In a meeting with the judges a year or so ago, Harris County District Attorney’s Office First Assistant David Mitcham expressed his frustration with the judges and bond reform, giving them a warning that those who didn’t share District Attorney Kim Ogg’s “vision” would face “consequences.” Those who were present for the meeting (at least the ones that I spoke with) indicated that the implication was that the Office intended to field candidates to run against those judges who weren’t bending to the District Attorney’s will. At least, that’s how they interpreted Mitcham’s words.
Now that the filing deadline has passed, it is abundantly clear that Mitcham’s veiled threat was not an empty one as a significant number almost every of judicial races now has a prosecutorial candidate running as either a Democrat or Republican. Some are great candidates. Others . . . not so much. A few are royal disasters, but we will talk about that more in-depth in a future post.
I thought it was interesting to see that the Republicans filled out an entire slate (as opposed to the past election or so). Perhaps with Donald Trump out of the White House, they assume the Party will be more palatable. The gubernatorial battle has never been one that generated tremendous turnout in Texas, and the battle of Abbott vs. O’Rourke probably won’t be anywhere near as exciting as when O’Rourke ran against Ted Cruz four years ago. They must have dug deep to find some of these candidates, however. There are quite a few of them that I’ve never heard of (which is unusual).
Not to mention that Republican Candidates (with hefty donations from some big names affiliated with CrimeStoppers) have been doing a fantastic (and highly misleading) job of pointing out that this current crop of Democratic Judges are just a clear and present danger to world peace since they follow the Constitution and set bonds for criminals. Ogg and her PR machine have been giving a lot of oxygen to those misleading allegations to the degree that one would be pretty hard-pressed to argue that Ogg is really anything other than a Democrat in Name Only.
So, without further ado, here are the candidates for the Criminal Judicial Races on the ballot in November 2022.
(NOTE: This list is based on looking at the Secretary of State website, the Harris County Democratic Party website, and the Harris County Republican Party website, as well as personal knowledge. If there are any additions, deletions or modifications, please let me know.)
180th District Court
DEM:
Judge DaSean Jones (Incumbent)
REP:
Tami C. Pierce
182nd District Court
DEM:
Judge Danny Lacayo (Incumbent)
REP:
Robert H. Jackson (an Investigator for the District Attorney’s Office)
183rd District Court
DEM:
Judge Chuck Silverman (Incumbent)
Gemayel Haynes
REP:
Kristin Guiney (former Judge)
184th District Court
DEM:
Judge Abigail Anastasio (Incumbent)
Katherine “Kat” Thomas (Prosecutor)
REP:
Lori DeAngelo
185th District Court
DEM:
Judge Jason Luong (Incumbent)
Katie Ferrell
Andrea “Andy” Beall (Prosecutor)
REP:
Chris Carmona
208th District Court
DEM:
Judge Greg Glass (Incumbent)
Beverly Armstrong
Kim McTorry
REP:
Heather Hudson (Prosecutor)
209th District Court
DEM:
Judge Brian Warren (Incumbent)
REP:
Kevin Fulton
228th District Court
DEM:
Judge Frank Aguillar (Incumbent)
Sam Milledge, II
REP:
Andy Taylor
230th District Court
DEM:
Judge Chris Morton (Incumbent)
Joseph Sanchez (Prosecutor)
REP:
Brad Hart (former Judge)
232nd District Court
DEM:
Judge Josh Hill (Incumbent)
REP:
Joshua Normand
248th District Court
DEM:
Judge Hilary Unger (Incumbent)
Linda Mazzagatti (Prosecutor)
REP:
Julian Ramirez
262nd District Court
DEM:
Judge Lori Gray (Incumbent)
REP:
Tonya McLaughlin
263rd District Court
DEM:
Judge Amy Martin (Incumbent)
Melissa Morris
REP:
Amber Cox (Prosecutor)
482nd District Court
DEM:
Veronica Nelson
Alycia Harvey (Prosecutor)
Sherlene Cruz
REP:
Judge Maritza Antu (technically not an incumbent since she was appointed to the Bench)
County Court at Law # 1
DEM:
Judge Alex Salgado (Incumbent)
REP:
Nathan Moss (Prosecutor)
County Court at Law # 2
DEM:
Judge Ronnisha Bowman (Incumbent)
Janell Robles
REP:
Paula Goodhart (former Judge)
County Court at Law # 3
DEM: No Incumbent — Judge Erika Hughes took a Federal appointment earlier this year
Staci Biggar
Porscha Brown
Lorenzo Williams
REP:
Leslie Johnson
County Court at Law # 4
DEM:
Judge Shannon Baldwin (Incumbent)
REP:
Zachary Gibson (Prosecutor)
County Court at Law # 5
DEM:
Judge David Fleicher (Incumbent)
Carlos Aguayo (Prosecutor)
REP:
Elizabeth Buss (Prosecutor)
County Court at Law # 6
DEM:
Judge Kelley Andrews (Incumbent)
Selina Alaniz
REP:
Mark Montgomery
County Court at Law # 7
DEM:
Judge Andrew Wright (Incumbent)
Mauricio Vazquez
REP:
Mike Monks
County Court at Law # 8
DEM:
Judge Franklin Bynum (Incumbent)
Erika Ramirez (Prosecutor)
REP:
Mark Goldberg (Prosecutor. Sort of. Really more of Ogg’s PR guy who sometimes moonlights as a prosecutor in an actual court)
County Court at Law # 9
DEM:
Judge Toria Finch (Incumbent)
REP:
Sartaj Bal
County Court at Law # 10
DEM: No Incumbent — Judge Lee Harper Wilson did not seek re-election.
Juanita Jackson
Thuy Le
REP:
Dan Spjut (former Judge)
County Court at Law # 11
DEM:
Judge Sedrick Walker (Incumbent)
REP:
Dan Simons
County Court at Law # 12
DEM:
Judge Genesis Draper (Incumbent)
REP:
Matt Dexter
County Court at Law # 13
DEM:
Judge Raul Rodriguez (Incumbent)
REP:
Lance Long
County Court at Law # 14
DEM:
Judge David Singer (Incumbent)
Je’Rell Rogers (Prosecutor)
REP:
Jessica Needham Padilla
County Court at Law # 15
DEM:
Judge Tonya Jones (Incumbent)
REP:
Xavier Alfaro
313th District Court (Juvenile)
DEM:
Judge Natalia Oakes (Incumbent)
Glenda Duru
REP:
Julie A. Ketterman
Rachel Leal-Hudson
314th District Court (Juvenile)
DEM:
Judge Michelle Moore (Incumbent)
REP:
Cindy Hide
315th District Court (Juvenile)
DEM:
Judge Leah Shapiro (Incumbent)
Iesha Champs
REP:
Marie Valeria Brock
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