2023-00958; Rory Olsen v. Judge Jason Cox. Education: Prairie View A&M University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Endorsements: votemelissamorris.com/endorsements. 2003 298,110 955,205 31.21%, Year Houston Harris Share
One year later, there have been no arrests or charges filed related to the case. Okay, we can move on now. 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.
HD132 59.51% 38.75% 1.73% 0.00%
HD142 28.89% 71.09% 0.02%
We have held our ground in Brazoria, which is educated and suburban enough to show a few tiny signs of moving a bit blue recently, at least at the top. Most years we dont get the data to differentiate between votes cast by residents of Houston and votes cast by Harris County non-Houston residents. The website, called Hard to Vote, leads with a recorded message from McIngvale: Do you believe you were denied the opportunity to vote in the November 2022 election? HD147 23.72% 76.25% 0.03%
San Antonios police unionhas criticized the Justice Charter as an overreach into police policies as well as violations of state and federal law. 4. Although the petition garnered support from McKee-Rodriguez and an array of progressive groups from around the state, its likely to face stiff resistance from others. We broke the record for total numbers of voters in any election in 2016, then shattered it in 2020. Additional Losing Candidates File Election Contests in Harris County. Beto versus Abbott I dont know how this will play out in the courts Im not optimistic for the Ground Game Texas folks, Ill say that much but even a favorable ruling may not help, as I would expect the Lege to weigh in as well, on the side of the opponents. Morton left the Harris County DAs office to open a criminal defense practice, where he accepted appointments to represent indigent defendants. JP7 16.15% 83.85%
This important legislation made its way through the House after several thoughtful amendments were adopted, he said. The Press has more. 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. Inside the capsules were numbers: Even numbers meant two-year terms, and odd were for four-year terms. The margins are far wider in some other races candidates are contesting. ======================================
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. Judge Jones is represented by Oliver Brown. I hope it at least amuses you. JP8 50,379 27,941 16
HD135 17,156 22,790
The 2022 General Election is being held on November 8. 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. One is Fort Bend, which was positive for Dems in 2018 and 2020, but not in other years. This is intended to help introduce the candidates and their experiences to those who plan to vote in March. Patrick 171,319 312,803 34.40% 51.84%
I wont be surprised if that number is matched or exceeded in 2024. This includes: 84 supreme court seats. Sylvia Trevino, Constable Precinct 6 Sherman Eagleton, Constable Precinct 3 8 Cause No. Hegar said in a statement that the county will be barred from increasing property tax collections plus revenue from properties added to the tax roll last year until it resolves the discrepancy. If you experienced difficulties or felt unjustly treated, we want to hear your story., Voters can fill out a form to share their voting experiences, upload evidence and agree to be filmed for upcoming social media or commercial purposes.. While at the DAs office, she handled thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases.
As of today, the office has not received an opinion on how to proceed with these particular public information requests.
Greg Abbott in 2022, he told the audience in his concession speech that this may be one of the last times I get to talk in front of you all.. 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. JP5 52.63% 47.37%
HD132 36,413 23,479
The lesson we can learn from all this is that we need to maximize the Democratic vote in Harris County if we want to win these races. HD149 39.42% 60.58%
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Im just saying its not as much as you might think. Not exactly rocket science, but the data is as clear as it could be.
HD129 36,347 26,966 1,802
Sheldon A. Harris (all ballots . Republican criminal court candidates, at both the district and county levels, actually got more votes on average than their civil court counterparts, while the Democrats in those races got fewer votes than their civil court colleagues. JP5 147,814 135,680
Its not hard to imagine him as a deputy whip or a powerful committee chair in a couple of cycles. HD147 9,684 35,282 1,243 1
HD131 5,857 24,875 694
Dist Hegar% Dudding% Lib%
Now well look at the next highest profile race, in which the result was a surprise to some people who didnt connect Democratic performance at the top of the ticket with the other local races. Unger currently serves as a co-chair of the Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Standing Committee. Democrats can persuade at least some Republicans to vote for their statewide candidates, but only under some conditions. 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. The Harris County Democratic Party is dedicated to the ideal that everyone deserves an equal shot at life, . HD148 15,383 20,840 1,065
Her opponent, incumbent county Judge Lina Hidalgo, told ABC13 at the time the numbers were looking better and that Harris County is not alone in battling crime. Im going to look back at the four most recent elections to see if we can put some numbers on that. Appeals from the Southern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit . Four months after a majority of voters approved Proposition B, Dentons misdemeanor marijuana decriminalization ordinance continues to be a difficult issue for city staff to implement completely, according to City Manager Sara Hensley on Tuesday. Oh, and if this is one of the final straws that leads to Constable precinct redistricting, I wont complain. Life comes at you fast. 2018 Harris + FB 121K to 174K. HD134 39.50% 60.50%
Before I begin, please note that all of this involves a lot of back-of-the-envelope math and more than a few assumptions made along the way. ===================================
Again, I dont know exactly why. Winning takes many forms, after all. HD135 17,116 22,492 963 1
Commissioners Court convened the special meeting to decide on a response to Hegars claim. 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. HD143 8,346 15,595 594
HD145 30.56% 65.38% 4.06%
In Hensleys presentation, she pointed out that the City Council does have the discretion to amend the budget in regards to how city funds are spent. Public Education CC3 62.89% 37.11%
For the First and Fourteenth, those counties are Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington. HD137 8,141 12,532 562 2
Carla Wyatt, County Treasurer, Alexandra Mealer, County Judge HD145 26.98% 69.86% 3.16%
Christian Menefee, Harris County Attorney HD140 32.61% 67.36% 0.03%
Start with a goal of 1 million Democratic votes for Joe Biden in 2024, and really aim for 1.1 million. HD141 4,527 19,765 784 332
Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer. Find an event near you . HD148 45.64% 54.36%
Education: Prairie View A&M University and South Texas College of Law, Campaign website: beverlyarmstrongforjudge.com. 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. Hidalgo versus Mealer The Dems in the first four races we analyzed all topped 53% of the vote in Harris County. For his part, Berry noted that the county had already been forced to adopt the property tax revenue freeze for its current budget because Commissioners Court was unable to reach a quorum needed to set a tax rate. CC1 27.46% 72.54%
HD128 32,499 12,847
As noted before, Greg Abbott got 490K votes in Harris County, far less than the 559K he received in 2018 running against Lupe Valdez. The Evaluation opened on Oct. 21 and closed on Nov. 8. JP1 67,326 116,212
Jones won by 449 votes out of more than 1 million ballots cast in the race. Like I said, this is plenty good enough for these purposes. After losing his gubernatorial bid against Texas Gov. The thing that strikes me about Allred is that hes in a similar situation that his colleague Rep. Joaquin Castro was in 2017 and being talked about a run against Cruz in that cycle. Judge Draper is represented by John Raley. JP2 21,846 27,531 2,021 648
Democrats would still be running the elections. So what does this suggest for 2023 turnout? Currently, Paxton can only get involved if invited by a district or county attorney, according to the courts ruling. The issue is, I need money to grow, Bunin said. "I'm disappointed to see another losing candidate challenging the results of their election. Beall has handled cases involving serious crimes such as Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, Continuous Sexual Assault of a Child, Murder, Capital Murder (Non-Death Penalty), Aggravated Robbery, and cases involving Domestic Violence. Hidalgo said Hegar came to an incorrect conclusion by dividing Harris Countys 2022 short fiscal year budget by seven months and multiplying that number by 12 to get the annualized budget. Much of this is also covered in this Trib story. There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. HD137 8,369 12,377
In a unanimous vote on Thursday, Bell County commissioners agreed to file a lawsuit against Killeen over the citys adoption of Proposition A, the ballot measure that was approved by voters in November to decriminalize marijuana in Killeen. Hegars claim is a repeat of a fight thatalready played outbetween the comptroller and Harris County last August. 33K to 36K in 2016 CC2 49.71% 50.29%
As an attorney, Martin opened her own law practice, focusing on felony criminal cases. (Note: As I have done in past elections, I am running a series of Q&As for judicial candidates in contested Democratic primaries. CC1 26.13% 71.58% 2.28% 0.01%
Some Texas voting rights groups worry the Legislature will use the problems in Harris and those lawsuits as an excuse to advance bills such as these. The 2022 United States secretary of state elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the secretaries of state in twenty-seven states. Whitmire drew a two-year term, and Zaffirni drew a four-year term. HD131 6,081 24,219 829 1
HD135 17,150 22,829
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. Not to be needlessly pedantic here believe me, this is extremely needed pedanticism but if they went to another location then by definition their vote wasnt suppressed because they did in fact vote. Thats well above the roughly 20,000 required to put it on the ballot for Mays citywide election. HD150 57.96% 39.56% 2.47%
Let me know if you have any questions. HD127 40,320 24,703
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 . JP4 57.86% 40.32% 1.81% 0.00%
The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. JP2 44.36% 55.62% 0.02%
Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I
JP5 146,733 136,478 6,730
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HD149 12,278 18,681 882
JP8 63.98% 36.02%, Dist Hegar Dudding Lib
The Current has a rebuttal to the unenforceable argument. HD140 30.03% 63.27% 5.24% 1.46%
HD132 59.56% 40.44%
Were the only city in the whole state that sends them out and [posts them] online, Atkinson said. 10 Cause No.
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. CC2 49.76% 50.24%
SAs City Council has to vote on it next week, and from there its off to the campaigns. JP1 34.58% 65.42%
Endorsements: Houston Police Officers Union for the Democratic Primary, Campaign website: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077652602633. Scott 188,623 326,849 39.14% 56.00%, Dist Daniel Burgess
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. Please give a few bucks if you can and help them all out. HD126 58.56% 38.98% 2.46%
I commend Rep. Jetton for his interest in reducing the number of mail ballot rejections, though I have a hard time believing anyone can get such a bill through the Lege. Silverman says he's led the charge on felony bail reform. The San Antonio Report adds some details. JP4 180,017 119,979 60
2023-00927; Bruce Bain v. Judge Corey Sepolio. It belongs to the people. JP3 37,340 40,840 31
Experience: Hilary Unger worked more than two-and-a-half decades as an Assistant District Attorney, as a public defender, and as a private attorney in both New York and Texas where she helped economically-disadvantaged clients. Milledge II is the head of the firms Federal and State Criminal Law, Entertainment, and Personal Injury divisions. Stones letterdisagreed, and asked the Texas Supreme Court to take swift action against the proposal in its entirety. Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday voted to sueTexas Comptroller GlennHegars office in response to hiscomments accusing the countyof defunding law enforcement. No matter how you get there, bullshit still walks. Weve looked at the Governors race, in which Beto was the top Democratic performer. HD133 35,705 23,303
HD146 23.77% 76.21% 0.03%
The 2018 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. In April 2013, Sanchez joined the Harris County District Attorneys office in the misdemeanor division. Ive looked but never found patterns that I think satisfactorily and consistently explain the variations. Nuff said. JP6 22.21% 70.15% 5.65% 1.98%
CC3 61.34% 38.66%
HD133 58.20% 40.08% 1.73%
Maybe such people exist and Republicans have been successful at keeping them all quiet until the lawsuits are heard, who can say. =============================
HD142 26.27% 73.73%
HD143 37.26% 62.74%
Not out of disbelief or derision but curiosity, to get a better understanding. HD145 14,403 29,681
Thats not as robust as what Dems did in 2018 as we know, but I cant blame Collier and Garza for that. HD133 31,931 27,421 1,396
HD135 42.01% 55.20% 2.79%
As always, let me know if you have any questions. 2 Cause No. HD126 61.88% 36.32% 1.80% 0.00%
HD135 17,148 22,783
Will Archer is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Im just eyeballing everything and not being too particular about it, this is close enough for these purposes. He would almost surely run as a Dem in this heavily Democratic precinct. CIA plans to hold a fundraiser, hopefully on Feb 19. HD126 36,849 21,629 1,070 1
HD149 38.56% 58.67% 2.77%
JP1 36.68% 63.32%
Please take a moment to imagine me with a very smug look on my face. 2504 Rusk St. #110 HD142 8,580 25,228 859
HD132 36,155 23,542 1,053 2
Under Hegars calculations, Heaps annualized budget would have been about $48.9 million over 12 months nearly $2.3 million more than the $46.7 million figure calculated by the county. HD147 9,910 35,410
In a statement, Menefee confirmed his office will file a lawsuit against Hegar. HD145 32.67% 67.33%
Those cases are expected to proceed over the next few months. US Representative, District 36: Jon Haire. Thats an enormous increase over 2015. JP1 64,850 122,675
Education: Texas Tech University School of Law, BREAKING BOND: FOX 26'S ONGOING SERIES ON CRIMINALS OUT ON BOND. A lot has happened since then, all related to the ongoing whistleblower lawsuit, but if we were expecting to see Paxton get frog-marched by the FBI one fine day, were still waiting. HD139 26.17% 71.01% 2.83%
JP4 54.96% 42.53% 2.51%
HD139 11,536 31,304 1,246
Hudspeth 4,660 22,009 0 9,952
CC2 101,745 103,117 48
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. ORourke did not respond to a request for comment on whether he was considering a second Senate run against Cruz. "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. 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. I have so much respect for them. HD144 11,849 14,344
JP6 4,815 17,369 687
Court Judges who have opponents in the Dem. HD133 57.48% 41.00% 1.52% 0.00%
US Representative, District 8: Laura Jones. The chamber also approved new punishments for members who break quorum, like most House Democrats did two years ago in protest of GOP-backed voting restrictions. 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. Paxton encouraged his supporters to launch a pressure campaign and flood the court with calls and emails demanding,unsuccessfully, thatthey reverse the decision. HD137 7,704 13,091 643
Lets make it a little less hard for these Dems who clearly and correctly won their races. One way that I decided to approach this was to look at the different type of judicial races on the ballot, to see if there was anything interesting there. =============================================
McTorry served in the Special Crimes Unit as an elite member of the Human Trafficking Division and Sex Crimes Division. Dist Paxton% Garza% Lib%
Harris County Elections Administrator Cliff Tatum did not respond to Votebeats request for his comment about the legislation. SD04 58,925 34,135 14
Harris County has a new system called managed assigned counsel (MAC) that helps a little with keeping anyone from having too many cases, but outside of the occasional news coverage and the State Bar, a process thats completely opaque to most of us, theres little oversight of the system as a whole. 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results. HD145 13,535 29,065 1,855 677
HD143 8,706 15,000
The commissions oversight powers allow it to appoint, terminate or accept the resignation of the countys election administrator. 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. JP2 40.63% 56.87% 2.50%
I will of course keep an eye on them. This quick dismissal shows these election contests are largely about political posturing and undermining our democratic processes, said Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Lee was re-elected to a second term with almost 65% of the vote, improving on his performance from 2018.. HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25%
The tense discussion on Jan. 4 lasted just shy of an hour and a half, and Phelan spent most of it discussing potential mental health legislation, participants said. JP7 12,214 64,137 2,011 2
She has 32 years of experience in Harris County, state, and federal criminal and civil courts and has presented thousands of cases to citizens on grand juries. JP3 45.55% 51.75% 2.70%
Monday is the first day of early voting in the Texas March 1 primary election. Experience: Melissa Morris has practiced criminal defense and family law for 15 years. Mike Collier and Rochelle Garza both had leads against them of just over 100K votes, right in line with Betos lead against Abbott. Texas constitutiongives judges the ultimate authorityto assign indigent defendants an attorney, and to decide how much that attorney gets paid.
The X-axis is where they are on the ballot, so on the left we start with the appellate races, then go through the district and family courts, then into the county civil, criminal, and finally probate courts. I Am Not A Lawyer, but I dont know offhand of any successful recent efforts to split up a ballot proposition like this. Experience: Abigail Anastasio has served close to 20 years in law. CC1 28.29% 71.71%
Odus will serve through the end of this month, and the next CEC meeting on March 19 will be when his successor is named. HD138 32,276 24,389
DOWNLOAD: HARRIS COUNTY GOP VOTER GUIDE. Mealer 356,684 621,482 0 188,512
Be that as it may, I will be very interested to see how this turns out, and whether something similar happens in Houston. . 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. 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. We all know that Lina received very little in campaign contributions, especially compared to Mealer. 2023-01052; Sartaj Bal v. Judge Toria Finch. He is currently an Assistant Public Defender serving as Senior Litigator and Team Lead in the Felony Trial Division of the Harris County Public Defenders Office. JP7 11,907 63,400 1,926 1,109
But even if they miss that goal, voters can expect to see the slate of proposed changes, collectively known as the Justice Charter, to the city charter on the November 2023 ballot because the signatures collected are valid for six months. HD144 45.44% 51.94% 2.61% 0.02%
CC4 46.71% 49.40% 2.64% 1.25%
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. Thats too many cases for one lawyer to handle, Harris County chief public defenderAlex Buninsaid of Ortizs caseload.
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