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. HD140 32.85% 67.15% CC2 47.13% 47.94% 3.64% 1.29% I hope it at least amuses you. HD126 37,264 21,436 Jen Rice is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle covering Harris County government. 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. HD137 38.73% 58.25% 3.03% What I wonder about is whether there will be much appetite for that kind of spending in future races. Im extremely doubtful that there is a legitimate legal challenge here, Stein said. The judge hearing the case is in San Antonio which complicates matters re time to get there and back for hearings. Here is a guide with everything you need to know to be able to vote in Texas. DA is technically a state office for smaller counties, the DA can cover several of them at once so Id normally expect to see them on the Texas Ethics Commission site. This is about 493K ballots cast for those two candidates, which doesnt count third party and write-in candidates or undervotes; I didnt tally them all up but wed be at around 510K total ballots defined as being Houston. HD138 32,881 22,695 My focus remains the same from my very first day in office: delivering results for Texans across my district.. She was as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney in Polk County. JP7 16.24% 83.76% Ive heard reports of machines that didnt work, ballot shortages, voting locations suddenly closing. 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. HD146 19.52% 77.78% 2.70% Dan Patrick joked. The good news is the vast majority of the law has actually been researched not only by me and the county attorney, (but) the city attorney in Harker Heights had the opportunity to review the matter legally and so has the city attorney in Killeen, Garza said. HD144 46.53% 53.47% Bennett 0 1,022 0 14,527 If we want to talk about making Texas competitive for Biden, and whoever our 2024 Senate nominee may be, thats the kind of Dem advantage in Harris County were going to need, at a minimum. CC1 26.13% 71.58% 2.28% 0.01% Hillary got 700K votes in 2016. JP6 5,571 16,529 Let me know if you have any questions. HD130 46,145 18,886 963 5 "And, yet, that's not the way it's breaking.". January 10, 2023. Again, you can see the result. HD133 52.73% 44.13% 3.14% 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. The closest they got was trailing by about 39K votes, and the farthest apart was about 89K votes. Dist Mealer Hidalgo W-I HD126 61.92% 38.08% Cuellar declined to be interviewed. State and county Republican officials have made several attempts to cast doubt on the results of the November elections in Harris County. A senior adviser to Cruz, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said he plans to make his formal Senate run announcement within the first half of the year. We know that poll watchers with malign intent are out there. CC2 93,611 106,606 5,426 A person close to former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julin Castro said that he is weighing a run. Neither he nor Ted Heap seems to have gotten any better at math or more truthful in general, so most likely this will play out in similar fashion. 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. The maximum that a judge can receive from a PAC is $5000, so that is the goal for each judge and for Lina. 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. 1 resource, and that benefits all voters, said Jennifer Doinoff, Hays County elections administrator. 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. 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. JP2 44.02% 55.98% The bad counties are the eight red ones. HD128 32,447 13,641 Three freshmen senators drew two-year terms, including Democrat Morgan LaMantia of South Padre Island, who was in the tightest race in the Senate last year. Judge Walker is represented by John Raley. These election contests are frivolous attempts to overturn the votes of more than a million residents in the third largest county in the country. HD127 40,530 24,529 At this point, three months out, they seem as plausible as Bigfoot sightings, but lets take Cindy Siegel at her word and assume the existence of 2600 actual people who were actually unable to cast a ballot on Election Day. I mean, Harris County could in effect call their bluff, restore election administration to the County Clerk, have Cliff Tatum move over and be the chief of elections under Teneshia Hudspeth, and this bill would no longer apply to us. Unfortunately, more than 20 other election contests are still pending in Harris Countymost of those races had greater vote margins than Mays. These are all criminal justice reform measures, and if the law is usually interpreted broadly then I dont think theres a leg to stand on. While the administrator is a moderate Democrat, this blog is independently operated and not affiliated with any political party or political action committee (PAC). See here for some background and here for an earlier version of the story. Winning takes many forms, after all. . The charter changes would essentially direct the police department not to spend resources pursuing most abortion and low-level marijuana possession cases. HD138 30,154 25,204 1,732 As happened last fall, Hegar and County Administrator David Berry have used different methods to project out Heaps seven-month budget to a full year. 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. Restraint and tolerance for any kind of dissent are not in their playbook. The gap is the greatest between them and their Republican challengers, and they got the most votes in the aggregate of any non-appellate group. Elections Harris County election results 2022: County judge, commissioners, propositions. JP3 34,975 41,776 2,126 That short fiscal year has made it difficult to make year-to-year funding comparisons, and has resulted in the county and the comptrollers office using different methods to analyze whether the constables funding has increased or decreased. There were a lot of contradictory polls and a lot of dubious conventional wisdom, including questionable pronouncements about voters getting worn out before they reached the end of the ballot, and how that would be bad for Democrats. HD145 13,820 30,044 1,276 3 Stones letter agreed with that assessment and accused San Antonio officials of abuse[ing] their discretion by certifying and including this charter amendment on the ballot., In awritten responseto TALs petition Tuesday, Segovia defended his decision to place the amendment on the ballot as written because city officials plausibly read the proposed charter amendment language to encompass only one subject as required by statute.. Life comes at you fast. Mealer 356,684 621,482 0 188,512 Find ways to partner with Democratic parties in neighboring counties. CC2 99,401 100,543 The Trib, which reported Patricks remarks but didnt fact check them, and Campos, who called the Trib story lazyarse reporting, have more. In this context, after the statewide offices and the legislative offices (including the SBOE), there are the judicial races. HD146 21.23% 76.41% 2.36% 0.00% The following is a list of candidates in judicial races on the ballot for the March 1 primary elections in Harris County. C Probate 511,900 540,619 48.64% 51.36%, Candidates Houston Not Hou Hou% Not% HD147 8,809 36,618 1,383 Some election officials are concerned this change could prevent local election workers from asking questions or seeking help from the office for fear of being reprimanded. The videos are also posted on YouTube. The 2018 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. 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. HD147 18.82% 78.23% 2.95% We look forward to our Democratic nominee retiring Ted Cruz from the U.S. Senate and finally allowing him some time to finally relax at his preferred Cancun resort, said Ike Hajinazarian, a spokesperson for the Texas Democratic Party. CC4 107,368 129,927 6,251 Holly Hansen. HD140 30.99% 65.76% 3.24% 0.02% Of those 52 cases, Hensley pointed out that 23 arrests were for primary violations other than marijuana possession. You can find results for Harris County on Tuesday night here. Judge Payne is represented by John Raley. Now lets look at Houston voter registration numbers. Its been a year since his home was raided. HD141 4,494 20,290 851 Scroll within the result embeds to see all races. HD143 8,706 15,000 CC2 49.65% 50.32% 0.02% For his part, Berry noted that the county had already been forced to adopt the property tax revenue freeze for its current budget because Commissioners Court was unable to reach a quorum needed to set a tax rate. How often do we see that 70% pass anywhere? HD140 5,605 13,078 466 As always, let me know if you have any questions. In addition, unlike Presidential years when higher profile county offices like Sheriff and County Attorney and Tax Assessor appear (District Attorney is a state office), the ones on this ballot are low profile and mostly clerical in nature. CC1 73,858 195,066 We all know that Lina received very little in campaign contributions, especially compared to Mealer. My first thought is that Im not really clear what these guys are aiming at. HD126 58.58% 38.61% 2.80% DEMOCRAT. Ten of them, in fact, five each on the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals, the first such victories since winning a lone bench in 2008. HD137 40.42% 59.54% 0.04% So what does this suggest for 2023 turnout? - 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. 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. 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. Because respondents can correct the ballot now, [TALs] mandamus is appropriate.. Counting these as Houston precincts means you wind up with a lot more total votes in Houston than were cast in the referenda elections, and gives you a distorted picture of the candidate percentages. Debra Lehrmann (incumbent) TEXAS SUPREME COURT, PLACE 5. Results of the 2021 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire. Thats somebody thats supposed to have better acumen and better results than elected officials, but the reverse has been proven to be true in Harris County, Bettencourt said. Stay tuned. The Trib, whose story published after I drafted this and which mostly recapitulates what Ive got here, has more. 14 Cause No. Tatum has maintained that while paper supplies ran low at some locations, the county has not been able to confirm whether any voters were turned away as a result. JP6 21.05% 75.94% 3.00% "This case will focus on the details of every aspect of the November 8 election in Harris County. That keeps Senate district elections staggered every two years. You may note that now two elections into the no-straight-ticket-voting era, the range of outcomes in both sets of these counties is the smallest. Lesley Briones, County Commissioner, Precinct 4, Kim Ogg, District Attorney 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. CC4 47.33% 52.67% We made it through the 2022 election, the first post-Trump off-year election, with Democrats still in charge in Harris County. HD148 16,142 19,762 959 2 JP7 14.44% 83.28% 2.28% HD145 13,535 29,065 1,855 677 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. JP3 35,962 40,821 HD148 16,238 20,657 HD148 45.25% 54.75% The county will now have to spend substantial resources handling these contests, time that could instead be spent serving the people of Harris County, added County Attorney Menefee. JP3 35,348 39,739 2,132 865 HD137 8,263 12,428 646 Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. 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. 33K to 36K in 2016 I will pass along information about the fundraiser when I have it. Not as good statewide races. HD144 44.67% 49.78% 4.30% 1.25% 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. HD140 6,238 12,885 5 JP8 48,118 27,102 2,000 871 HD139 26.02% 71.37% 2.60% Judge Weems is represented by John Raley. Inside the capsules were numbers: Even numbers meant two-year terms, and odd were for four-year terms. United States representatives. As you know, the Harris County Democratic Party will soon have a new Chair. Theres no explanation for it hes just flat wrong. HD127 59.88% 36.80% 2.33% 0.99% We are subject to the authorities of those that appointed us, said Remi Garza, Cameron County elections administrator and the Texas Association of Elections Administrators legislative committee co-chair. 13 Cause No. I also think that SCOTx would prefer to wait until the voters have their say, as then they have a chance to duck the question. 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. HD140 32.65% 67.35% Hidalgo versus Mealer As an attorney, Martin opened her own law practice, focusing on felony criminal cases. HD138 59.58% 40.41% 0.02% She is 1 of 17 elected Harris County Dem. But hey, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema preserved the filibuster, so.). This isnt a lobbying or legislating matter, its a political and electoral one. HD145 30.61% 66.55% 2.83% 0.01% Milledge II is the head of the firms Federal and State Criminal Law, Entertainment, and Personal Injury divisions. Now you can just go somewhere else. Wayne Dolcefino, a media consultant and former TV journalist. HD142 9,167 24,621 Were still working on the first part of that equation. Putting them in the position of oversight would definitely change the dynamic.. The effect was generally stronger in the Republican districts than in the Democratic ones, with HDs 133 and 134 being the most notable. I wont be surprised if that number is matched or exceeded in 2024. JP8 48,916 27,816 1,377 8 Under the new rules, quorum-breakers can now be subject to daily fines and even expulsion from the chamber. CC2 47.94% 52.06% HD149 38.79% 58.96% 2.25% 0.00% The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. Sure, maybe a couple. 3 Cause No. It is not clear when the lawsuit will be filed. And Cruz may face another fight in 2024, with Texas and Florida the only conceivable pick-up opportunities for Democrats in a cycle that will have them mostly on defense 23 of the partys seats are up next year. HD131 6,062 24,496 1 Cause No. Sherman Eagleton, Constable Precinct 3 Ill go into more detail on those in subsequent posts, but even there it topped out at about five percent. So, you know, a banner Monday. We have multiple locations at which anyone can vote precisely as a hedge against problems at any one specific location. JP6 25.54% 74.43% 0.02% Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer. And more money will be hard to come by after the county adopted a lower-than-planned tax rate last year following a bitter political fight. So well know soon enough. We know theres a lot of disinformation and propaganda aimed at non-English speaking communities weve seen the websites and Facebook posts, and weve seen the mailers and heard the radio ads. The fee cant be lowered due to appearance of impropriety issues. HD144 11,679 13,015 1,125 328 She has also worked in the juvenile, the mental health, intake, misdemeanor, felony, and justice of the peace divisions. Its not hard to imagine him as a deputy whip or a powerful committee chair in a couple of cycles. HD144 11,734 13,368 1,167 He may or may not seek to run for something else do remember that the minute he says something to that effect hell have to resign, so all we would have before then is speculation but either way I wont be surprised to see some competition for the Precinct 1 slot. As of today, the office has not received an opinion on how to proceed with these particular public information requests. HD146 8,285 33,018 1,148 If passed, the charter also would codify the ban the San Antonio Police Departments current leadership has placed on police chokeholds and no-knock warrants. Either he actually does want to run and will eventually tell us so himself, most likely after multiple teases and hints like this could be, or he doesnt and he wont. At Tuesdays Denton City Council work session, Police Chief Doug Shoemaker was also on hand during Hensleys presentation to answer questions and reassured council members that misdemeanor amounts of marijuana would continue to be a low priority for police. HD134 35,653 45,142 16 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. HD135 16,804 21,988 1,227 559 Below we review the incumbent criminal district court judges and their Democratic challengers. HD131 20.01% 79.99% Exclusive: Abbott explains push against diversity hiring programs, Texas wants to ban delta-8, but veterans are pushing back, The Breakfast Klub sues prominent City Hall consultant for fraud, UH, Texas A&M removing DEI statements from hiring practices, Astros GM Dana Brown the antithesis of his predecessors, Houston is the most stressful city to work in, says new study, Lauren Daigle at Houston Rodeo: 'God always has your number', Galveston gets fourth Carnival Cruise Line, Election-denying Houston Republican Mike May takes his case to the Texas House after 6,000-vote loss. Thats well above the roughly 20,000 required to put it on the ballot for Mays citywide election. Judge Williams is represented by Anthony Drumheller. During the election CIA knocked on 300,000 doors. I love this photo he took with little baby Christopher back during his 2020 re-election bid. HD129 39,519 24,982 11 Stan Stanart is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. The Houston-area Senators who will be on the ballot in 2024 are Carol Alvarado (SD06), Paul Bettencourt (SD07), John Whitmire (SD15), and Joan Huffman (SD17). JP5 47.07% 50.22% 2.71% CD08 50.26% 49.73% 0.02% Elections. Since attorneys earned a flat fee per case, the only way to make a living representing indigent clients was to take massive numbers of appointments. Indeed, were approaching the ten-year anniversary of potential statewide candidate Julian Castro territory, as those stories were being written at the start of the 2014 gubernatorial campaign. Mike Siegel co-founder of progressive group Ground Game Texas, which backed the proposal told the Express-News that the Texas Constitution grants municipalities the right to so-called home-rule authority. Odus Evbagharu has led the party since 2021. Sixty-five percent turnout (we were at over 68% in 2020) gets 1.7 million voters total (up less than 50K from 2020), and hitting one million Dems would mean taking almost 59% of the vote for Biden, which so far is the only real reach here as he was at 56% in 2020. HD150 62.88% 37.10% 0.02% There hasnt been nearly as much growth in Houston as there has been in the non-Houston parts of Harris County, but its still up over 150K from 2015. 2022 General Election Democratic Candidates. CC2 48.03% 49.53% 2.42% 0.01% STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL EVALUATIONS - COOK COUNTY 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 28, 2022 . Mark Goldberg is represented by Elizabeth Alvarez. I also think the next Chair will have some work to do to improve performance and get ready for the 2024 election. JP5 50.37% 47.67% 1.96% 0.00% US Representative, District 36: Jon Haire. Harris County Elections officials look over ballots in the central count area at NRG Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in Houston. At this level, this is just weird. October 30, 2022 Hegar 185,671 324,329 37.58% 54.52% In the 2020 Democratic primary, the Caucus endorsed 60 candidates, and 38 of those either won their races outright or advanced to a run-off. C Crim 522,321 534,175 49.44% 50.56% Judicial candidates. HD144 45.24% 54.76% No big mystery here. 11 Cause No. I am running these responses in the order . Nelson was promoted to Chief Prosecutor in both misdemeanor and felony divisions, where she supervised junior Assistant District Attorneys and had a caseload of serial Sexual Assaults, Capital Murders, Injury to Child (fatality), and Murders. So, if you are willing to make a donation to CIA that would be great. I hope Im wrong, and Im confident well find out if this does pass. JP6 4,815 17,369 687 CC4 115,464 120,671 HD142 9,047 25,391 JP6 5,410 16,643 HD143 34.83% 58.86% 4.77% 1.54% The party overall is in decent shape, and better organized than it had been in the past. (Is it possible there are a few people who actually didnt vote because of the paper-outage delays? He also questioned the existence of and the accountability measures for the election administrator position in Harris County. JP7 16.15% 83.85% Maybe Judge Hidalgo will have an easier time of it as well. 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. CD38 66.07% 33.91% 0.02% Theyre trying to do something about that, but they really cant, not right now. The Harris County Elections Administrators Office also issued a statement, saying it readily has responded to requests that do not require documents subject to the litigation, and has sought an opinion from the attorney generals office on those that do. We need to be aware of past and current threats to our elections and candidates, we need to be on the lookout for emerging threats, and we need to have a plan and dedicated staff and resources to respond to them.
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