The Finalized Field (Updated)

With yesterday's filing deadline for the 2010 Judicial Elections, we now know who all is running for what bench in the Harris County Courthouse. Some rather, um, interesting candidates are Lloyd Oliver (who is currently under felony indictment), former Civil Judge Sharolyn Wood (who has no criminal experience but apparently really really liked being a judge), and former-Judge Janice Law (you've got to read this article to get an idea of how that would be). Not to mention there are a whole host of candidates that I've never heard of in my life.

I'll be looking at the individual races as we move closer to the March primary, but for now here's an overview. (NOTE: For the official lists of Republican Candidates click here & for the official lists of Democratic candidates click here).

In the meantime, mark your calendar for March 2nd for the primary. Don't complain if you don't vote, and don't forget that Pat Lykos' greatest campaign strength was apathy.

So, here are the races:

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 1 -- Judge Reagan Helm is not seeking re-election
-Republican Candidates:
Defense Attorney Peyton Z. Peebles
Defense Attorney Paula Goodhart
Former Judge Mike Wilkinson
-Democratic Candidates:
Defense Attorney Beverly Melontree
Defense Attorney Louis McWherter
Defense Attorney Anthony Limitone

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 2
-Republican Candidates:
Incumbent Judge Bill Harmon
-Democratic Candidates:
Defense Attorney Mary Connealy Acosta
Miles J. LeBlanc

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 3 -- Don Jackson is not seeking election
-Republican Candidates:
Defense Attorney Cary Hart
Former CIVIL Judge Sharolyn Wood
Defense Attorney Joe Licata
Natalie Flemming
-Democratic Candidates:
Defense Attorney Judith Snively
Defense Attorney Lloyd Oliver

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 4 -- Judge Jim Anderson is not seeking re-election
-Republican Candidates:
Attorney/Former HPD Officer John Clinton
Former Judge Janice Law (seriously, read this article)
Defense Attorney Jackie Gifford
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Al Leal

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 5
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Margaret Harris
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Alfred "Bud" Valdez

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 6
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Larry Standley
-Democratic Candidate:
Ft. Bend Assistant District Attorney Denise Spencer

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 7
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Pam Derbyshire
-Democratic Candidate:
Sheila Acosta

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 8
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Jay Karahan
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Eugene Newsome

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 9
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Analia Wilkerson
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Juanita Barner
Defense Attorney Silvia Pubchara-Munoz

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 10
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Sherman Ross
-Democratic Candidates:
Defense Attorney Grant Hardeway
Defense Attorney Lori Chambers Gray

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 11
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Diane Bull
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Mark Diaz

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 12
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Robin Brown
-Democratic Candidates:
Defense Attorney Robert Cardenas
Cheryl Harris-Diggs

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 13 -- Judge Mark Atkinson is not seeking re-election
-Republican Candidates:
Assistant District Attorney Don Smyth
Assistant District Attorney Rachel Palmer
-Democratic Candidates:
Defense Attorney Dennis Slate
John V. O'Sullivan

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 14
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Mike Fields
-Democratic Candidates:
Lee Harper Wilso

COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 15
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Jean Spradling Hughes
-Democratic Candidates:
Antonia Ingverson

180th DISTRICT COURT -- Judge Debbie Stricklin is not seeking re-election
-Republican Candidates:
Assistant District Attorney Marc Brown
Defense Attorney Emily Munoz
Danny Dexter
-Democratic Candidates:
Defense Attorney Lori Gooch
Defense Attorney Darrell Jordan

182nd DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Jeannine Barr
-Democratic Candidate:
Brandon Dudley

183rd DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Vanessa Velasquez
-Democratic Candidate:
Michael Gomez

184th DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Jan Krocker
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney/former Judge Jay W. Burnett

185th DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Susan Brown
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Vivian King

208th DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Denise Collins
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Loretta Muldrow Johnson

209th DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Michael McSpadden
-Democratic Candidate:
Kathy Cheng

228th DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate
Incumbent Judge Marc Carter
-Democratic Candidate
Defense Attorney Harris Wood

230th DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate
Incumbent Judge Belinda Hill
-Democratic Candidate:
Assistant County Attorney Garland McInnis

232nd DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate
Incumbent Judge Mary Lou Keel
-Democratic Candidate
Defense Attorney Greg Glass

248th DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Joan Campbell
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Jim Sullivan
Defense Attorney Trent Gaither

262nd DISTRICT COURT -- Judge Mike Anderson is not seeking re-election
-Republican Candidate:
Assistant District Attorney Denise Bradley (formerly Denise Nassar)
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Thomas Berg

263rd DISTRICT COURT
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Jim Wallace
-Democratic Candidate:
Defense Attorney Alvin Nunnery

313th DISTRICT COURT (JUVENILE) -- Judge Pat Shelton is not seeking re-election
-Republican Candidates:
Defense Attorney Glenn Devlin
Attorney Fred Wilson
-Democratic Candidates:
Marc Isenberg
Natalie Oakes
J. Anthony Referente

314th DISTRICT COURT (JUVENILE)
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge John Phillips
-Democratic Candidate:
David Longoria
John Stephen Liles

315th DISTRICT COURT (JUVENILE)
-Republican Candidate:
Incumbent Judge Mike Schneider
-Democratic Candidates:
Keith Branch
Bill Thursland