Well just have to see. March 1, 2022 - Primary Election. . 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. But we can and should spend less on those individual appointments, and get more for those dollars via the PDO. Jack Morman did not have a report filed or Id have included him as well. It does not make the records confidential (where it would be illegal to disclose the information); it just means the government is not required to disclose the information, Aleshire said. HD127 40,053 24,746 1,441 Republican judicial candidate Erin Lunceford filed a petition Wednesday seeking a new election in Harris County's 189th judicial district court race after . - 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. JP4 57.72% 40.01% 2.27% ============================= In a few cases you can see a greater number of third-party votes, which can explain a part of a Democratic vote decline, but again the overall effect is too small to be generally explanatory. The annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is no fun and games if you don't have a ticket. If you have a favorite or two among them and a few bucks to spare, Im sure theyd appreciate a contribution. JP8 46,854 29,698 2,230 Restraint and tolerance for any kind of dissent are not in their playbook. HD140 5,761 12,183 1,066 TPR has more. The county eventually began paying court-appointed attorneys hourly. 2023-00964; Alexandra Mealer v. Lina Hidalgo. HD144 12,051 13,606 Were still working on the first part of that equation. He also questioned the existence of and the accountability measures for the election administrator position in Harris County. What then is the argument for getting the higher end of turnout this year? CC2 47.13% 47.94% 3.64% 1.29% I think this is a demonstration that when the people will it, it will happen.. CC4 47.29% 50.67% 2.04% 0.00% Every candidate is invited to join in the conversation and asked questions based on the jurisdiction where they are seeking office. As a precinct chair, Ill get to participate in the process to pick the next Chair, who will then need to stand for election in the 2024 primary. 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. HD149 39.42% 60.56% 0.01% JP6 5,571 16,529 CC1 74,077 194,887 Houston, Texas Today, several losing Republican candidates filed election contests to void the more than 1 million votes cast in Harris Countys November 2022 election. SD13 21.23% 78.74% 0.04% I think the Trib story contains the most relevant bit of information: The Election Day problems were unlikely to have been substantial enough to swing the results of the Harris County judges race, according to Bob Stein, a political science professor at Rice University. Judge Hidalgo is represented by Neal Manne. 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. This means I will need to stay vigilant for future references to his possible candidacy. [Isabel] Longoria was the first,appointedunder a newly created office in late 2020; Tatum wasnamed as her replacementlast July. Education: Central College in Iowa, University of Houston, and University of Houston Law Center, Campaign website: alyciaharveyforjudge.com. According to Mealers petition, there is no dispute that there were several dozens of polling locations who at some point in the day, ran out of paper and turned voters away.. Democratic Probate Court judges, all the way at the bottom of the ballot, did basically as well as their counterparts in appellate and civil court races. HD131 6,114 24,275 906 In the meantime, let me know what you think. Sixty years after the U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright enshrined a persons right to a lawyer in criminal proceedings, data shows that few indigent clients in the country actually get a good one. HD148 15,383 20,840 1,065 In this context, after the statewide offices and the legislative offices (including the SBOE), there are the judicial races. CLUBS IN ACTION is trying to raise 95K to donate to them. Were evaluating the lawsuit and will let the courts sort it out.. For whatever the reason fewer people split their tickets, even though they had no choice but to vote (or not) in every single race. CC1 71,746 202,649 HD144 46.97% 53.03% HD147 8,809 36,618 1,383 Theyre not going to get what they want and they know it, but theyre still going to fight. How much of that is the lack of a third choice versus some other consideration I couldnt say, but you can see it in the numbers. The amendment would require the speaker to use public resources, including staff time and government facilities, on behalf of one political instrumentality, Phelan said the first time. Im just eyeballing everything and not being too particular about it, this is close enough for these purposes. JP1 38.13% 61.85% 0.02% Education: Spelman College and Howard University School of Law, Campaign website: katherinethomasfor184thjudge.com. Ill get to the money issue in a minute. I just dont think this is going to work, and I have zero reason to believe that the Republicans will just let this slide if it passes. 2023-00925; Michelle Fraga v. Judge Christine Weems. For the First and Fourteenth, those counties are Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington. Even at the highest end of the estimate of locations that had issues, more than 90% of them did not. CC1 26.15% 73.85% CC1 73,858 195,066 CC3 227,110 133,538 HD147 8,731 36,766 1,206 Youd think this would be a recipe for a lot of indifference, but youd be wrong. HD139 26.02% 71.37% 2.60% HD150 62.32% 37.68% More than 120 candidates have filed for Harris County positions ahead of the March 2022 primaries, as of the candidate filing deadline Dec. 13, according to the Texas Secretary of State website. Activists in Harker Heights, which is also in Bell County, are planning to force another vote on the issue, though that may wind up being moot, depending on how this goes. ORourke did not respond to a request for comment on whether he was considering a second Senate run against Cruz. HD133 34,391 23,900 1,215 616 HD129 60.98% 39.02% Rep. Allred may see it differently, but I think hes not likely to make this leap. Hidalgo versus Mealer HD128 71.53% 28.47% In 2024, all ten of those benches we won will be on the ballot again. Ananda Tomas, executive director of police reform group ACT 4 SA, told reporters that her group and its allies collected 38,200 signatures in favor of the San Antonio Justice Charter. In 2017, Cruz was recruited to be one of the founding attorneys in the Harris County Public Defenders Office Bail Hearing Division. You may also recall the vast hand-wringing campaign about the scurrilous effects of straight-ticket voting in those years, in which Democrats swept Harris County. Slightly more than half of Texas counties appoint nonpartisan election administrators to run their elections. CD38 66.07% 33.91% 0.02% HD131 6,081 24,219 829 1 HD150 62.20% 37.80% Not enough to swing any individual district only the two swing Commissioners Court precincts are that close to begin with, and the Dems prevailed in all three races here anyway. 2022 General Election Democratic Candidates. Ill say this: At least in 2017/2018, you could say that Julian Castro was really running for President in 2020, and as such it made no sense for him to campaign for something else in the meantime. HD132 35,684 22,981 1,395 627 Deadline to post candidate requirements 1 Form 1-15 (PDF) Monday, March 1, 2021. HD147 10,964 35,240 12 Better statewide races Looking at the numbers, its not an irrational fear. But oftentimes, theyll tell the defense theyve been communicating with, Hey, this is over.. CD29 33.51% 66.46% 0.03% According to the Texas Courts website, "district . HD142 8,957 24,548 997 HD149 12,214 18,772 And as you know, I am a Democratic precinct chair, which means Im one of the several hundred people that will vote on who that is. He knows this. HD137 8,369 12,377 He would almost surely run as a Dem in this heavily Democratic precinct. HD127 40,131 24,789 1,092 0 HD138 59.16% 40.84% The table above is the average vote and percentage for the different types of judicial races. JP3 47.74% 52.22% 0.04% HD142 8,984 24,532 839 4 JP7 11,370 65,643 2,250 CC2 93,611 106,606 5,426 There are multiple parking options available for those looking to attend the Houston Rodeo. Milledge II is the head of the firms Federal and State Criminal Law, Entertainment, and Personal Injury divisions. HD143 8,646 14,845 732 5 JP4 174,354 120,349 CC4 115,688 120,613 There needs to be a citywide referendum of the ballot in order to get at this data. 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.. Beto versus the spread The deadline for setting the May ballot is Friday. October 30, 2022 Judge Weems is represented by John Raley. 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. Jack Cagle (SPAC), County Commissioner, Precinct 4 She won the jackpot. HD143 34.02% 63.56% 2.42% 2023-00934; Brian Staley v. Judge Monica Singh. HD145 30.61% 66.55% 2.83% 0.01% HD131 19.48% 80.52% HD130 69.92% 28.23% 1.86% Two things are different in 2018. 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. Not as good statewide races I will of course keep an eye on them. I understand that, but we dont have the authority.. That changed quite dramatically in 2018, when Dems won back Davis old seat and picked up another Senate seat as well. ============================== HD146 22.96% 77.04% Theres no overall downward trend. HD126 35,244 23,460 1,482 But they did, and finding little oddities like that always delights me. In the Ag Commissioner race, Sid Miller got 507K votes to top Abbotts total, but he was aided by not having any third party candidates. HD146 9,159 31,995 HD140 5,929 12,518 If they got new information that caused them to reopen the investigation, they wouldnt want to convey to anybody that No, we will never look at this again, Bash said. HD140 30.03% 63.27% 5.24% 1.46% If even one is bounced, Abbott could appoint a replacement for those in the criminal courts. REPUBLICAN. Houston/not Houston. 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. In some cases, like HD132 and HD138, Collier and Garza were about equal with Beto but Patrick and Paxton were a point or two behind Abbott. HD134 34.64% 63.12% 2.24% Lesley Briones, County Commissioner, Precinct 4, Kim Ogg, District Attorney Im willing to talk about what we have in our authority to do, Davis said regarding the budget and which part of the ordinance can be implemented. JP2 23,249 29,149 10 HD148 45.42% 54.58% I spent a lot of time obsessing over these four super-close races two years ago, and dont have anything new to say. Sheldon A. Harris (all ballots . HD144 12,065 13,483 Alexandra del Moral Mealer for Harris County Judge (@AlexMealer4HCTX) November 9, 2022 Mealer was a combat veteran who moved to Houston after serving in the U.S. Army. I just feel like were in new territory, said Kim Rubio, who lost her 10-year-old daughter, Lexi, at Robb Elementary School. Early voting results will be released at 7 p.m. CST on March 1, 2022. Please take a moment to imagine me with a very smug look on my face. We made it through the 2022 election, the first post-Trump off-year election, with Democrats still in charge in Harris County. JP6 25.54% 74.43% 0.02% =================================== HD145 30.71% 69.29% Again, I want to stress, the goals that Act4SA and Ground Game Texas are advocating are good and laudable and I support them. Of all the Criminal District Courts in Harris County, the 184th District Court under Judge Anastasio has the smallest backlog of cases. ELECTION ROUNDUP: Who won and who lost in the 2022 midterm elections across Houston and rest of Texas? CD07 53,108 77,625 29 Education: Prairie View A&M University and Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Endorsements: votemelissamorris.com/endorsements. Its not like voters were told they couldnt vote or that they had to go home. Beto versus the spread 2 Cause No. This is intended to help introduce the candidates and their experiences to those who plan to vote in March. JP6 5,130 16,223 1,342 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. PREVIOUSLY HD145 26.72% 70.17% 3.12% Dade Phelan had never met them. The numbers tell the tale. Danny Diaz, head of San Antonios powerful police union, said his organization will work to defeat the measure, which he said ties officers hands. PREVIOUSLY CC4 49.46% 50.52% 0.02% Experience: Sam Milledge II worked for the Clark County Public Defenders Office from 2009-2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. SD07 163,993 97,075 50 But hey, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema preserved the filibuster, so.). CC4 107,284 129,131 6,533 Home 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. Sure, maybe a couple. CC1 26.13% 71.58% 2.28% 0.01% HD126 37,324 21,321 Please help. HD126 37,264 21,436 HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. What Im really aiming for is a net of at least 300K for Biden in Harris County; he was at plus 218K in 2020, after Beto was at plus 200K in 2018. HD144 11,375 14,337 662 Weve just had multiple winning candidates get sued by their losing opponents, and many of them were left scrambling to pay for lawyers to defend themselves in court. Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer. If you have any questions regarding filing for this position please contact the Harris County Elections Office at (713) 755-5792 or county.clerk@cco.hctx.net, or the Texas Secretary of State's Office at webmaster@sos.texas.gov or by phone at (512) 463-5650. HD138 59.62% 40.38% Mealer 198,286 336,434 40.19% 56.59% HD148 16,142 19,762 959 2 JP7 12,417 64,481 In 2016 the legal advocacy group Civil Rights Corps sued the county on behalf of Maranda Lynn ODonnell, a 22-year . 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. There were 1,232 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 14.4% of eligible HBA members. HD132 56.16% 41.60% 2.24% She is currently HCCLA's Secretary and coordinates the Second Chair Program. JP4 59.16% 40.84% I also believe that Conroe is starting to become like Sugar Land, a small but growing urban center of its own that we ought to see as such, and seek to build alliances there. The litigation exception typically is upheld by courts, so McIngvales lawsuit is unlikely to produce the requested records, he said. While there are no challenges on the Republican ballot in the Texas Primary Election, there are plenty on the Democratic ballot. 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. Its also why there was such fierce opposition to the creation of such an office in Harris County even though most other large counties in Texas had them. HD138 33,875 22,977 9 The school security measures have some value, and Id be all right with them for the most part if they were part of a larger deal that included real gun reform, but theyre not. All of the information the City has to provide will be included in the City Managers presentation today to City Council, the Denton Police Department media relations team said in an email Tuesday. JP7 13,972 64,220 27 JP2 22,256 29,898 MJ Hegar, who didnt do nearly as well, still won Harris by 136K. Beto versus Abbott JP3 47.09% 52.91% Hegar, responding to a fresh complaint from Harris County Constable Ted Heap, said county officials had reduced the budget for Heaps Precinct 5 office by some $2.4 million in their most recent budget. HD131 20.93% 79.03% 0.04% Judge Finch is represented by Anthony Drumheller. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Several Harris County Criminal District Court Judges are up for re-election in 2022. HD133 31,901 26,700 1,898 CC3 214,555 146,441 8,815 Phony Defunding Claims II: Electric Boogaloo. I went back to 2012 to add in another Presidential year data point. Adrian Garcia, County Commissioner, Precinct 2 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. County executive offices In what should be a stronger Democratic year, Ill be very interested to see how things change. Taylor said. You might have thought in looking at the numbers for 2016 and 2018 that a split result could occur, given the wide ranges. There is a legitimate question about what a City Council is supposed to do with a voter-passed ordinance that one can reasonably read to be in violation of state law, at least in part. I didnt blog about the raid at the time, mostly because I prefer not to think too much about Henry Cuellar. I still think, based on past history, that SCOTx would prefer to not get involved at this time, but Im somewhat less confident of that now. CC1 70,449 192,875 7,107 3,563 We have definitely seen races like this, certainly in elections going back to 2016 Hillary versus Trump, Biden versus Trump, Beto and the Lite Guv/AG/Ag Commish triumvirate this year and 2018. If Hegars goal was to make headlines while insulting the basic intelligence of Harris County residents, I guess he achieved that. HD150 33,548 22,898 1,431 Any suggestion that the Harris County Elections Administrators Office lacks transparency is false, it said. If six months or a year from now this ordinance is in place and being complied with, Ill be delighted and looking to our city to follow suit. Segovia added that opponents should challenge the validity of the amendment after the election, not before. HD145 12,368 32,031 1,449 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? 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. Who won and who lost in the 2022 midterm elections across Houston and rest of Texas? The other notable thing is that with the lone exception of JP/Constable Precinct 5, Hidalgo still carried every district Beto carried. More than 20lawsuitsfrom losing Republican candidates have also been filed against the county, citing those problems and seeking a redo of the election. HD142 9,047 25,391 That would mean that the Republicans netted about 1600 votes, which I need not point out is even farther away from closing the gap.