HD134 34.70% 62.39% 2.92% HD132 34,417 25,498 1,374 CC2 47.51% 48.77% 3.72% Harris County 185th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Jason Luong and challengers Andrea Beall and Kate Ferrell. During each election year, the HBA distributes a Judicial Preference Poll before the general election, asking members to indicate their preferences for judicial candidates in contested races. HD148 45.83% 54.14% 0.02% JP6 21.59% 74.55% 3.87% Were used to higher levels of turnout now. HD131 18.64% 79.15% 2.21% The charter changes would essentially direct the police department not to spend resources pursuing most abortion and low-level marijuana possession cases. HD143 8,646 14,845 732 5 JP4 57.89% 42.11% Judge Draper is represented by John Raley. HD142 9,047 25,391 I recognize the voters have spoken, Hensley told council members Tuesday afternoon. 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. As a judge she has been the chair of the Fair Defense Management Committee, where she initiated a pilot program to seamlessly appoint the Public Defender to represent indigent defendants. In all likelihood, these votes would more or less split fifty-fifty, as a microcosm of the larger election, but lets go ahead and assume the friendly turf claim as well. The 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Tennessee. "Mr. Tatum, your day of reckoning has just started.". 2022 Harris + FB 9K to 38K. 2023-00924; Elizabeth Buss v. Judge David Fleischer. Christian D. Menefee (@CDMenefee) 1:38 PM 11 January 2023. JP7 17.86% 82.10% 0.03% Burgess 290,267 255,860 60.14% 43.81% Thats not as robust as what Dems did in 2018 as we know, but I cant blame Collier and Garza for that. Scroll down to find results for statewide, congressional, and state legislative . Harris County 184th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Abigail Anastasio and challenger Katherine Thomas. Phony Defunding Claims II: Electric Boogaloo, AG argues for separating that San Antonio criminal justice reform proposition into multiple questions, November 2022 election, adding to an array of GOP litigation. HD137 40.42% 59.54% 0.04% We destroyed the record for turnout in a non-Presidential year in 2018, and then even though turnout was down relative to it in 2022, it was still easily the second-highest off-year total, both in absolute numbers and percent of registered voters. HD144 12,051 13,606 After 10 people spoke and each commissioner offered their opinions on Proposition A, they voted 5-0 on an authorization to litigate.. Organizers have gathered more than 26,000 signatures so far for a petition that would give San Antonio voters in May the opportunity to decriminalize marijuana possession, end enforcement of abortion laws, establish a city justice director position, ban police from using no-knock warrants and chokeholds and expand the citys cite-and-release policy for low-level, nonviolent crimes. She was as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney in Polk County. HD138 52.98% 44.60% 2.42% HD145 14,410 29,702 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. A lack of funding is one big factor, but money isnt the only reason. HD134 44.28% 55.72% The potential was there. Here's how to get tickets, passes for Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 2023, Full Interview with Rodeo Headliner, Parker McCollum. Experience: Alycia Harvey worked at the Harris County District Attorneys Office, where she has practiced criminal law for 20 years. Judge Finch is represented by Anthony Drumheller. 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. HD147 8,731 36,766 1,206 Im going to guess hed run as a Democrat, but I cant say for sure at this time. We only need 26.3% turnout in 2023, based on the 2022 registration numbers, to equal the number of voters from 2003. The PDO doesnt have to handle every indigent case Im sure there will the need for specialized services going forward. HD135 42.95% 57.05% If you decide to make a contribution a check can be sent to: CLUBS IN ACTION There wont be any citywide propositions in 2024, not if we have them this coming November, but Ill try to use the precinct data I have here to analyze that election. 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. I spent a lot of time obsessing over these four super-close races two years ago, and dont have anything new to say. 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.. The issue is, I need money to grow, Bunin said. HD145 33.87% 66.10% 0.02% Im sure lots of new judges think they can do a better job of managing that, but history is against them. HD139 12,325 30,301 1,174 ====================== These are all criminal justice reform measures, and if the law is usually interpreted broadly then I dont think theres a leg to stand on. Generally speaking, she did a couple of points worse. DECISION 2022: Primary election results for local races in Harris County and surrounding counties Published: March 1, 2022, 1:39 PM Updated: March 2, 2022, 10:02 PM Tags: Decision 2022 , Texas . Alexandra del Moral Mealer,now appears to be searching for just that. Who won and who lost in the 2022 midterm elections across Houston and rest of Texas? To me, the most likely explanation is that the most visible Republicans, the ones most likely to loudly and visibly stake out unpopular and divisive positions and yes, this means unpopular, or at least less popular with Republicans, with opposing marijuana reform and expanded gambling and rape/incest exceptions for abortion are losing votes that their lower profile/less visibly extreme colleagues are not losing. If they got new information that caused them to reopen the investigation, they wouldnt want to convey to anybody that No, we will never look at this again, Bash said. Both sides of this argument are defensible, so it really is a question of whether SCOTx wants to step in now or just wait for the inevitable lawsuit later. So what does this suggest for 2023 turnout? Erin Lunceford is represented by Andy Taylor. HD130 69.92% 28.62% 1.46% 0.01% Anyway. HD131 6,081 24,219 829 1 The Legislature lowered the punishment when it passed Senate Bill 1, but top Republicans including Gov. HD139 12,258 30,317 1,025 1 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.. HD134 31,793 48,687 Here is a guide with everything you need to know to be able to vote in Texas. Months later, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has yet to sue to stop it. What you see above is the range for each, so the vote deficit for these counties goes from 105K to 112K. 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. HD134 34.64% 63.12% 2.24% I am optimistic that the Commissioners will have the desire and the space to add to the public defender budget. HD127 40,378 24,663 ============================================= According to the Texas Courts website, "district . HD147 9,761 36,482 After losing his gubernatorial bid against Texas Gov. 3 Cause No. 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. Education: Prairie View A&M University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Endorsements: votemelissamorris.com/endorsements. Even under the most ludicrously generous assumptions, the math just plain doesnt work. We should find ways to collaborate and cooperate to help our candidates in these races. This is where my thinking is. JP5 145,487 137,664 5,652 10 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.). HD147 10,015 35,364 As noted before, Greg Abbott got 490K votes in Harris County, far less than the 559K he received in 2018 running against Lupe Valdez. 2018 Judicial Preference Poll Press Release, 2018 Judicial Preference Poll Email Alert to HBA Members, 2017 Judicial Evaluation Poll Press Release [PDF], 2016 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF], 2016 Judicial Qualification Press Release [PDF], 2016 Judicial Candidate Qualification Questionnaire Results [PDF], 2015 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results, 2014 Judicial Preference Results (Download PDF), 2014 Judicial Candidate Qualification Questionnaire Results, 2013 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results, 2012 Judicial Preference Poll Results (Download PDF), 2012 Judicial Preference Poll Press Release (Download PDF), 2012 Judicial Preference Poll Candidate Website List (Download PDF), 2012 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Results, 2012 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Press Release, 2011 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results [PDF], 2010 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF], 2010 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Results [PDF], 2008 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF], 2008 Judicial Candidate Qualification Poll [PDF], 2023 Cornerstone: HBF Impact & Gratitude Report, Law Week Contests, Readings & Activities (All Ages). The office has since expanded dramatically, but it still takes the minority of criminal cases in Harris County. Ill go into more detail on those in subsequent posts, but even there it topped out at about five percent. 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. Boeing employee bought lottery ticket because it was at $747M, a nod to the aircraft. In total, Beverly has served as a prosecutor for more than 15 years, handling cases such as murder, aggravated assault, robbery, child sexual assault and other felonies. HD149 11,923 19,315 824 These election contests are frivolous attempts to overturn the votes of more than a million residents in the third largest county in the country. Galveston keeps on getting redder, and its big enough and growing enough for that to have an effect. 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 . HD142 24.89% 72.10% 3.00% C Crim 522,321 534,175 49.44% 50.56% 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. HD145 13,535 29,065 1,855 677 JP7 12,266 66,242 Court Judges who have opponents in the Dem. Dist Chris% Warford% Lib% Grn% San Antonio had previously passed an ordinance that recommends that no local funds be used to investigate criminal charges related to abortions. Houston, TX 77003. Thanks! For sure, its hard to imagine much money spent on Republicans locally in 2024. Dist Civil 518,475 545,206 48.74% 51.26% He is a member of the ACLU and the Houston Democratic Lawyers Association. HD150 62.20% 37.80% She drew a short straw, and I think that contributed to her decision to run for Governor. CC4 44.16% 53.15% 2.69% JP3 45.27% 50.89% 2.73% 1.11% Maybe he could have gotten an extension if hed asked and had some reason for it, but practically speaking this thing has been dead for a month. HD138 56.96% 43.04% 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. I have some specific thoughts on that, which I will share in a future post. I would expect this to pass, as similar referenda has done in other cities. SAs City Council has to vote on it next week, and from there its off to the campaigns. =================================== 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. CD36 62.72% 37.26% 0.02% CC3 227,842 132,864 JP2 21,846 27,531 2,021 648 Not as good statewide races HD143 8,346 15,595 594 We can speculate all week, but theres only one way to find out. discovery of voted ballots after the polls close. Glass has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for more than 15 years. CC1 72,584 195,779 6,893 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. No one wants all this hard work to go to waste. As for Joe Danna, is there ever a time when he isnt running for Sheriff? 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. 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. Silverman says he's led the charge on felony bail reform. Public servants have moved on. 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. There is no reason not to do it, so lets do it.. 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. HD133 60.29% 39.71% This post is about the first three, and those are the races for Lite Guv, Attorney General, and Ag Commissioner. Is it finally the time for Julian Castro? Experience: Chuck Silverman practiced law for more than 30 years in state and federal trial and appellate courts. 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. Her court has one of the shortest dockets of individuals awaiting trial, and one of the shortest lists of people on bond. [1] The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has jurisdiction in Harris County. JP6 22.60% 71.48% 5.91% Hidalgos opponent Alexandra del Moral Mealer. 10 Cause No. Weve looked at the Governors race, in which Beto was the top Democratic performer. HD141 18.71% 81.29% HD147 9,910 35,410 Hidalgo got 50.78% of the vote, which is 3.25 points less than Beto. CD02 62.45% 37.53% 0.02% HD148 15,383 20,840 1,065 Commissioners Court convened the special meeting to decide on a response to Hegars claim. I didnt look closely at new Commissioner Briones report, but Id bet a nice lunch that a substantial chunk of her cash arrived after the election. He is now a Managing Partner along with his father, Samuel L. Milledge, Sr. of The Milledge Law Firm, P.L.L.C. HD128 32,499 12,847 ====================== And of course, every election is different, with candidates and exogenous conditions having an effect on who does and doesnt vote. CC4 48.90% 51.10% 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. CC4 115,688 120,613 HD142 28.89% 71.09% 0.02% HD138 52.82% 44.15% 3.03% CC1 23.57% 73.81% 2.62% HD137 40.29% 59.71% If theyre going to act Id expect it to happen before SA City Council votes to put the measure on the ballot on Thursday. According to Hegar, Heaps office was allotted about $46.6 million for the 2023 fiscal year. I went back to 2012 to add in another Presidential year data point. The amendment about sanctions for quorum-busting drew more No votes, almost entirely from Dems. JP1 67,326 116,212 I filter out precincts with ten or fewer votes cast in the Houston proposition elections, which is arbitrary and still yields more total votes than in the prop races themselves, but its close enough for these purposes. Hidalgo versus Mealer HD145 30.71% 69.29% Again, thats the case now as well. CC3 61.34% 38.66% 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 12(lost to Judge Genesis Draper), Brian Staley, former candidate forHarris County Civil County Court at Law No. HD147 20.37% 75.10% 2.95% 1.58% The party overall is in decent shape, and better organized than it had been in the past. JP7 12,325 64,437 1,904 One judge whose race is being challenged, David Fleisher, lives in 133. Matthew Dexter is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. 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. Beto versus the spread JP1 34.58% 65.42% Education: Baylor University, Eastern University in Pennsylvania, South Texas College of Law HoustonEndorsements: andreabeallforjudge.com/endorsements, Campaign website: andreabeallforjudge.com. Make of that what you will. HD133 34,548 25,581 1 resource, and that benefits all voters, said Jennifer Doinoff, Hays County elections administrator. 2015 268,872 979,401 27.45% CC2 49.71% 50.29% HD148 45.25% 54.75% Andy Taylor, general counsel for the Harris County GOP, is representing Lunceford. HD135 42.23% 57.77% HD133 52.73% 44.13% 3.14% Another way of looking at this is that there will be a lot of people who havent voted in a prior Mayoral election but will be participating this year, both because of the increase in registrations and the usual comings-and-goings over the years. Once Fridays deadline passes, it is impossible for Respondent, San Antonio City Council to add additional measures to the May 6, 2023, ballot, preventing the separation of the proposed charter amendments into their separate subjects as required by law, Opiela wrote.