RESULTS OF 2018 TEXAS APPELLATE COURT RACES
BY APPELLATE DISTRICT
(based on unofficial election results tally from Texas Secretary of State)
Place 2: Democrat Gordon Goodman defeated Republican
Incumbent Jane Bland with 50.91% of the votes
Place 6: Democrat Sarah Beth Landau defeated Republican
Incumbent Harvey Brown with 51.75% of the votes
Place 7: Democrat Julie Countiss defeated Republican
opponent Terry Yates with 52.37% of the votes in open race (Incumbent Justice Terry
Jennings did not seek reelection)
Place 8: Democrat Richard Hightower defeated Republican
Incumbent Michael Massengale with 52.60% of the votes
Place 9: Democrat Peter Kelly defeated appointed Republican
Incumbent Jennifer Caughey with 51.74% of the vote
Chief: Republican Incumbent Chief Justice Bonnie Sudderth ran
unopposed and received 100% of the vote
Place 5: Republican Dabney Bassel defeated Democrat Delonia
A. Watson with 58.36% of the vote
Place 6: Republican Incumbent Mark Pittman ran unopposed and
received 100% of the vote
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS IN AUSTIN - FLIPPED TO DEMOCRATS, WHO WILL HOLD 4-2 MAJORITY STARTING JANUARY 2018
Place 2: Democrat Edward Smith defeated Republican Incumbent
Cindy Olson Bourland with 52.9% of the votes
Place 3: Democrat Chari Kelly defeated Republican Incumbent
Scott Field with 54.32% of the votes
Place 5: Democrat Thomas J. Baker defeated Republican
Incumbent David Puryear with 54.32% of the votes
Place 6: Democrat Gisela D. Triana defeated Republican Mike
Toth with 54.35% of the votes (There was a write-in candidate who garnered 0.15%
of the vote)
Media coverage: Democrats sweep 4 races for Austin appeals court. By Chuck Lindell. STATESMAN (11/7/2018 4:45 PM)
Media coverage: Democrats sweep 4 races for Austin appeals court. By Chuck Lindell. STATESMAN (11/7/2018 4:45 PM)
Place 2: Democrat Beth Watkins defeated Republican Incumbent
Marialyn Barnard with 51.97% of the votes
Place 3: Incumbent Democrat Patricia O’Connell Alvarez successfully
defended her position against Rep. challenger Jason Pulliam with 53.04%. Pulliam was
formerly a member of this appellate court.
Place 4: Incumbent Democrat Luz Elena Chapa prevailed over Republican
challenger Patrick Ballantyne with 53.86% of the vote.
Place 5: Democrat Liza Rodriguez defeated Republican Rebecca
Simmons with 52.42% of the vote.
Place 7: Democratic Incumbent Rebeca Martinez successfully
defended her post against Republican challenger Shane Stolarczyk, accumulating 53.92% of
the votes
Race for Chief: Democrat Robert Burns won the contest for chief justice with
52.79% of the vote over his Republican opponent, Douglas S. Lang, who received
47.20%.
Place 2: Dem Robbie Partida-Kipness defeated Rep. Incumbent David Evans with 52.08% of the vote
Place 5: Democrat Erin Nowell beat Republican Incumbent
Craig Stoddard with 52.94% of the votes
Place 9: Dem Bill Pedersen defeated Republican
Incumbent Jason Boatright with 52.75% of the votes
Place 10: Dem Amanda Reichek beat Republican
Incumbent Molly Francis with 52.59% of the votes
Place 11: Democrat Cory Carlyle defeated Rep Jon Browning
with 52.612% of the votes
Place 12: Democrat Ken Molberg defeated Republican Jim Pikl
with 53.46% of the vote.
Place 13: Democrat Leslie Lester Osborne defeated Republican
Incumbent Elizabeth Lang Miers with 52.41% of the votes
Also see --> Democrats seize control of Dallas Court of Appeals by Mark Curriden – The Texas Lawbook
SIXTH COURT
OF APPEALS IN TEXARKANA
Place 2: Republican Scott Stevens ran unopposed and received
100% of the vote
SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS IN AMARILLO
Place 3: Republican Incumbent Pat Pirtle ran unopposed and
received 100% of the vote
EIGHTH COURT
OF APPEALS IN EL PASO
Place 2: Democratic Incumbent Yvonne Rodriguez did not draw
a challenger and received 100% of the vote
NINTH COURT
OF APPEALS IN BEAUMONT
Place 3: Republican Incumbent Leanne Johnson had no
challenger and received 100% of the votes
Place 4: Republican Incumbent Hollis Horton had no challenger and likewise received 100% of the votes, albeit a smaller absolute number.
Place 4: Republican Incumbent Hollis Horton had no challenger and likewise received 100% of the votes, albeit a smaller absolute number.
TENTH COURT
OF APPEALS IN WACO
Chief: Republican Incumbent Chief Justice Tom Gray drew no
challenger and received 100% of the vote
ELEVENTH COURT
OF APPEALS IN EASTLAND
Chief: Republican John Bailey was unopposed in the contest
for chief justice and received 100% of the vote
TWELVETH COURT
OF APPEALS IN TYLER
Place 3: Incumbent Republican Greg Neeley did not draw a
challenger and received 100% of the vote
THIRTEENTH COURT
OF APPEALS CORPUS CHRISTI
Chief: Democrat Dori Contreras won the contest for chief justice
with 53.56% of the vote, defeating Republican Ernie Aliseda.
Place 2: Democrat incumbent Nora Longoria prevailed over Republican
Greg Perkes with 53.56% of the vote
Place 4: Democrat Rudy Delgado defeated Republican Jaime
Tijerina with 50.35% of the vote
Place 5: Incumbent Democrat Gina Benavides won reelection
with 53.04% against Republican challenger Clarissa Silva
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS IN HOUSTON - ALL FIVE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS DEFEATED BY DEMS, WHO ACHIEVE MAJORITY STATUS ON WHAT HAS BEEN AN ALL-REPUBLICAN COURT FOR MANY YEARS
Place 3: Republican Incumbent Brett Busby lost to Democratic
Challenger Jerry Zimmerer, who received 51.18% of the vote
Place 4: Republican Incumbent Marc Brown lost to Democratic
Challenger Charles Spain, who received 51.07% of the vote
Place 5: Republican Incumbent Martha Hill Jamison was defeated
by Democrat Frances Bourliot, who garnered 50.95% of the vote
Place 6: Republican Incumbent Bill Boyce lost to Democrat
Meagan Hassan, who prevailed over him with 51.68% of the vote
Place 8: Republican Incumbent John Donovan was defeated by
Margaret “Meg” Poissant, who won 51.69% of the votes
Also see --> Big changes coming to Houston Court of Appeals, thanks to 2018 General Election: Republican Appellate Court Incumbents Defeated in Midterm Elections (Houston Courts & Cases Blog post Nov. 7, 2018)Pre-election coverage: In midterms, Democrats see a chance to disrupt GOP dominance of state appeals courts. Enough judicial seats are up for election that Democrats could flip the four sprawling appellate court districts that serve Austin, Dallas and Houston. Hillary Clinton won those districts in 2016. By Emma Platoff. TEXAS TRIBUNE (Nov. 2, 2018).
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