The Current has a rebuttal to the unenforceable argument. Ill have more to say about judicial races later. Hudspeth 293,030 256,624 60.84% 44.00% Theyll fight and theyll make noise and theyll employ the rules and pick up the occasional small-bore victory, but in the end they have no power. The past obstruction on Commissioners Court to implementing reforms like this has been eliminated thanks to the 2022 election. On the other side of that, you can see that Judge Hidalgo left it all on the field. Jack Cagle (SPAC), County Commissioner, Precinct 4 Even for a few weeks. CIA plans to hold a fundraiser, hopefully on Feb 19. HD147 8,731 36,766 1,206 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. Texas Election Results Tracker: 2022 Primaries | The Texan I will pass along information about the fundraiser when I have it. Candidate Endorsements | Harris County Democrats After 10 people spoke and each commissioner offered their opinions on Proposition A, they voted 5-0 on an authorization to litigate.. Progressive groups celebrated on the steps of City Hall Tuesday afternoon before delivering the boxes of signed petitions needed to get a measure in front of voters that would decriminalize both cannabis possession and abortion. State Rep. Jacey Jetton, a Richmond Republican, said hes exploring legislation to facilitate [the mail ballot] process, such as enabling election officials to check all identification numbers associated with an individual at the Texas Department of Public Safety. Maybe they just didnt know enough about the Dems in these races to be in a position to consider them. CLUBS IN ACTION is trying to raise 95K to donate to them. For more than a year, we've repeatedly asked Judges Hillary Unger, Greg Glass, and Jason Luong for interviews for Breaking Bond reports. HD132 36,189 24,576 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. HD131 6,114 24,275 906 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. 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. Not much else to it, Im afraid. But really, a good horse laugh is all you need. 2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election - Wikipedia Segovia added that opponents should challenge the validity of the amendment after the election, not before. 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. Weve seen this show before Comptroller Hegar misconstruing the law and playing political games to make headlines, Menefee tweeted. DECISION 2022: Primary election results for local races in Harris 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. The petition is filed in Harris County, but the case will be heard by a judge from outside the county, according to Menefee's office. Mealer 198,286 336,434 40.19% 56.59% HD133 34,565 24,654 915 2 Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel indicated there could be more election contests to come. JP7 11,411 65,835 1,804 Part of this is that we have a vibrant Democratic club structure in place, with a lot of that participation coming in the formerly red areas. Harris County Judge - Run for Office It would be better if they didnt feel the need to try, as theres a perfectly good alternative already in place. The day before Harris County Commissioners Court was set to certify the results of the November election, the Texas Attorney General's Office filed a last-minute petition to throw out 2,000 provisional ballots cast during an extended hour of voting on Election Day. JP3 35,847 40,620 1,612 8 2. In an email obtained by Crafts attorneys and posted on the Harris County District Clerks website, Harris County Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel gave candidates the partys estimate of disenfranchised voters. HD135 16,314 23,615 964 Nelson worked as a Senior Prosecutor and a Chief Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office for about 10 years. It is fair. 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.. JP5 136,969 146,132 7,898 The simple fact is that despite the lack of straight-ticket voting, and the often-complained-about length of the ballot, people voted to the bottom of it anyway. JP8 49,373 27,414 If you decide to make a contribution a check can be sent to: CLUBS IN ACTION Rodney Ellis, County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Boeing employee bought lottery ticket because it was at $747M, a nod to the aircraft. And that matters because whenever theres large amounts of money at stake, the potential for ethical issues arises. Experience: Linda Mazzagatti worked for seven years as the Harris County Assistant District Attorney. In a statement Tuesday, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefees office said: The requests for these documents were handled the same as any other requests for documents related to ongoing litigation against the county. HD146 21.23% 76.41% 2.36% 0.00% Basically, the discussion was going on in consideration of the ordinance that had been passed by the City Council of Killeen and the actions of the result of that particular vote, Bell County District Attorney Henry Garza told the Herald. HD132 56.37% 41.11% 2.52% As you may recall, Democrats won a ton of Appellate Court races in 2018. Mark Montgomery, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. 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. CD22 62.20% 37.79% 0.01% All eyes were on Sen. John Whitmire, a longtime Democrat who has announced plans to leave the chamber to run for Houston mayor after the session, and Judith Zaffirini, a Laredo Democrat who is second in seniority to Whitmire. HD142 9,167 24,621 See here and here for the background. In April 2013, Sanchez joined the Harris County District Attorneys office in the misdemeanor division. The Harris County Democratic Party is dedicated to the ideal that everyone deserves an equal shot at life, . Its not hard to imagine him as a deputy whip or a powerful committee chair in a couple of cycles. On Friday the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life Inc. (TAL) filed a petition requesting that the city reject the proposed ballot language, which it says violates astate lawprohibiting multi-subject charter amendments, and require each issue to be listed and voted on separately. 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. The Record-Chronicle requested demographic information on the citations from the Denton police Tuesday afternoon. While at least two other of those votes received blowback from local officials, Harker Heights is so far the first to reject voters approval outright. JP5 52.14% 47.86% We broke the record for total numbers of voters in any election in 2016, then shattered it in 2020. CC1 27.54% 72.46% A federal judge has handed Texas' elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022s first primary. HD127 40,060 25,992 HD130 71.35% 28.65% He knows this. That looks to me to be the effect of the larger Libertarian vote in those races there were about 29K Lib votes in these two races, while there were about 16K third party and write-in votes for Governor. Erin A. Nowell. Susan Hays did pretty well compared to the other Dems in that straight up two-way race: Miller was definitely a slight notch up from the first three. CD18 46,492 107,792 46 The same is true for 2018, except with the exact opposite result: 2018 bad counties 83K to 90K HD129 55.82% 41.41% 2.77% CD38 66.07% 33.91% 0.02% SD04 58,925 34,135 14 HD132 56.16% 41.60% 2.24% HD143 35.04% 59.96% 5.00% Three candidates running against them were more than happy to talk to us. Dist Buck% Kleberg% Grn% W-I% Stanart 188,573 326,633 39.16% 56.00% The names have changed but the practices have not, or at least not enough. HD137 8,475 12,264 Election results 2022: Judicial races, Democrat and Republican - KSAT ====================== For the latter at least, weve had a strong response from the County Attorney, but we cant assume that will always be the case. Along those lines, I note two potential future Constable candidates: Don Dinh, a Deputy Constable in Precinct 1 since 2020 who was for 24 years before that a sergeant in the Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Constables office, filed a designation of treasurer to run for Constable in Precinct 5. I included Mealer and Cagle for post-election inclusion mostly out of curiosity. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. Garcia, A 175,027 340,089 0 291,697 Berrys office said Heap actually received $48.5 million. HD146 22.96% 77.04% Judges are being sued in their individual capacity. That is why each person named in a suit has to retain their own attorney. Education: Central College in Iowa, University of Houston, and University of Houston Law Center, Campaign website: alyciaharveyforjudge.com. But they could if they are willing to do so.. Herman 0 96,574 0 518,009 The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate. Please take a moment to imagine me with a very smug look on my face. There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members. 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. HD137 8,207 13,090 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. JP8 50,379 27,941 16 ====================== JP3 35,348 39,739 2,132 865 HD147 20.96% 76.35% 2.69% 0.00% JP8 64.30% 35.70%, Dist Scott Wyatt HD129 60.85% 39.15% With this new referendum, Ground Game Texas will ensure the will of voters isnt trampled on by their local elected officials.. Harris County 248th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Hilary Unger and challenger Linda Mazzagatti.