Pretty much all of the updates I’ve given about who has filed for what have been for legislative or executive offices. These are the highest-profile races, and they’re also easier to keep track of. But as we know, there are a crapton of judicial races on the ballot in Harris County, and as has been the case in recent cycles, there will be a lot of competition for them. Since Dems swept the judicial races in 2018, that means (with a couple of limited exceptions) challenges to incumbents.
I’ve gone through the list of judicial races for Harris County, and these are the contested ones that I can find. I’ll post the state court races here, and will do a separate post for the county and JP courts. Strap in, we have a long ride ahead of us.
14th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Kyle Carter and Cheri Thomas. Carter is the incumbent judge for the 125th Civil District Court. Thomas was a candidate for a different 14th Court of Appeals position in 2020, but lost in the primary runoff.
14th Court of Appeals, Place 9: Chris Conrad and William Demond. Demond was a candidate for Court of Criminal Appeals in the 2020 primary. I can’t find anything about Conrad.
183rd Criminal District Court: Gemayel Haynes and incumbent Judge Chuck Silverman.
184th Criminal District Court: Incumbent Judge Abigail Anastasio and Katherine Thomas.
185th Criminal District Court: Andrea Beall, Kate Ferrell, and incumbent Judge Jason Luong.
189th Civil District Court: Lema Barazi, Tami Craft, and incumbent Judge Scott Dollinger. Craft ran for 14th Court of Appeals in 2020, losing in the general election. Her webpage still references that campaign.
228th Criminal District Court: Incumbent Judge Frank Aguilar and Sam Milledge.
230th Criminal District Court: Incumbent Chris Morton and Joseph Sanchez.
245th Family District Court: Angela Lancelin and incumbent Judge Tristan Longino.
248th Criminal District Court: Linda Mazzagatti and incumbent Judge Hilary Unger.
263rd Criminal District Court: Incumbent Judge Amy Martin and Melissa Morris. Morris ran against Sen. Borris Miles in the 2020 primary for SD13, and was endorsed by the Chron in that race.
270th Civil District Court: Denise Brown and incumbent Judge Dedra Davis.
280th Family District Court: Dianne Curvey and incumbent Judge Barbara Stalder. Curvey has been a candidate for judge before, more than once, and as her website notes she is also known as Damiane Banieh.
312th Family District Court: Paul Calzada, Teresa Waldrop, and incumbent Judge Chip Wells.
313th Juvenile District Court: Glenda Duru and incumbent Judge Natalia Oakes.
315th Juvenile District Court: Ieshia Champs and incumbent Judge Leah Shapiro.
482nd Criminal District Court: Sherlene Cruz, Alycia Harvey, and Veronica Nelson. This is a new court, created by the Lege this past session. The incumbent judge, Judge Maritza Antu, was appointed by Greg Abbott.
That’s the end of part one. In part two, I’ll look at the county and Justice of the Peace courts, which also have a ton of contested races. Please note that if you don’t see a court in this post and you know that it’s on the ballot, it means that the incumbent is unopposed in their primary. There are a couple of unopposed challengers running for Republican-held appellate court benches as well. If I didn’t link to a campaign webpage or Facebook page, I couldn’t find one with a basic Google search. I mentioned the past candidacies of the challengers that I know ran for something in the past; if I missed anything, it was an oversight. Look for the next post tomorrow or the following day, depending on how long it takes me to put it together. And as always, let me know what you think.
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