Judge Singh is represented by Anthony Drumheller. This quick dismissal shows these election contests are largely about political posturing and undermining our democratic processes, said Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee. HD150 36,105 21,302 10 HD146 8,922 33,114 Luong is also the presiding judge for the Felony Veterans Treatment Court for Harris County, a specialty court that was created to handle felony criminal cases involving veterans. There is a deadline of MARCH 8 to raise funds!! While in her private practice she was chosen as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017 and 2018. But a lot of them were disenfranchised by not having the first place open and ready to go like it should have been. SD11 64.64% 35.34% 0.02% She handled cases ranging from Class C speeding tickets to non-death Capital Murders. Judge Craft is represented by Steve Kherker. 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. Second, these bills I assume theyre identical in each chamber are just a mess. In a 4-1 vote, the court authorized County Attorney Christian Menefee to pursue a lawsuit against the comptrollers office. But due to a change in state law, you only have until March 8 to make a contribution. As you know, the Harris County Democratic Party will soon have a new Chair. - Houston suspends sister city ties with Russian cities on the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, - Mayor Turner's office accuses Pappas of 'smear campaign' on Hobby deal, says city followed its rules, - Houston leaders divided on support for controversial affordable housing projects, - Five years after Santa Fe massacre, relatives still denied records of loved ones' last moments, - Kingwood operators released sewage in creek that feeds into Houston's drinking water, HPD alleges. 6 Cause No. The table above is the average vote and percentage for the different types of judicial races. While there are no challenges on the Republican ballot in the Texas Primary Election, there are plenty on the Democratic ballot. 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. Stay tuned. ============================== JP2 42.81% 54.66% 2.51% 0.01% SD17 64,692 46,518 22 She was as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney in Polk County. Not that Im complaining. Were the only city in the whole state that sends them out and [posts them] online, Atkinson said. 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. According to the Texas Courts website, "district . HD132 36,340 23,387 1,259 They may have drawn some support from people who otherwise voted Republican, or they got more people who might have been skipping other judicial races to push their buttons. HD144 11,375 14,337 662 (Is it possible there are a few people who actually didnt vote because of the paper-outage delays? HD144 45.44% 51.94% 2.61% 0.02% Sandlin 38,580 28,502 0 79,998 The 2022 Texas Primary Election is fast approaching. A study funded by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission in 2015concludedthat attorneys could only reasonably handle at most 128 felonies or 226 misdemeanors a year. House and Senate bills filed by Republican lawmakers in response to Harris Countys mismanagement of its recent elections could give the Texas secretary of state the authority to step in, suspend county election administrators when a complaint is filed and appoint a replacement administrator. Not out of disbelief or derision but curiosity, to get a better understanding. Family 508,801 546,195 48.23% 51.77% 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. Many of them target Harris County, which Republicans have spent the past two years chastising for back-to-back elections blunders. HD131 6,108 24,414 The charter changes would essentially direct the police department not to spend resources pursuing most abortion and low-level marijuana possession cases. Denton Municipal Judge Tyler Atkinson discussed the deferred adjudication process that is available to people who receive misdemeanor marijuana charges and how the municipal court does its best to work with offenders by lowering fines, offering community service and other opportunities. Galveston keeps on getting redder, and its big enough and growing enough for that to have an effect. Dan Simons is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. 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 . The Y-axis is the percentages. HD132 56.16% 41.60% 2.24% Jen Rice is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle covering Harris County government. 2023-00924; Elizabeth Buss v. Judge David Fleischer. At this level, this is just weird. HD126 37,324 21,321 Legal experts say the lack of answers or information a year later by federal authorities shouldnt be construed as either an exoneration or a reflection of guilt of anyone associated in the case. One fine day well win enough elections to make it stop, but until then this is what were gonna get. 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. I was invited to this meeting because of the effort to create and carry out block walking events. SD13 25,998 96,440 45 Judge Williams is represented by Anthony Drumheller. CC3 227,842 132,864 During the election CIA knocked on 300,000 doors. (Of course, if we had managed to pass a federal voting rights law over the past two years, we wouldnt be talking about any of this now. judges sued to undo 22 election. 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. 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.). To get those appointments, attorneys gained favor with the judges by doing everything fromcontributingto their campaigns to bringing tacos for courtroom staff. CC4 44.09% 53.35% 2.57% 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. Its not clear to me why the gap was greater in the county (which is to say, misdemeanor) courts; the anti-Democratic advertising wasnt at all subtle about who was responsible for whatever outrage they were fulminating about. Hegar,a Republican,said he hopes Heap and county officials can resolve the situation themselves long before Harris County begins budget deliberations for fiscal year 2024. He also predicted that county officials would once again use a convoluted approach to argue they had not reduced Heaps funding. Christian 181,355 319,465 36.86% 53.91%, Candidates Houston Not Hou Hou% Not% We made it through the 2022 election, the first post-Trump off-year election, with Democrats still in charge in Harris County. Were evaluating the lawsuit and will let the courts sort it out.. HD129 58.99% 38.59% 2.41% 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. HD146 23.77% 76.21% 0.03% Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday voted to sueTexas Comptroller GlennHegars office in response to hiscomments accusing the countyof defunding law enforcement. Segovia said that if the amendment is approved, the city would not be able to make any other changes to its charter until the November 2025 election, thanks to a state law restricting the frequency of charter amendments. Ill be paying closer attention to these precincts, because this isnt always the case going forward. Those commissions are made up of the county judge, the tax assessor-collector, the county clerk and the chairs of local political parties. Judge Andrews is represented by John Raley. Each of them should be deeply embarrassed and these claims should not be taken seriously by the public, said Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee. 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. Wayne Dolcefino, a media consultant and former TV journalist. The potential was there. Emphasis mine, and see here for the previous entry. To the extent that it did work, the voters seemed to understand the difference between criminal courts and not criminal courts. HD132 60.69% 39.31% HD138 32,829 22,780 JP5 50.37% 49.63% The City Clerks office has 20 business days, until Feb. 8, to verify the signatures. JP2 21,846 27,531 2,021 648 Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. 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. Beto versus the spread. But they did, and finding little oddities like that always delights me. Im sure it would be compelling reading, but I dont have the staff or the budget for that. ELECTION MAP: See if your Harris County neighborhood voted for Greg Abbott or Beto O'Rourke in the 2022 midterms. Public Education In actuality, there were 486K total ballots cast, including undervotes, in the city prop races. HD131 6,206 24,390 The path to retaining these judges is there. . Seems to me the easy choice is to stay put and wait until Texas is competitive enough to tip the odds in your favor. DEMOCRAT. Education: Prairie View A&M University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Endorsements: votemelissamorris.com/endorsements. The effect was generally stronger in the Republican districts than in the Democratic ones, with HDs 133 and 134 being the most notable. So well know soon enough. On the ballot this year are . Now you can just go somewhere else. They did it by passing a housekeeping resolution earlier in the day that included a new section codifying a constitutional ban on using House resources for political purposes. JP4 59.26% 40.74% SD04 63.31% 36.68% 0.02% HD134 34,947 43,974 Here's how to get tickets, passes for Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 2023, Full Interview with Rodeo Headliner, Parker McCollum. JP7 14.34% 82.82% 2.84% My office will be involved in the case every step of the way to ensure peoples votes are protected.". HD131 19.84% 80.16% Stanart 188,573 326,633 39.16% 56.00% 2003 955,205 1,786,767 53.46% Mark Goldberg is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. My post about the HD135 election contest ran on December 3, so it was filed at least one day before then. CD02 77,665 46,669 21 JP5 147,814 135,680 HD132 34,454 25,125 1,539 HD133 35,705 23,303 JP6 24.96% 75.04% JP4 175,012 119,960 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 Briones 819,495 331,782 0 667,234 I figure its just a matter of time before incumbent DA draws a primary challenger or two, so well want to keep an eye on her fundraising totals. FOX 26 Houston. HD141 4,487 20,489 610 JP6 5,253 16,428 881 4 Which would be so outlandishly unlikely as to appear to be its own conspiracy. Unger currently serves as a co-chair of the Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Standing Committee. Phony Defunding Claims II: Electric Boogaloo. Experience: Linda Mazzagatti worked for seven years as the Harris County Assistant District Attorney. Be that as it may, I will be very interested to see how this turns out, and whether something similar happens in Houston. HD150 57.96% 39.56% 2.47% In 2008, Jason left his civil practice to accept a position as an Assistant District Attorney in Harris County, where he went on to serve as the Chief Prosecutor in two different County Criminal Courts. Beto won Harris County by 105K in 2022. JP6 5,840 17,018 5 There is no reason not to do it, so lets do it.. Again, I want to stress, the goals that Act4SA and Ground Game Texas are advocating are good and laudable and I support them. SD17 58.16% 41.82% 0.02% HD137 35.94% 61.06% 3.00% Steve Radack. HD143 34.02% 63.56% 2.42% All those requests were ignored. Harris County 482nd Criminal District Court Judge: Democratic challengers Sherlene Cruz, Alycia Harvey and Veronica Nelson. Stones letter agreed with that assessment and accused San Antonio officials of abuse[ing] their discretion by certifying and including this charter amendment on the ballot., In awritten responseto TALs petition Tuesday, Segovia defended his decision to place the amendment on the ballot as written because city officials plausibly read the proposed charter amendment language to encompass only one subject as required by statute.. Thats a bigger and more long-term problem. DOWNLOAD: HARRIS COUNTY GOP VOTER GUIDE. HD146 9,172 31,975 But oftentimes, theyll tell the defense theyve been communicating with, Hey, this is over.. Indeed, three of the four races were actually in the Dem +34K to +38K range, with one outlier. Mark Montgomery, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. HD147 9,761 36,482 McTorry served in the Special Crimes Unit as an elite member of the Human Trafficking Division and Sex Crimes Division. Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I We have discussed Rep. Colin Allred before, and he would be a fine candidate if he chose to run. HD146 22.29% 77.71% HD130 66.73% 30.70% 2.57% Experience: Melissa Morris has practiced criminal defense and family law for 15 years. If not, Ill be disappointed but not surprised. The petition also acknowledges the county has provided some of the requested documents. I think Odus did a good job as HCDP Chair. I wont be surprised if that number is matched or exceeded in 2024. Are there more parks like Fairfield Lake out there? HD141 18.77% 81.23%