======================= HD130 71.91% 28.07% 0.02% The question then is why. JP3 37,340 40,840 31 JP2 22,622 28,241 Experience: Sherlene Cruz has worked 16 years in the criminal justice system. HD144 11,869 13,567 682 4 We know that poll watchers with malign intent are out there. HD131 18.64% 79.15% 2.21% CC1 65,573 204,223 7,632 HD133 61.63% 38.37% The two other freshmen, Republicans Kevin Sparks of Midland and Mayes Middleton of Galveston, both drew four-year terms. Biden (and Ed Gonzalez) got 900K in 2020. HD150 34,884 21,411 1,016 3 HD143 8,856 14,935 HD133 36,909 23,379 11 HD142 26.27% 73.73% 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. Ill have more to say about those Commissioners Court precincts later, so lets put a pin in that for now. Berrys office said Heap actually received $48.5 million. After 10 people spoke and each commissioner offered their opinions on Proposition A, they voted 5-0 on an authorization to litigate.. Sandlin 38,580 28,502 0 79,998 Harris County 185th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Jason Luong and challengers Andrea Beall and Kate Ferrell. 3. HD134 39.36% 57.68% 1.90% 1.05% 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. HD129 39,519 24,982 11 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. HD146 21.23% 76.41% 2.36% 0.00% We have to talk about the many millions of dollars spent by various wealthy wingnuts against Judge Hidalgo and Democratic criminal court judges. If they keep making it harder to vote, and they keep making it costlier to make an honest mistake in voting, and that cost is almost entirely borne by Democratic-leaning voters of color, its suppressive. 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. Whether the charter rules, if approved, violate that provision may ultimately be left up to legal challenges but this is entirely legal, Mike Siegel, political director and co-founder of Ground Game Texas, told the San Antonio Report. Stones letterdisagreed, and asked the Texas Supreme Court to take swift action against the proposal in its entirety. (Im not concerning myself with fractional districts like CD08.) I will pass along information about the fundraiser when I have it. I put all the county numbers for these races into a spreadsheet, which is my default starting move for a post like this, especially when Im not exactly sure where Im going with it. CC1 23.64% 73.61% 2.75% HD131 6,081 24,219 829 1 SD11 60,351 32,991 17 HD147 22.07% 77.93% JP7 11,370 65,643 2,250 However, City Attorney Andy Segovia told reporters Wednesday the most of the provisions are inconsistent with state law and could not be enforced if even if theyre approved by voters. There will be a couple of referenda on the ballot, and maybe possibly an HISD bond referendum. We made it through the 2022 election, the first post-Trump off-year election, with Democrats still in charge in Harris County. JP6 4,941 17,062 885 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. The total number of votes in these elections is comparable the number declines gently as you go down the ballot, but more undervoting does not explain the shifts in percentages. HD147 8,809 36,618 1,383 The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate. JP1 65,832 117,292 5,140 Some people will skip races that are not of interest to them, I will absolutely stipulate to that. 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. Voters will likely see just one item on the May 6 ballot to make the batch of changes to the Citys Charter but city officials could split them up into separate votes, Tomas said. One is Fort Bend, which was positive for Dems in 2018 and 2020, but not in other years. HD132 61.04% 38.95% 0.01% The Current has more. 2022 Election. HD150 62.32% 37.68% 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. She drew a short straw, and I think that contributed to her decision to run for Governor. SD17 58.16% 41.82% 0.02% Anastasio left the DA's office to work complex defense, representing the indigent and others who stood accused of crimes. HD134 44.28% 55.72% Thats a lot! "Several of them are considering election contests.". Wyatt 293,352 256,862 60.86% 44.00% Hidalgo versus Mealer 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.. Adding to the confusion, Hegar and the county are separately at odds over Heaps current budget, which was adopted by the Democratic-controlled Commissioners Court last fall. 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. I thank Speaker Phelan and Representative Morgan Meyer for upholding the law and ensuring the will of the voters stands.. It is not fair for the voters to tell us to break the law. Any suggestion that the Harris County Elections Administrators Office lacks transparency is false, it said. 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. San Antonio City Council approved it for the ballot as is, which was also as expected. 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. So there you have it. JP1 34.60% 63.28% 2.12% 0.01% Harris County 482nd Criminal District Court Judge: Democratic challengers Sherlene Cruz, Alycia Harvey and Veronica Nelson. Anything else, however, is fair game and just a matter of whether the Republicans want it to pass or not. In the meantime, let me know what you think. Voter mobilization group Ground Game Texas, which championed Harker Heights original ballot initiative, said its launched a new petition drive to override the council ordinance, which passed Nov. 22. HD143 8,631 15,710 Beto 317,736 277,917 63.43% 46.22% JP6 23.28% 72.80% 3.90% 0.02% 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. As you may recall, Democrats won a ton of Appellate Court races in 2018. 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. JP3 45.91% 54.09% JP2 22,256 29,898 Matthew Dexter is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. CC2 49.71% 50.29% Judge Singh is represented by Anthony Drumheller. JP7 15.67% 81.91% 2.42% Threat management. As you know, the Harris County Democratic Party will soon have a new Chair. HD130 46,489 18,687 The Elections Administrator of Harris County has the responsibility of carrying out statutory electoral functions outlined by federal and state laws. HD126 63.48% 36.52% Nearly 70% of voters cast their ballots during the early voting period, but Mealer only cites issues on Election Day itself. Ill have more to say about judicial races later. The Y-axis is the percentages. For sure, its hard to imagine much money spent on Republicans locally in 2024. SD13 25,998 96,440 45 Abbott 175,533 314,728 35.04% 52.34% We all know that Lina received very little in campaign contributions, especially compared to Mealer. Heres County Attorney Menefees Twitter post, with a copy of the letter to May from Speaker Phelan: NEW: Speaker Phelan dismissed losing House candidate Mike Mays election contest against @Jon_RosenthalTX because he didnt pay the required fees. JP6 21.59% 74.55% 3.87% Youve got the nations third-largest county that has had multiple problems with multiple election officers, to the point where one had to resign, and the problem is that its too big a piece of the electorate to ignore.. City Council will call for the election, which will include council district seats and other local elections, during its Feb. 16 meeting. HD145 33.87% 66.10% 0.02% Slightly more than half of Texas counties appoint nonpartisan election administrators to run their elections. In a statement, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee said his office will keep a close eye on Lunceford's election contest. Its been a year since his home was raided. HD145 14,403 29,681 Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed a petition Wednesday seeking a new election in Harris County's 189th judicial district court race after losing by 2,743 votes out of more than 1 million ballots cast. Legal experts on both sides of the political aisle have raised concerns for many years . CC1 76,230 193,216 County races appear towards the bottom of the ballot, after all of the federal and state races. JP7 11,411 65,835 1,804 HD129 38,729 24,583 This story came out the same day that a Senate committee approved a bill making illegal voting a felony with even harsher punishments and lower standards for illegality than before. The FBI declined comment for this story. CC4 119,394 121,960 51 HD126 63.38% 36.62% Which would be so outlandishly unlikely as to appear to be its own conspiracy. 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. Carla Wyatt, County Treasurer, Alexandra Mealer, County Judge HD133 34,391 23,900 1,215 616 This legislation would apply only in those counties and not in the 122 that elect county clerks or tax assessors tasked with running elections and handling voter registration. 2020, in the race for District Judge, 333rd Civil District Court in Harris County, Texas. JP2 21,364 29,906 1,317 And that assumes that literally every one of those 2600 non-voters would have voted for the Republican candidate. JP7 12,266 66,242 HD128 69.69% 27.28% 2.16% 0.87% The results of these polls are distributed to the media and the public. HD148 45.25% 54.75% May's election contest is ongoing. Beck and fellow council members Vicki Byrd and Brandon Chase McGee encouraged city staff and other council members to follow the will of the voters and allow the courts to decide what can and cant be implemented. Dist Patrick% Collier% Lib% But they argue that Cruz is more vulnerable than his other GOP counterparts, citing the close 2018 race and his castigated 2021 trip to Cancun while Texas underwent a power-grid emergency due to a winter storm. ====================== HD129 36,347 26,966 1,802 While in her private practice she was chosen as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017 and 2018. This was an interesting year for multiple reasons the first non-Presidential election since the huge shift towards Democrats in 2018, the first time these judicial incumbents were running for re-election, tons of money being spent by Republicans and their backers to smear Criminal Court judges, the high-profile County Judge race that was closely tied to that same campaign spending, the first non-Presidential year with no straight-ticket voting, coming in a year with the extra-long ballot and so on. Aaron Adams is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. What you saw (on Thursday) was really the beginning of getting this particular question before a court: What is the effect of a local municipal ordinance when it comes into conflict with state law?. 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.. Mealer 198,286 336,434 40.19% 56.59% HD135 41.41% 54.19% 3.02% 1.38% CC2 47.51% 48.77% 3.72% CC4 117,014 119,504 HD147 8,731 36,766 1,206 How awful it was for democracy that these swarms of Democratic voters were mindlessly hitting one button and putting all these non-judges onto our benches. 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. JP8 63.98% 36.02%, Dist Hegar Dudding Lib JP3 46.84% 53.16% Thats consistent with what Ive said before about how Democrats have overall grown their vote in the former strong Republican areas, while falling short on turnout this year, at least in the strong Democratic areas. HD133 34,548 25,581 Maybe they just didnt know enough about the Dems in these races to be in a position to consider them. So what does this suggest for 2023 turnout? 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. Harris County Republican Party | 8588 Katy Freeway, Suite 445 Houston, TX 77024 | (713) 838-7900 Business hours | 10 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday HD135 42.90% 57.10% Maybe a strategy that attempts to maximize Democratic turnout overall we have already discussed how Dems fell short in this election on that front would make them less likely to cross over, even for Republicans they dont approve of. Weve seen this show before Comptroller Hegar misconstruing the law and playing political games to make headlines, Menefee tweeted. The story goes into detail about how absurdly vague the provisions are, which could put a whole lot of election administrators in solidly red counties in danger if something goes wrong, as things sometimes do. Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, then cited the new provision to call points of order procedural challenges on two amendments proposed by Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, to restrict Democratic committee chairs. Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer. I will show in another post that the undervote rate doesnt correlate with partisan performance, at least in county judicial races, but with the appellate courts including all those Republican counties, its imperative to maximize those margins. JP6 5,253 16,428 881 4 Country music star and Conroe-native, Parker McCollum caught up with our Sally Mac after he was named the headliner for 2023's Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. HD132 60.80% 39.20% Its rattlesnake season in Texas. Sixteen senators had Lady Fortune on their side and drew four-year terms, and fifteen unlucky souls will have to run for reelection in two years. CC3 61.36% 36.95% 1.68% 0.00% Maybe Judge Hidalgo will have an easier time of it as well. HD141 4,487 20,489 610 CD08 46,156 45,668 17 HD133 60.29% 39.71% I think this is a demonstration that when the people will it, it will happen.. CC4 115,688 120,613 We only need 26.3% turnout in 2023, based on the 2022 registration numbers, to equal the number of voters from 2003. Theyre lower overall because there are no third party candidates in these races, and that lack of mostly Libertarians does seem to be better for the Republicans than the Democrats. HD128 32,447 13,641 Authored by state Rep. Tom Oliverson and state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, both Harris County Republicans, the bills are among several already filed this legislative session in reaction to the long lines, late openings and reports of shortages of ballot paper on Election Day inHarris County.
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