District Clerk candidate Chris Daniel lost by 25,640 votes, while County Clerk candidate Stan Stanart lost by 34,448 votes. 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. 6(lost to Judge Kelley Andrews), Matthew Dexter, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. Even for a few weeks. Rebeca Huddle (incumbent) TEXAS . We all know that Lina received very little in campaign contributions, especially compared to Mealer. HD126 36,849 21,629 1,070 1 JP5 147,814 135,680 Nick Stevens, a board member of the advocacy group Decriminalize Denton, said later Tuesday evening at the City Council meeting that what some council members and city staff are saying publicly is different than what they claimed privately. Better statewide races A William Wagner, about whom I could find nothing, filed the same for Constable in Precinct 7. That changed quite dramatically in 2018, when Dems won back Davis old seat and picked up another Senate seat as well. HD129 38,169 25,015 1,149 3 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.. CC3 224,670 141,583 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. Find an event near you . 2015 268,872 979,401 27.45% You may note that now two elections into the no-straight-ticket-voting era, the range of outcomes in both sets of these counties is the smallest. 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. (I am not taking the Justice of the Peace courts into consideration here, as they are not countywide and you only have one of them on your ballot.). Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum did not respond directly to the criticism, but said the office supports any legislation that increases voter registration and access to voting. Let me know if you have any questions. HD141 4,753 20,212 Look, Biden won Harris County by 218K in 2020. Judge Andrews is represented by John Raley. We should find ways to collaborate and cooperate to help our candidates in these races. If six months or a year from now this ordinance is in place and being complied with, Ill be delighted and looking to our city to follow suit. United States representatives. The Evaluation opened on Oct. 21 and closed on Nov. 8. 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. One judge whose race is being challenged, David Fleisher, lives in 133. Judicial Q&A: Angela Lancelin. Burgess 290,267 255,860 60.14% 43.81% 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. JP8 62.20% 35.25% 2.55%, Dist Buck Kleberg Grn W-I 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. There were more people who skipped these races than did so for Railroad Commissioner, the last of the statewide executive offices, but not that much more. Heres the data for the County Judge race, in which Judge Lina Hidalgo won re-election by a close margin, though on a percentage basis it was slightly wider than her initial win in 2018. SD15 97,303 146,861 50 As you know, the Harris County Democratic Party will soon have a new Chair. If theres collateral damage, so be it. HD149 12,365 18,661 HD150 34,884 21,411 1,016 3 She handled cases ranging from Class C speeding tickets to non-death Capital Murders. None of us. 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. 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. HD145 30.56% 65.38% 4.06% HD138 32,881 22,695 JP8 49,373 27,414 Harris County has long been ground zero for the national debate over bail reform. "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. Democrats havent lost a judicial race in a Presidential year since 2012, and havent lost a majority of judicial races in a Presidential year since 2004. Beto versus Abbott If anyone on the Republican side thought that the other Democratic judges might become collateral damage, theres no evidence to support that. CC3 214,042 144,575 10,162 With the exception of one provision calling for the creation of a city justice director, Segovia said the proposals elements are all inconsistent with state law.. HD128 32,433 12,955 The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. 2023-301111; Will Archer v. Judge James Horwitz. HD150 34,841 21,318 1,294 I did not get around to doing the 30-day and 8-day reports from 2022, so what you see here in these reports is not contiguous for those who were on last Novembers ballot. 41K to 42K in 2020. Scroll down to find results for statewide, congressional, and state legislative . Thats a lot! HD150 35,089 21,326 33K to 35K in 2020. unfair distribution of election supplies. HD137 40.87% 59.13% Im not going to expend any energy on that at this time. The Harris County Democratic Party is dedicated to the ideal that everyone deserves an equal shot at life, . The Press has more. (Except for Steve Radack, who still has a nice chunk of change in his account.) In the Texas 2022 gubernatorial race, Democrat Beto O'Rourke holds an 8% lead over Republican Greg Abbott among Harris County likely voters (50% to 42%, with 7% undecided). There were 1,232 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 14.4% of eligible HBA members. Briones 819,495 331,782 0 667,234 Indeed, three of the four races were actually in the Dem +34K to +38K range, with one outlier. This is exactly the sort of thing that a public defender can mitigate. At this level, this is just weird. Gonzalez 0 4,032 0 9,258 7 Cause No. And the public remains largely in the dark about what set off the investigation. Were evaluating the lawsuit and will let the courts sort it out.. HD144 12,065 13,483 CC1 27.46% 72.54% HD135 42.01% 55.20% 2.79% JP8 48,916 27,816 1,377 8 ============================================= HD140 30.50% 66.12% 3.37% Her reporting has aired nationally on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Here & Now. Once again, Comptroller Hegar has abused his authority, the county attorney said. We are subject to the authorities of those that appointed us, said Remi Garza, Cameron County elections administrator and the Texas Association of Elections Administrators legislative committee co-chair. JP6 5,490 16,504 JP6 5,253 16,428 881 4 Neither he nor Ted Heap seems to have gotten any better at math or more truthful in general, so most likely this will play out in similar fashion. JP4 175,012 119,960 I dont know what theyll do, but as I said before, well surely find out quickly. What I wonder about is whether there will be much appetite for that kind of spending in future races. JP1 34.12% 61.81% 2.81% 1.26% I dont think Ive seen reports for District Attorney on the county election site before. Looking at what Ive written here, I need to do a post about third party votes, too. HD140 5,850 12,681 647 JP3 35,962 40,821 He could win, and as was the case with Beto a close loss might still be a boost to whatever other prospects he ay have, but you still have to weight that against what hed be giving up. 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. HD146 8,716 31,720 927 581 HD150 34,404 20,882 1,366 623 Rutherford County General Sessions Court - Probate County Office Building 319 North Maple Street, Suite 121, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Phone: (615) 898-7800 Fax: (615) 898-7830. 3 Cause No. 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. =============================================== HD131 18.64% 79.15% 2.21% CC4 46.71% 49.40% 2.64% 1.25% The commissions oversight powers allow it to appoint, terminate or accept the resignation of the countys election administrator. 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. Improve performance in base Democratic areas. Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I There needs to be a citywide referendum of the ballot in order to get at this data. 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. HD139 28.11% 69.53% 2.35% 0.00% SD17 64,692 46,518 22 Rosen 717,202 84,691 0 1,322,398 Winning takes many forms, after all. HD135 42.19% 55.44% 2.37% 0.00% Solicitor General Judd Stone submitted a letter to the court Wednesday callingthe proposala grab-bag of provisions that flagrantly violates a state law prohibiting multi-subject charter amendments. Jerry Garcia, Constable Precinct 2 Buckingham 184,006 323,967 37.41% 54.65% 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. Experience:Kate Ferrell entered private practice in 2016 and worked as an associate attorney before opening The Law Office of Kate Ferrell. HD139 28.15% 71.85% Whether it will get a similarly chilly reception from City Council or Commissioners Court remains to be seen. Nothing else of great interest in this group Id expect both Ed Gonzalez and Christian Menefee to start posting bigger numbers soon. Phil Sandlin, Constable Precinct 8, Teneshia Hudspeth, County Clerk CC2 49.71% 50.29% He also reaffirmed that the odor of marijuana wasnt initiating probable cause and search and seizure issues, though it was part of the process in some cases. HD127 62.30% 37.70% How much of that is the lack of a third choice versus some other consideration I couldnt say, but you can see it in the numbers. JP5 47.01% 50.53% 2.46% The Evaluation opened on Nov. 1 and closed on Nov. 19. HD132 61.04% 38.95% 0.01% HD137 40.42% 59.54% 0.04% We made it through the 2022 election, the first post-Trump off-year election, with Democrats still in charge in Harris County. In a 4-1 vote, the court authorized County Attorney Christian Menefee to pursue a lawsuit against the comptrollers office. Its been a year since his home was raided, FBI agents raided U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellars home and office, the FBI has been investigating Ken Paxton since November of 2020, Precinct analysis: Inside and out of the city, Uvalde parents will take their fight to the Lege. 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. 2023-00937; Matthew Dexter v. Judge Genesis Draper. We can speculate all week, but theres only one way to find out. HD142 28.89% 71.09% 0.02% Elections Harris County election results 2022: County judge, commissioners, propositions. HD146 8,285 33,018 1,148 HD137 7,704 13,091 643 Ive spent a lot of time and space on this blog talking about judicial races and trying to make sense of their numbers. On the other side of that, you can see that Judge Hidalgo left it all on the field. Dan Patrick (481K votes) and Ken Paxton (480K) were the two low scorers among Republicans. Dudding 294,958 255,993 59.69% 43.03% Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel indicated there could be more election contests to come. SD04 58,925 34,135 14 HD129 38,119 24,936 1,559 Lets see how this breaks down. The issue is, I need money to grow, Bunin said. We did (barely) win two of the four races in 2020, with one exceedingly close loss and one less close loss, but we went 0 for 4 this year. HD131 5,886 24,670 933 HD133 35,705 23,303 Experience: Veronica Nelson has been a Chief Prosecutor in both County and District Courts with over 10 years of trial experience. If we can at least keep the deficit here from growing or better yet, if we can shrink it be a couple thousand votes we can take a bit of pressure off of Harris and Fort Bend. For the most part, Hidalgos performance in each district is about what youd expect in comparison to Beto. HD132 60.84% 39.16% 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. HD131 18.69% 78.34% 2.96% 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. 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. HD130 66.73% 30.70% 2.57% The chamber passed the overall rules package by a vote of 123-19, with Democrats making up most of the opposition. HD132 59.59% 38.35% 2.06% CC3 227,842 132,864 House Bill 2020andSenate Bill 823would allow the secretary of states office to take action in a county if a complaint is filed by one of several officials and organizations involved in elections, and if theres good cause to believe that a recurring pattern of problems with election administration exists.. As for Joe Danna, is there ever a time when he isnt running for Sheriff? HD128 71.88% 28.10% 0.03% As these parents know all too well, its just a matter of time before some other group of parents are in the same unfathomable position theyre in now. Many millions of dollars in advertising was able to move the needle a bit in a handful of races, but thats it. Counting these as Houston precincts means you wind up with a lot more total votes in Houston than were cast in the referenda elections, and gives you a distorted picture of the candidate percentages. HD143 8,856 14,935 Every day, police departments decide what theyre going to enforce and what theyre not going to enforce, and this represents the people of San Antonio saying: these are not our priorities for our scarce public dollars, Siegel said. MJ Hegar, who didnt do nearly as well, still won Harris by 136K. JP8 50,379 27,941 16 HD150 62.07% 37.93% He represented juvenile and adult clients charged with misdemeanors and felonies. Judges cant take pro bono help to defend selves. (lost to Judge Manpreet Monica Singh), Mark Goldberg, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. Some of the electoral functions include: Providing training to all Presiding and Alternate Election Judges to ensure the proper execution of state and federal election law during each county . Martin represented clients in both state and federal courts, and has argued cases before the Texas Courts of Appeal throughout the state, as well as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. HD132 58.80% 37.87% 2.30% 1.03% CC3 58.04% 39.20% 2.76% HD139 30.91% 69.06% 0.03% JP4 59.33% 40.67% The raid cast a shadow over a competitive election year for the longtime Democratic congressman who defended his seat from a progressive in the March primary and then a well-funded and coordinated effort to flip his seat by Republicans in November. 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. HD132 59.51% 38.75% 1.73% 0.00% She is currently a Senior Litigator at the Harris County Public Defenders Office. I really wish I could make that happen. This is another way of illustrating that. CC4 114,966 121,049 5,955 Who won and who lost in the 2022 midterm elections across Houston and rest of Texas? Erin Lunceford is represented by Andy Taylor. JP2 42.67% 57.33% 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. HD144 43.70% 53.07% 3.23% HD126 63.64% 36.36% 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. HD148 43.77% 52.85% 3.38% Ground Game Texas championed a similar proposal approved by Austin voters last May that decriminalized weed in that city. Sixty-five percent turnout (we were at over 68% in 2020) gets 1.7 million voters total (up less than 50K from 2020), and hitting one million Dems would mean taking almost 59% of the vote for Biden, which so far is the only real reach here as he was at 56% in 2020. JP2 22,682 28,410 JP6 23.14% 76.86% The 2022 United States secretary of state elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the secretaries of state in twenty-seven states. If youre in San Antonio, Id love to hear from you about this, so please send an email or leave a comment. 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. JP6 25.21% 74.79% Every two years, the HBA conducts a Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire, in which members are asked to evaluate elected and appointed judges on a number of professional and ethical questions, based on personal, firsthand knowledge. CC3 61.33% 36.59% 2.08% Something like this was surely inevitable. HD145 14,403 29,681 HD140 6,030 12,441 HD130 46,145 18,886 963 5 She represented indigent capital murder defendants in death penalty cases. Be that as it may, I will be very interested to see how this turns out, and whether something similar happens in Houston. Harris County 228th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Frank Aguilar and challenger Sam Milledge II. CC4 107,368 129,927 6,251 There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. Hidalgo 612,111 1,095,479 101,400 36,568 HD128 70.08% 27.72% 2.20% HD131 6,114 24,275 906 HD144 11,869 13,567 682 4 Im sure it would be compelling reading, but I dont have the staff or the budget for that. JP2 44.48% 55.52% HD135 42.95% 57.05% The 2022 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. JP6 22.21% 70.15% 5.65% 1.98% Experience: Joseph Sanchez began his career as a prosecutor at the Montgomery County District Attorneys office where he assisted in establishing the offices DWI Pre-Trial Intervention Program in November 2012. For whatever the reason fewer people split their tickets, even though they had no choice but to vote (or not) in every single race. Two more things: One is that the undervote rate was higher in judicial races. Elections 2022 Statewide News Texas Election Results Tracker: . HD131 6,091 25,170 Elizabeth Buss is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. During the election CIA knocked on 300,000 doors. Im just saying its not as much as you might think. HD133 57.48% 41.00% 1.52% 0.00% 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. Beto versus the spread JP8 48,774 27,636 2,000 HD141 5,209 20,104 17 Fortunately, we had that this year, so we can take a look at how the races of interest shaped up. HD148 45.42% 54.58% CC1 28.29% 71.71% 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. More than 20lawsuitsfrom losing Republican candidates have also been filed against the county, citing those problems and seeking a redo of the election. People wait for eviction cases to be heard at a Harris County courthouse in January 2022. CD18 30.13% 69.85% 0.03% 2003 955,205 1,786,767 53.46% 6 Cause No. JP8 46,854 29,698 2,230 Were ready, City Clerk Debbie Racca-Sittre said inside City Hall as she and a colleague sealed and time stamped four boxes filled with more than 5,000 pages of petition signatures. HD148 45.64% 54.36% Texas House leadership on Wednesday shut down a long-building push to ban Democratic committee chairs, deploying procedural legislative maneuvers to defeat multiple proposals on the issue. HD126 58.58% 38.61% 2.80% But I will send out word when I learn more. So as I said, this was expected. JP4 174,354 120,349 HD137 38.73% 58.25% 3.03% Burgess 940 14,710 5,207 5,403 To make its case, Mealers legal team will have to find evidence that more than 18,000 voters were unable to cast ballots on Election Day, and that all of those voters planned to vote for Mealer, Stein said. HD143 9,087 15,412 6 C Probate 511,900 540,619 48.64% 51.36%, Candidates Houston Not Hou Hou% Not% 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. CC3 63.17% 36.83% HD130 46,537 18,686 Experience: Gemayel Haynes was prosecutor for the Harris County District Attorneys Office in the Justice of the Peace, Misdemeanor, Juvenile, and Felony Trial Divisions. See here for some background and here for an earlier version of the story. HD141 17.82% 77.79% 3.09% 1.31% HD128 33,175 12,968 12 HD134 42.55% 57.45% Its kind of painful, but you can read the rest. Hey, I knew what I was getting into when I started blogging. Its also why there was such fierce opposition to the creation of such an office in Harris County even though most other large counties in Texas had them. CC3 58.02% 39.60% 2.38% 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.. The bills list five causes for suspension of an elections administrator: Currently, any problems that arise in an election or with an elections administrator are handled by the countys election commission. Important 2022 Election Dates. Sometimes I dont necessarily mind Houston being a bit behind the activism curve. At Tuesdays Denton City Council work session, Police Chief Doug Shoemaker was also on hand during Hensleys presentation to answer questions and reassured council members that misdemeanor amounts of marijuana would continue to be a low priority for police. I was on several endorsements interviews with some of these judges through a different organization. Maybe Judge Hidalgo will have an easier time of it as well. The roots of the Texas Constitution are in local self control [and] self determination. The 2020 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. 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 See here and here for the background. It would also be nowhere close to voter suppression, especially on a scale that could have affected even the closest race. JP2 22,268 28,432 1,306 7 Dist Buck% Kleberg% Grn% W-I% 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.
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