Like I said, Im making some assumptions here, any or all of which could be wrong. HD140 5,859 12,433 613 3 HD132 60.69% 39.31% 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. Important 2022 Election Dates. Experience: Alycia Harvey worked at the Harris County District Attorneys Office, where she has practiced criminal law for 20 years. 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. Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum did not respond directly to the criticism, but said the office supports any legislation that increases voter registration and access to voting. Under Hegars calculations, Heaps annualized budget would have been about $48.9 million over 12 months nearly $2.3 million off from the $46.7 million figure calculated by the county. This will be the most interesting election on the May ballot. Because respondents can correct the ballot now, [TALs] mandamus is appropriate.. Let me know if you have any questions. CC2 49.35% 50.65% During each election year, the HBA distributes a Judicial Preference Poll before the general election, asking members to indicate their preferences for judicial candidates in contested races. Judge Lina Hidalgo and the Harris County Commissioners Court are defunding the police.. The PDO doesnt have to handle every indigent case Im sure there will the need for specialized services going forward. 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. Two, the Family Court judges were the stars of the 2022 elections for the Democrats. Jen Rice is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle covering Harris County government. JP6 21.05% 75.94% 3.00% No other information was available for this candidate. Theyre trying to do something about that, but they really cant, not right now. HD146 9,159 31,995 Morton left the Harris County DAs office to open a criminal defense practice, where he accepted appointments to represent indigent defendants. The HBA presents the results of its 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire below. Although the petition garnered support from McKee-Rodriguez and an array of progressive groups from around the state, its likely to face stiff resistance from others. 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. HD150 33,382 22,726 1,595 JP1 37.67% 62.33% 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. HD146 19.52% 77.78% 2.70% There were more people who skipped these races than did so for Railroad Commissioner, the last of the statewide executive offices, but not that much more. But hey, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema preserved the filibuster, so.). I really wish I could make that happen. HD138 57.11% 41.18% 1.71% 0.00% HD142 8,984 24,532 839 4 HD149 38.61% 61.39% JP4 175,012 119,960 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. HD130 46,273 19,792 I was invited to this meeting because of the effort to create and carry out block walking events. HD150 62.20% 37.80% Judicial Q&A: Angela Lancelin. There are multiple parking options available for those looking to attend the Houston Rodeo. We know that poll watchers with malign intent are out there. 300 intermediate appellate court seats. HD133 57.48% 41.00% 1.52% 0.00% HD132 37,180 23,721 7 HD141 4,682 20,256 One of the things were going to have to explore is: Why arent the elected tax assessor-collector and the elected county clerk which are, quite frankly, both Democrats why are they not running the election, where theres some public accountability?. Sartaj Bal is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. 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. 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. The petition also acknowledges the county has provided some of the requested documents. JP7 11,907 63,400 1,926 1,109 Phil Sandlin, Constable Precinct 8, Teneshia Hudspeth, County Clerk It also opened a public defenders office in 2010, though many judges refused to use it, insteadcontinuingto appoint overloaded private attorneys. Thats a bigger and more long-term problem. CC2 47.94% 52.06% JP8 48,829 29,299 HD143 36.72% 63.28% Jason Luong, who currently serves as judge in the 185th district court, will face current Harris County prosecutor Andrea Beall in a run off. Is it finally the time for Julian Castro? JP1 58,125 125,740 5,522 Dan Simons is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. It is not clear when the lawsuit will be filed. Not as good statewide races. JP3 37,340 40,840 31 The names have changed but the practices have not, or at least not enough. JP6 23.28% 72.80% 3.90% 0.02% Beto versus the spread CC1 71,746 202,649 Harris County 183rd Criminal District Court Judge: incumbent Chuck Silverman and challenger Gemayel Haynes. HD150 34,404 20,882 1,366 623 Education: Rice University and The University of Texas School of Law, Endorsements: jasonluongforjudge.com/endorsements. 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. Instead, Hidalgo said, the comptroller should have calculated on the basis of pay periods rather than the number of months. Im sure you can guess which of those favor Democrats and are needed for Team Blue to win. ============================== HD141 4,667 20,779 Unger currently serves as a co-chair of the Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Standing Committee. The deadline for setting the May ballot is Friday. The San Antonio Report adds some details. 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. One more thing to note is that despite the lesser Democratic performance, these candidates all still carried the three Commissioner Court precincts that are now Democratic. The high score with these three is Jay Klebergs 51.11%. Beto versus the spread His application of state law is wrong. HD129 36,386 26,643 1,914 I think we need to fully implement it and if the state slaps our hands back, we know where we are, McGee said. HD135 16,314 23,615 964 They were turned away at one polling place and they gave up. Were used to higher levels of turnout now. Daniel 192,368 328,119 39.86% 56.19% HD130 69.92% 28.23% 1.86% Its big, its hard to do, and most importantly now everything that goes wrong is your fault. The Y-axis is the percentages. 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. You may have heard me say something like this in the past, but were going to have to change our state government if we want things like this to go differently in the future. Theres already more than 2.5 million registered voters in Harris County, up about 100K from November 2020, and I expect there to be over 2.6 million by next November. Weve looked at the Governors race, in which Beto was the top Democratic performer. Galveston keeps on getting redder, and its big enough and growing enough for that to have an effect. JP6 5,840 17,018 5 Cagle 64,225 186,970 0 5,056 So far the two candidates that I know of Silvia Mintz and Mike Doyle are the only two that have come forward. Dist Miller% Hays% HD132 36,340 23,387 1,259 I found this to be fascinating, and quite different from the experiences in Bell County and Hays County, not to mention the pre-vote conflicts in San Antonio. The local police reform advocacy groupACT 4 SAaims to collect 35,000 signatures anticipating that some wont be verified to submit to the City Clerk before the early January deadline. HD131 6,206 24,390 HD143 35.04% 59.96% 5.00% 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. Many millions of dollars in advertising was able to move the needle a bit in a handful of races, but thats it. HD129 38,091 26,236 HD126 37,324 21,321 HD146 8,320 32,991 999 SD13 21.23% 78.74% 0.04% Shell have plenty of time to build that treasury back up; she did a pretty good job of that this cycle, so Id expect to see her total tick up in short order. CC3 62.89% 37.11% The same is true for 2018, except with the exact opposite result: 2018 bad counties 83K to 90K These dates are subject to changes from the 2021 legislative session. HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25% HD126 36,849 21,629 1,070 1 He represented juvenile and adult clients charged with misdemeanors and felonies. This post is about the first three, and those are the races for Lite Guv, Attorney General, and Ag Commissioner. A native Houstonian, Jen graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University and earned a master's degree from University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. JP2 44.36% 55.62% 0.02% HD135 16,373 23,514 1,050 HD140 6,042 12,353 HD128 71.88% 28.10% 0.03% 2023-00925; Michelle Fraga v. Judge Christine Weems. HD128 70.40% 29.60% HD150 60.64% 37.11% 2.25% In 2024, all ten of those benches we won will be on the ballot again. (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. Ill go into more detail on those in subsequent posts, but even there it topped out at about five percent. DECISION 2022: Primary election results for local races in Harris County and surrounding counties Published: March 1, 2022, 1:39 PM Updated: March 2, 2022, 10:02 PM Tags: Decision 2022 , Texas . It belongs to the people. SD15 97,303 146,861 50 "Several of them are considering election contests.". Milledge II is the head of the firms Federal and State Criminal Law, Entertainment, and Personal Injury divisions.