The FBI declined comment for this story. While the administrator is a moderate Democrat, this blog is independently operated and not affiliated with any political party or political action committee (PAC). He also reaffirmed that the odor of marijuana wasnt initiating probable cause and search and seizure issues, though it was part of the process in some cases. Democrats acknowledge that Texas has not been an easy state for the party. They may have other priorities and Im open to that, I just want to be heard. Going into the rules debate, most attention was on the subject of committee chairs, who have the power to advance legislation or block it from being taken up by the full House. HD144 12,065 13,483 Mark Montgomery, former candidate forHarris County Criminal Court at Law No. The House doesnt have the votes, he said. 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. If not, Ill be disappointed but not surprised. ============================== The appellate courts cover multiple counties. 2009 935,073 1,881,112 49.71% The HBA presents the results of its 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire below. At the other end of the scale is the problem known as Galveston: 23K to 27K in 2012 HD149 39.42% 60.56% 0.01% Danny Diaz, head of San Antonios powerful police union, said his organization will work to defeat the measure, which he said ties officers hands. HD138 32,829 22,780 HD141 4,494 20,290 851 I dont have the data to make a judgment about that, but the possibility certainly exists. There are also a lot of offices that include parts of Harris and parts of one or more neighbors: CDs 02 and 22, SBOE6, SDs 07 and 17, and all of the Firth and 14th Courts of Appeal benches, of which there will be ten Democratic incumbents on the ballot next year. HD132 56.37% 41.11% 2.52% JP2 22,682 28,410 Sartaj Bal is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. Anastasio left the DA's office to work complex defense, representing the indigent and others who stood accused of crimes. Ive been frustrated working within the system and working in City Hall to try to get things like this done, District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez told charter supporters. When there is an opportunity to correct a ballot before the election, waiting to address the issue through a post-election contest and, potentially another election, is not an adequate remedy, Stone wrote. Education: University of Texas at Arlington and University of Texas at Austin. Harris County 263rd Criminal District Court incumbent Amy Martin and challenger Melissa Morris. If we can get the baseline vote to be closer, that could be enough to push some people over the top. HD131 6,062 24,496 Were the only city in the whole state that sends them out and [posts them] online, Atkinson said. HD146 9,172 31,975 Theres more, but I dont have the mental energy to continue, so go read the rest for yourself. 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.. PREVIOUSLY HD145 33.23% 66.77% ============================= HD138 57.30% 40.47% 2.23% HD141 18.27% 78.99% 2.72% 0.01% CC2 47.94% 52.06% Two more things: One is that the undervote rate was higher in judicial races. In 2020, eleven Democratic judicial candidates were unopposed. Collier 312,803 273,337 62.81% 45.64% HD150 35,089 21,326 JP1 58,698 126,202 5,083 That would not be a cheap race as things stand now, as you can see. Let me know if you have any questions. Rebeca Huddle (incumbent) TEXAS . PREVIOUSLY Months later, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has yet to sue to stop it. Appeals 520,019 549,533 48.62% 51.38% Fortunately, we had that this year, so we can take a look at how the races of interest shaped up. Right now, we are focused on implementing new systems to promote the efficiency with which our office runs elections, Tatum said in a statement. CIA plans to hold a fundraiser, hopefully on Feb 19. TPR has more. HD135 42.01% 55.20% 2.79% judges sued to undo 22 election. All we can do about that is fight fire with fire. Two other things can make a difference as well. As noted before, Greg Abbott got 490K votes in Harris County, far less than the 559K he received in 2018 running against Lupe Valdez. JP4 57.09% 39.45% 2.41% 1.05% Harris County 208th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Greg Glass and challengers Beverly Armstrong and Kim McTorry. Beto won Harris County by 105K in 2022. HD138 32,881 22,695 So thats why we have charter cities that have this authority to adopt their own charters and decide their own laws.. Nelson worked as a Senior Prosecutor and a Chief Prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorneys Office for about 10 years. JP5 147,814 135,680 unfair distribution of election supplies. CC2 97,146 99,729 7,605 One thought Ive had about this is that the Family Courts were kind of a mess before the Dem sweep of 2018 there were some stories that made it into the papers about happenings in the Family Courts, and of course there was then-Family Court Judge Lisa Millard ruling against the city of Houston giving health insurance benefits to same-sex spouses of city employees even after DOMA had been ruled unconstitutional by SCOTUS. Since the killings at the Harding Street raid, Beall has been employed by the City of Houston to train police officers in Search and Seizure Law and to aid them in understanding the 4th Amendment protections provided to members of our community. 22 GOP Candidates Contest Harris County Elections, Seek Records Inspection. 12 Cause No. 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). As you may recall, Democrats won a ton of Appellate Court races in 2018. Early voting results will be released at 7 p.m. CST on March 1, 2022. HD129 38,091 26,236 March 1, 2022 - Primary Election. Joe Danna, Sheriff And of course, every election is different, with candidates and exogenous conditions having an effect on who does and doesnt vote. HD138 32,580 23,012 1,269 JP5 52.63% 47.37% HD139 12,044 29,784 1,169 555 I did not get around to doing the 30-day and 8-day reports from 2022, so what you see here in these reports is not contiguous for those who were on last Novembers ballot. The chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party on Wednesday announced, January 2023 campaign finance reports: Harris County, Precinct analysis: The different kinds of courts, ruling against the city of Houston giving health insurance benefits to same-sex spouses of city employees, The next round of voter suppression bills are coming, a complaint to the State Bar accusing Paxton of professional misconduct, Paxtons continued desire to be Supreme Prosecutor. HD127 40,320 24,703 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. HD149 12,214 18,772 CD18 30.13% 69.85% 0.03% Note how even the lowest scorers this year exceeded Obamas performance in non-Houston by three or four points in 2008 and four or five points in 2012, while doing about as well in Houston. Ive looked but never found patterns that I think satisfactorily and consistently explain the variations. Court Judges who have opponents in the Dem. Bettencourt said hes considering a bill that would raise the charges for some voting-related misdemeanors, such as failing to provide election supplies. MJ Hegar, who didnt do nearly as well, still won Harris by 136K. Better statewide races. JP8 49,373 27,414 In 2017, Cruz was recruited to be one of the founding attorneys in the Harris County Public Defenders Office Bail Hearing Division. The Bell County attorney is authorized to file suit against the city of Killeen and its agents to enforce Texas Local Government Code section 370.003 by seeking declaratory relief in district court against the city of Killeens actions as unconstitutional; and seeking injunctive relief in district court against the city of Killeen from enforcing either the special order or ordinance; and seeking injunctive relief against the city of Killeen from punishing police officers for enforcing marijuana laws under the Health and Safety Code, Penal Code, and Code of Criminal Procedure, according to the authorization. HD133 60.51% 39.49% The ruling Friday night, Feb. 11, 2022 by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez in San Antonio weakens new rules that make it a crime . I dont know if Speaker Phelan will be persuaded or arm-twisted into changing his mind about making whatever minor infractions into felonies, but I hope he holds out. Please take a moment to imagine me with a very smug look on my face. 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. 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.. . We have discussed Rep. Colin Allred before, and he would be a fine candidate if he chose to run. McIngvale said Tuesday he believes Harris County voters were disenfranchised based on reports of paper shortages, machine malfunctions and polling locations that did not open or close on time. Hidalgo 294,968 257,935 59.79% 43.39% Judge Craft is represented by Steve Kherker. 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. From the inbox, sent to me by former HD133 candidate Sandra Moore: Below is a list of the judges and electeds being sued by the Republicans. 17 Cause No. CC1 80,014 194,272 79 HD146 22.96% 77.04% Kleberg 296,878 257,563 60.34% 43.45% Dist Daniel% Burgess% 2023-00955; James Lombardino v. Judge Audrie Lawton-Evans. Paxton 170,642 309,499 34.36% 51.80% His application of state law is wrong. Overall, she has tried close to 100 jury trials and handled thousands of cases, including charges of capital murder, child abuse, sex abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, weapons offenses, animal cruelty, and various financial crimes. 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. HD143 37.26% 62.74% The only logical conclusion is that across the board, some number of people who votes for Beto and Collier and Garza and Hays also voted for Glenn Hegar and Dawn Buckingham and Wayne Christian. Based upon information to date we believe there were approximately 2,600 or more estimated voters turned away due to running out of ballot paper or machines not working for a period of time, Siegel wrote. JP2 44.39% 55.61% Its good to be a Commissioner. SD11 60,351 32,991 17 Honestly, I have no problem with what was passed. Ill post updates and candidate names as I get them. JP5 145,619 143,496 Note that as yet, not a single person has been identified as someone who showed up at a voting center on Election Day, was actually unable to cast a ballot while there because of paper issues, left before the problem was resolved, was unable to go to any of the 750 other voting locations in the county, and ultimately did not cast a ballot. Oh, and the second place where there might be a Democratic primary fight worth watching is in Precinct 1. Threat management. Experience: Linda Mazzagatti worked for seven years as the Harris County Assistant District Attorney. In 2016 the legal advocacy group Civil Rights Corps sued the county on behalf of Maranda Lynn ODonnell, a 22-year . Were still working on the first part of that equation. Ive made the decision to pay less attention to the Lege than I have in the past because I dont need the mental torment. You can find results for Harris County on Tuesday night here. HD142 9,167 24,621 CC3 233,567 133,554 63 Be that as it may, I will be very interested to see how this turns out, and whether something similar happens in Houston. Ill have more to say about those Commissioners Court precincts later, so lets put a pin in that for now. County races appear towards the bottom of the ballot, after all of the federal and state races. Ill get into it a bit more in the next post when we look at the higher-scoring Republicans, but my sense is that these three Dems, plus Beto, received some crossovers. State Representatives. 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 . My first thought is that Im not really clear what these guys are aiming at. Ms. Wyatt is represented by Neal Manne. May's election contest is ongoing. Amanda Reichek. CC4 49.47% 50.53% Carla Wyatt, the Treasurer-elect, won more than 60% of those 800+ extra votes. 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. JP7 12,417 64,481 CC1 23.64% 73.61% 2.75% Tami Pierce is representing herself with co-counsel, Paul Simpson. JP6 5,243 17,412 Judge Lawton-Evans is represented by Anthony Drumheller. We know that Ken Paxton loves to sue Austin, loves to make an example of Austin elected officials and has not done so, Siegel told the daily. That link takes you here, and while the in-person fundraiser mentioned there is now over, the Donate link remains. As far as I know, any words to the effect that he has an interest or is seriously considering the possibility have yet to come from his own mouth, and as such I put this in with the speculation files. JP6 21.59% 74.55% 3.87% On the other side of that, you can see that Judge Hidalgo left it all on the field. CC3 61.33% 36.59% 2.08% Dist Chris% Warford% Lib% Grn% HD137 8,600 12,670 9 HD150 62.20% 37.80% HD145 30.71% 69.29% Of the bright red counties, six of them are small, and while they have steadily become redder over the years, the net effect is fairly small. SD07 163,993 97,075 50 FOX 26 Houston. Beto 317,736 277,917 63.43% 46.22% I just want to point out the problem, so we know what were up against. The Dems in the first four races we analyzed all topped 53% of the vote in Harris County. CD07 53,108 77,625 29 HD129 37,473 24,455 1,607 766 Even at the highest end of the estimate of locations that had issues, more than 90% of them did not. HD135 42.19% 55.44% 2.37% 0.00% Three candidates running against them were more than happy to talk to us. HD144 11,849 14,344 The Press has more. I was on several endorsements interviews with some of these judges through a different organization. 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. You can also contribute to any candidate you like directly just google them or find their campaign Facebook page to get to a suitable Donate link for them. Jerry Garcia, Constable Precinct 2 JP5 50.37% 49.63% 2015 979,401 2,054,717 47.67% JP4 57.89% 42.11% Harris County 184th Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Abigail Anastasio and challenger Katherine Thomas.
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