206 Texas Democrats Are Vying for Judgeships in the March Election
Who are the candidates running for election to score judicial seats in the Democratic Primary?
February 27, 2020 at 01:43 PM
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Hundreds of attorneys have filed to run for election for judicial seats in the Democratic primary election in March.
Click here for a full list of candidates in the Republican Primary.
Texas Lawyer reviewed filings with the Texas Secretary of State's Office to identify the 206 candidates who will appear on the Democratic ballot.
Here are the candidates who want to be judges in Texas statewide races and the five largest metro areas surrounding Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio.
For candidates in other cities, check our database of Democratic judicial candidates.
Statewide Benches
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Amy Clark Meachum
- Gerald Zimmerer
Supreme Court justice, Place 6
- Kathy Cheng
- Larry Praeger
Supreme Court justice, Place 7
- Brandy Voss
- Staci Williams
Supreme Court justice, Place 8
- Peter Kelly
- Gisela D. Triana
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3
- William Pieratt Demond
- Elizabeth Davis Frizell
- Dan Wood
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4
- Tina Clinton
- Steven Miears
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9
- Brandon Birmingham
Austin-Area Benches
3rd Court of Appeals chief justice
- Darlene Byrne
- Keith S. Hampton
353rd District Court
- Tim Sulak (incumbent)
- Madeline Connor
390th District Court
- Albert Amado
- Julie Kocurek (incumbent)
427th District Court
- Tamara Needles (incumbent)
450th District Court
- Brad Urrutia (incumbent)
460th District Court
- Selena Alvarenga
- Amy Meredith
423rd District Court of Bastrop County
- Chris Duggan (incumbent)
453rd District Court of Hays County
- Sherri Tibbe
395th District Court of Williamson County
- Lucio Del Toro
26th District Court of Williamson County
- Brian McConnell
Dallas-Area Courts
Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 3
- Bonnie Lee Goldstein
Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 6
- Craig Smith
Fifth Court of Appeals, Place 8
- Dennise Garcia
14th District Court
- Eric V. Moye (incumbent)
95th District Court
- Monica Purdy
162nd District Court
- Marilyn Mayse
- Maricela Moore (incumbent)
254th District Court
- Kim Brown
- Sandre Streete Moncriffe
- Marty Jo Taylor
Dallas County Criminal District Judge No. 2
- Nancy Kennedy (incumbent)
Dallas County Criminal District Judge No. 3
- Alison Grinter Allen
- Teresa Jan Hawthorne
- Audra Ladawn Riley
Dallas County Criminal District Judge No. 4
- Dominique Collins (incumbent)
366th District Court of Collin County
- Sam Johnson
380th District Court of Collin County
- Penny Robe
401st District Court of Collin County
- Tonya Holt
416th District Court of Collin County
- Theresa Bui Creevy
468th District Court of Collin County
- Christy Albano
469th District Court of Collin County
- Dana Huffman
471st District Court of Collin County
- Michael D. Payma
431st District Court of Denton County
- Diana Weitzel
Fort Worth Courts
Second Court of Appeals, Place 6
- Delonia A. Watson
48th District Court
- Lawrence Meyers
67th District Court
- Matthew Hegeman
96th District Court
- Tim Brandenburg
153rd District Court
- Alisha Darden
213th District Court
- Lakesha Smith
342nd District Court
- Valerie Baston
348th District Court
- Maryellen W. Hicks
352nd District Court
- Olyn Poole
360th District Court
- Michael Munoz
Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 2
- Karen Williams
Houston-Area Benches
First Court of Appeals, Place 3
- Veronica Rivas-Molloy
- Jim Sharp
- Dinesh Singhal
First Court of Appeals, Place 5
- Amparo Monique Guerra
- Tim Hootman
14th Court of Appeals chief justice
- Jim Evans
- Jane Robinson
14th Court of Appeals, Place 7
- Tamika Craft
- V.R. Faulkner
- Wally Kronzer
- Dominic J. Merino
- Cheri Thomas
- Lennon C. Wright
11th District Court
- Kristen Hawkins (incumbent)
61st District Court
- Fredericka Phillips (incumbent)
80th District Court
- Jeralynn Manor
- Larry Weiman (incumbent)
125th District Court
- Kyle Carter (incumbent)
127th District Court
- R.K. Sandill (incumbent)
129th District Court
- Michael Gomez (incumbent)
133rd District Court
- Jaclanel McFarland (incumbent)
151st District Court
- Mike Engelhart (incumbent)
152nd District Court
- Robert K. Schaffer (incumbent)
164th District Court
- Grant J. Harvey
- Alexandra Smoots-Thomas (incumbent)
- Cheryl Elliott Thornton
165th District Court
- Jimmie L. Brown Jr.
- Megan Daic
- Ursula A. Hall (incumbent)
174th District Court
- Hazel B. Jones (incumbent)
176th District Court
- Bryan Acklin
- Nikiti "Niki" Harmon (incumbent)
177th District Court
- Robert Johnson (incumbent)
178th District Court
- Kelli Johnson (incumbent)
179th District Court
- Ana Martinez
- Randy Roll (incumbent)
215th District Court
- Elaine Palmer (incumbent)
333rd District Court
- Daryl Moore (incumbent)
- Brittanye Morris
334th District Court
- Steven Kirkland (incumbent)
- Dawn Deshea Rogers
337th District Court
- John A. Clark
- Brennen Dunn
- Colleen Gaido
- David C. Vuong
338th District Court
- Ramona Franklin
339th District Court
- Te'iva Bell
- Dennis Powell
- Candance White
351st District Court
- Natalia "Nata" Cornelio
- George Powell (incumbent)
507th District Court
- Julia Maldonado (incumbent)
- Robert S. Morales
- CC "Sonny" Phillips
387th District Court in Fort Bend County
- Janet Buening Heppard
- Jamie Zand
400th District Court in Fort Bend County
- Tameika Carter
- Derek Obialo
434th District Court in Fort Bend County
- Christian Becerra
- Oscar M. Telfair III
505th District Court in Fort Bend County
- Daniel Lee
- Kali Morgan
- Surendran K. Pattel
56th District Court in Galveston County
- George Lindsey
405th District Court in Galveston County
- Teresa Hudson
457th District Court in Montgomery County
- Marc M. Meyer
San Antonio Courts
Fourth Court of Appeals chief justice
- Rebeca Martinez
377th District Court
- Nicole Garza
- Michael Mery (incumbent)
57th District Court
- Antonia "Toni" Arteaga (incumbent)
73rd District Court
- David A. Canales (incumbent)
131st District Judge
- Norma Gonzales (incumbent)
166th District Judge
- Laura Salinas (incumbent)
175th District Judge
- Catherine Torres-Stahl (incumbent)
379th District Judge
- Ron Rangel (incumbent)
386th District Judge
- Arcelia Treviño (incumbent)
- Jacqueline "Jackie" Valdéz
399th District Court
- Frank J. Castro (incumbent)
- Gabe Quintanilla
407th District Court
- Maribel Cruz
- Tina Torres
408th District Court
- Angelica Jimenez (incumbent)
438th District Court
- Rosie Alvarado (incumbent)
For candidates in other cities, check our database of Democratic judicial candidates.
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