the start of the 2014 gubernatorial campaign. 2504 Rusk St. #110 This means I will need to stay vigilant for future references to his possible candidacy. HD132 36,340 23,537 SD06 45,259 81,877 39 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. She is currently HCCLA's Secretary and coordinates the Second Chair Program. 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.. CC1 23.57% 73.81% 2.62% It would also be nowhere close to voter suppression, especially on a scale that could have affected even the closest race. HD129 38,523 24,788 The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced that he would step down at the end of February. HD137 8,141 12,532 562 2 If you dont know or dont remember all of the things I had to say about this line of thinking back then, you can probably surmise it from what Ive just said here. See here for the background. HD143 35.69% 61.27% 3.02% 0.02% Not out of disbelief or derision but curiosity, to get a better understanding. Important 2022 Election Dates. Now you can just go somewhere else. HD145 13,820 30,044 1,276 3 As a precinct chair, Ill get to participate in the process to pick the next Chair, who will then need to stand for election in the 2024 primary. ============================= HD142 26.15% 71.40% 2.44% 0.01% HD137 38.33% 59.01% 2.65% 0.01% Combined, the two candidates raised close to $115 million, with ORourke bringing in more than $80 million. Dan Spjut is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. If passed, the charter also would codify the ban the San Antonio Police Departments current leadership has placed on police chokeholds and no-knock warrants. With the exception of County Judge, which is the first county office to appear, the other county races come after any county judicial elections, which we know in a non-presidential year is another two dozen, on top of all of the state judicial races youve just slogged through. HD142 9,939 24,454 7 Ill have more to say about judicial races later. Our position remains that the Council will put the petition on the ballot as one Justice Policy proposal because that was the way it was presented to those who signed the petition, Segovia said in an email Sunday. JP1 63,938 115,819 5,264 2,359 Dan Simons is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. "If it was just mismanagement, it was just gross incompetence, wouldn't one think that the lack of paper would apply equally and uniformly across the map, so that there would be roughly an equivalent number of Democratic stronghold precinct neighborhoods as well as Republican precinct stronghold neighborhoods?" HD148 16,934 20,004 8 The roots of the Texas Constitution are in local self control [and] self determination. HD140 5,850 12,681 647 Judge Williams is represented by Anthony Drumheller. HD126 37,264 21,436 HD141 4,682 20,256 The story goes into detail about how absurdly vague the provisions are, which could put a whole lot of election administrators in solidly red counties in danger if something goes wrong, as things sometimes do. HD145 32.67% 67.33% Its also a dirty secret that some Democratic elected officials in those areas do very little to help with GOTV efforts. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. The tens of thousands of residents who signed this petition understood that each of these police reforms are part of a comprehensive approach to public safety, and we expect to vote on them in the same way they were presented as one unified package, Act 4 SA Executive Director Ananda Tomas said in a statement Sunday night. Judge Finch is represented by Anthony Drumheller. HD150 57.96% 39.56% 2.47% HD141 17.99% 78.82% 3.20% I had heard chatter about this for a couple of months. Burgess 940 14,710 5,207 5,403 Weve looked at the Governors race, in which Beto was the top Democratic performer. Voters have moved on. His application of state law is wrong. HD150 34,404 20,882 1,366 623 JP6 5,253 16,428 881 4 Campos and the Texas Signal have more. A lack of funding is one big factor, but money isnt the only reason. HD141 4,586 20,094 815 Judges who had not actively served at least six months on their current bench as of the date this questionnaire was prepared do not appear on the Judicial Evaluation. Two more things: One is that the undervote rate was higher in judicial races. HD143 8,538 14,611 1,218 Im going to guess hed run as a Democrat, but I cant say for sure at this time. Sandlin 38,580 28,502 0 79,998 HD138 57.11% 41.18% 1.71% 0.00% TPR has more. 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. HD144 12,051 13,606 Like I said, this is plenty good enough for these purposes. HD146 22.96% 77.04% HD135 39.89% 57.75% 2.36% HD142 25.76% 70.06% 2.98% 1.20% HD148 43.27% 52.03% 3.30% 1.40% 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. "Mr. Tatum, your day of reckoning has just started.". HD148 45.42% 54.58% HD144 11,551 14,029 854 Home All we can do about that is fight fire with fire. 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. HD150 34,989 21,381 She is in charge of half of all investigations and pending cases in Harris County where a child under the age of 14 has been killed. If theyre going to act Id expect it to happen before SA City Council votes to put the measure on the ballot on Thursday. HD146 8,922 33,114 CC3 61.36% 36.95% 1.68% 0.00% JP5 50.37% 47.67% 1.96% 0.00% Ive been frustrated working within the system and working in City Hall to try to get things like this done, District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez told charter supporters. JP8 62.62% 35.61% 1.76% 0.01%, Dist Chris Warford Lib Grn (Except for Steve Radack, who still has a nice chunk of change in his account.) James Lombardino is represented by Jared Woodfill. It would be a shame if that happened, though Id still want to know how long they waited before they gave up and why they didnt or couldnt go to one of the 750 other locations to vote, but it could have happened and it would be unfortunate and we would need to do better next time. HD137 35.76% 61.22% 3.02% HD127 59.88% 36.80% 2.33% 0.99% HD126 35,146 23,166 1,681 ==================================== Third party candidates accounted for over 16K votes in the Governors race, while the write-in candidate for County Judge got 241 total votes. Ive looked but never found patterns that I think satisfactorily and consistently explain the variations. They start with the appellate courts, the 1st and 14th for those of us in Harris County, then the District Courts in numerical order, which means that Criminal District Courts and Civil District Courts are mixed together. Michelle Fraga 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. No one wants all this hard work to go to waste. He and County Attorney Jim Nichols met with Commissioners Bobby Whitson, John Driver, Bill Schumann and Russell Schneider in executive session for an hour on Thursday. The deadline for paying the required fee I have no idea how much, but if there was even a sliver of a chance this was for real, this guy would have had no trouble getting some fat cat to pay for it as needed was December 9. Kyle Scott is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Judge Lunceford previously served on the bench, so I trust she understands the seriousness of asking a court to disregard the votes of over a million residents across Harris County," Menefee said. Im just eyeballing everything and not being too particular about it, this is close enough for these purposes. Every candidate is invited to join in the conversation and asked questions based on the jurisdiction where they are seeking office. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo tries to win re-election but faces a challenge from Republican Alexandra . 2016 Harris + FB 22K to 67K. If not, Ill be disappointed but not surprised. They felt welcomed and heard on lobbying trips to Washington, D.C., and several of them campaigned heartily for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto ORourke, who lost his challenge to Gov. Life comes at you fast. JP4 173,381 126,119 He knows this. JP6 21.05% 75.94% 3.00% The best the Uvalde parents can hope for is a state ban on straw-person sales, which is already a federal crime. Published February 28, 2022. HD132 59.51% 38.75% 1.73% 0.00% This is another way of illustrating that. The initiative follows the Gallery Furniture ownerslawsuit filed last weekaccusing the Harris County Elections Administrators Office of refusing to turn over public records related to the election. HD134 34.64% 63.12% 2.24% Dist Stanart%Hudspeth% JP4 57.89% 42.11% The fee cant be lowered due to appearance of impropriety issues. JP1 69,316 114,700 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. HD145 30.61% 66.55% 2.83% 0.01% Ogg 161,659 19,356 48,489 242,159 Same shit, different year. She is currently a Senior Litigator at the Harris County Public Defenders Office. HD148 15,221 20,981 1,035 Democratic Primary: Beth Payan, Paula Knippa, Rosa Lopez Theofanis Run for Judge of 3rd . Those commissions are made up of the county judge, the tax assessor-collector, the county clerk and the chairs of local political parties. HD140 32.85% 67.15% HD130 46,489 18,687 I spent a lot of time obsessing over these four super-close races two years ago, and dont have anything new to say. I look forward to speaking with her about this. A federal judge has handed Texas' elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022s first primary. JP2 44.48% 55.52% HD126 60.98% 35.61% 2.33% 1.09% That helps, and I have hope it can be better than that in 2024. ============================== This is about 493K ballots cast for those two candidates, which doesnt count third party and write-in candidates or undervotes; I didnt tally them all up but wed be at around 510K total ballots defined as being Houston. The Texas Supreme Court has declined to disqualify those votes. The travel time alone for the attorneys will be in the thousands when ZOOM meetings are not allowed! JP5 149,310 134,380 What then is the argument for getting the higher end of turnout this year? The two other freshmen, Republicans Kevin Sparks of Midland and Mayes Middleton of Galveston, both drew four-year terms. 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. 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 . She serves on the Houston Bar Associations Gender Fairness Committee as well as the HAY Center Committee. 2022 Candidate Endorsements. 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.. Endorsements: Houston Police Officers Union for the Democratic Primary, Campaign website: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077652602633. Finally, in regard to Sen. Gutierrez and Rep. Talarico, I mean, Im sure someone mentioned their names as possibilities. But, it requires a council approval and not a voter one under the city charter, as Mayor Pro Tem Brian Beck pointed out in early December when he tried to get his fellow council members to pass a duplicate ordinance of Proposition B to give it the budgetary teeth it needed. ======================= We have until noon on Tuesday to respond to the Texas Supreme Court. HD138 32,829 22,780 Why did those eight hundred and some people vote in the Treasurers race but not the County Clerks race? JP6 21.59% 74.55% 3.87% CC3 224,670 141,583 Education: Prairie View A&M University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Endorsements: votemelissamorris.com/endorsements. This was an interesting year for multiple reasons the first non-Presidential election since the huge shift towards Democrats in 2018, the first time these judicial incumbents were running for re-election, tons of money being spent by Republicans and their backers to smear Criminal Court judges, the high-profile County Judge race that was closely tied to that same campaign spending, the first non-Presidential year with no straight-ticket voting, coming in a year with the extra-long ballot and so on. Cuellar declined to be interviewed.
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