There are four County Civil Courts At Law and 15 County Criminal Courts At Law, with the Chron endorsements for all of them being spread over three days. Starting with the civil courts, the Democratic nominees received endorsements in two of the four races.
County Civil Court at Law No. 3: Damon Crenshaw, the Democratic challenger, would bring 25 years’ experience in small business litigation, representing individuals and corporations.
County Civil Court at Law No. 4: Bruce Mosier, the Democratic challenger, receives our endorsement for this bench, along with that of the Association of Women Attorneys and the Mexican-American Bar Association.
Here are the relevant Q&As:
Damon Crenshaw (note: from the primary)
Erica Graham, Civil Court At Law #1
Cheryl Elliott Thornton, Civil Court At Law #2 (note: from the primary)
In Part One of the Criminal Courts At Law races, Dems took four of eight endorsements:
County Criminal Court No. 2: Democratic challenger Mary Connealy Acosta has 15 years’ experience as a criminal defense attorney and is intimately familiar with the operations of the Harris County criminal courts system.
County Criminal Court No. 3: Veteran Houston criminal defense attorney Judith Snively is the stronger candidate for this bench.
County Criminal Court No. 4: Democrat Alfred “Al” Leal was a county criminal court judge in Court 9 for 12 years.
County Criminal Court No. 6: Democratic challenger Denise Spencer, an experienced prosecutor in New York City and Fort Bend County, is our choice to bring change and new ideas to these misdemeanor courts.
And in Part 2, Dems took two of seven:
County Criminal Court No. 9: Democratic criminal defense attorney Juanita Jackson Barner is our choice to enforce the law while helping youthful offenders make positive lifestyle choices.
County Criminal Court No. 13: In a match-up between well qualified candidates, Democratic candidate Dennis Slate, a City of Houston and Pearland associate municipal judge, is our choice to fill this open bench.
For whatever the reason, I only got a handful of Q&A responses from this group of candidates:
Mark Diaz, Criminal Court At Law #11
Cheryl Harris Diggs, Criminal Court At Law #12
Dennis Slate (note: from the primary, but an updated Q&A from him is in the queue for next week)
Toni Martinez Ingverson, Criminal Court At Law #15
All Democratic candidates are listed here. Q&As for Republican candidates are here.