The 2018 Finalized Election Field

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As many of you know, the filing deadline for candidates running for office in the 2018 Election ended at 6 p.m. on Monday, December 11th.

Without commentary from me (at this point),  below is the finalized field of candidates running for Harris County judgeships.  It is complete to the best of my knowledge, after looking at the Harris County Democrat and Republican websites, the Secretary of State's website, and running it by candidates on both sides.  If I inadvertently left anyone off, it is unintentional and I'll fix it if you let me know.  Also, if you are missing a link to your campaign website, let me know and I'll add it.


The 180th District Court
REP:  Catherine Evans (I)         
DEM:  DaSean Jones

182nd Distrct Court
REP:  Jesse McClure                 
DEM:  Danilo "Danny" Lacayo

183rd District Court
REP:  Vanessa Velasquez (I)     
DEM:  Chuck Silverman

184th District Court
REP:  Renee Magee  vs. Antonio Benavides               
DEM:  Abigail Anastasio
         
185th District Court
REP:  Stacey Bond vs. Maritza Antu             
DEM:  Jason Luong vs. Brennen Dunn

 208th District Court
REP:  Denise Collins (I)              
DEM:  Greg Glass

 209th District Court
REP:  Michael McSpadden (I)   
DEM:  Brian Warren

228th District Court
REP:  Marc Carter  (I)               
DEM:  Frank Aguilar     

230th  District Court
REP:  Brad Hart (I)                   
DEM:   Chris Morton

232nd District Court
REP:  Kristin Guiney  (I)           
DEM:  Josh Hill

248th District Court
REP:  Katherine Cabaniss (I)   
DEM:  Hilary Unger

262nd District Court
REP:  Tammy Thomas             
DEM:  Lori Chambers Gray

263rd District Court
REP:  Justin Keiter vs. Charles Johnson             
DEM:  Amy Martin
         
313th District Court (Juvenile)
REP:  Glenn Devlin (I)           
DEM:  John Stephen Liles vs. Natalia Oakes vs. Tracy D. Good

314th District Court (Juvenile)
REP:  John Phillips (I)                 
DEM:  Michelle Moore

315th District Court (Juvenile)
REP:  Mike Schneider (I)       
DEM:  Leah Shapiro

County Court at Law # 1
REP:  Paula Goodhart (I)             
DEM:  Alex Salgado

 County Court at Law # 2
REP:  Bill Harmon (I)                 
DEM:  Harold Landreneau vs. Ronnisha Bowman

 County Court at Law # 3
REP:  Natalie Flemming (I)           
DEM:  Erica Hughes

 County Court at Law # 4
REP:  John Clinton (I)                 
DEM:  Shannon Baldwin

 County Court at Law # 5
REP:  Xavier Alfaro                   
DEM:    David Fleischer vs. Armen Merjanian vs. Aaron Saldana

 County Court at Law # 6
REP:  Linda Garcia                     
DEM:  KelleyAndrews

 County Court at Law # 7
REP:  Pam Derbyshire (I)           
DEM:  Andrew A. Wright vs. Danval Scarbrough

 County Court at Law # 8
REP:   Jay Karahan  (I) vs. Dan Simons       
DEM:  Franklin Bynum
         

County Court at Law # 9
REP:  John Wakefield                 
DEM:  Toria Finch

 County Court at Law # 10
REP:  Dan Spjut (I)                     
DEM:  Lee Harper Wilson

 County Court at Law # 11
REP:  Aaron Burdette vs.  Lori Botello                 
DEM:  Gus Saper vs. Sedrick T Walker II 

County Court at Law # 12
REP:  John Spjut                         
DEM:  Juan Aguirre vs. Cassandra Y. Holleman

 County Court at Law # 13
REP:  Jessica Padilla                   
DEM:  Raul Rodriguez vs. Mike Renfro

 County Court at Law # 14
REP:  Mike Fields                       
DEM:  David Singer

 County Court at Law # 15
REP:  Roger Bridgwater           
DEM:  Kris Ougrah vs. Tonya Jones

 Additionally, I wanted to point out that there are a few races involving some Harris County folks who are running for some other additional benches.

339th District Court Judge Maria T. Jackson is running as a Democrat for Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals. (Statewide Race)

338th District Court Judge Ramona Franklin is running as a Democrat for the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7. (Statewide Race)

Assistant District Attorney Beth Barron is running as a Democrat for the 280th District Court (Family Law).

Assistant District Attorney Lauren Reeder is running as a Democrat for the 234th District Court (Civil Bench).

Former Assistant Public Defender Frances Bourliot is running as a Democrat for the 14th Court of Appeals.

Assistant Public Defender Sarah "Sorcha" Landau is also running for the First Court of Appeals, Position 6.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I hate to say it but I fear this election will be the biggest sweep by democrats in the history of Harris county. I liked him at first but Trump has energized the democrats like nothing ever has before. Remember the 2008 elections and the flood of democrats with judgeships? This one is going to make that look like child's play.
December 15, 2017 at 12:08 AM
Anonymous said…
Thank you for this list. I know this is preaching to the choir, but if you vote for someone simply because they're a Democrat or a Republican, you end of with judges like Kevin Fine and Jim Barr.
December 15, 2017 at 11:32 AM
nszczepanski said…
Vote John Wakefield in #9. He will do wonders.
December 15, 2017 at 1:26 PM
TriggerMortis said…
Nowadays you have to vote by party. Better yet, by the party's platform. In case you haven't noticed, politicians by-and-large vote the party line. Except for the rare renegade, the days of a politician voting his conscience are long gone. They died with the advent of PAC's, who will fund a primary challenger should you step out of line.
December 17, 2017 at 8:18 PM
Anonymous said…
Couple of questions. Why is Maritza running against Stacy? Why is McSpadden running again? And didn’t Detoto say she was running for something?
January 4, 2018 at 8:10 AM
PDiddie said…
Why are you linking Matt Damon's IMDb profile to McSpadden's opponent's name?
February 24, 2018 at 7:41 AM
Murray Newman said…
PDiddie,
It's an inside joke. Brian thinks that he looks like Matt Damon and we don't have the heart to tell him the truth.
February 24, 2018 at 10:17 AM
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