Aaron Burdette

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Aaron Burdette

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Republican Party

Texas 486th District Court

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2028

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Appointed

November 7, 2023

Aaron Burdette (Republican Party) is a judge of the Texas 486th District Court. Burdette's current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Burdette (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 486th District Court. Burdette won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Texas 486th District Court

Incumbent Aaron Burdette defeated Vivian King in the general election for Texas 486th District Court on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Aaron Burdette (R)	50.4	730,432
	Submit photo	Vivian King (D)	49.6	718,252

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,448,684
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas 486th District Court

Vivian King defeated Gemayel Haynes in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas 486th District Court on May 28, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Vivian King	54.6	23,948
	Submit photo	Gemayel Haynes	45.4	19,946

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,894
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 486th District Court

Vivian King and Gemayel Haynes advanced to a runoff. They defeated Roderick Rodgers in the Democratic primary for Texas 486th District Court on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Vivian King	49.3	73,870
✔	Submit photo	Gemayel Haynes	31.8	47,616
	Submit photo	Roderick Rodgers	18.9	28,370

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 149,856
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 486th District Court

Incumbent Aaron Burdette advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 486th District Court on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Aaron Burdette	100.0	140,356

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 140,356
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Endorsements

Burdette received the following endorsements.

• C Club of Houston
• Houston Region Business Coalition

2018

General election

General election for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 11

Sedrick Walker II defeated Aaron Burdette in the general election for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 11 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sedrick Walker II (D)	54.9	647,060
	Submit photo	Aaron Burdette (R)	45.1	532,046

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,179,106
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 11

Sedrick Walker II defeated Gus Saper in the Democratic primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 11 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sedrick Walker II	50.7	68,972
		Gus Saper	49.3	67,195

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 136,167
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 11

Aaron Burdette defeated Lori Botello in the Republican primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 11 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Aaron Burdette	68.8	84,251
	Submit photo	Lori Botello	31.2	38,199

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 122,450
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Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.

Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:

• be at least 25 years old;
• be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
• have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Footnotes

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