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Alex Kim
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2019 - Present
2026
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Alex Kim (Republican Party) is a judge of the Texas 323rd District Court. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Kim (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 323rd District Court. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Alex Kim lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He earned a J.D. from Texas A&M University School of Law in 2006. Kim’s career experience includes working as an attorney at his own practice, Alexander Kim Attorney at Law, PLLC.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 323rd District Court
Incumbent Alex Kim defeated Frank Adler in the general election for Texas 323rd District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Kim (R) | 53.5 | 309,501 | |
| Frank Adler (D) | 46.5 | 269,076 | ||
| Total votes: 578,577 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 323rd District Court
Frank Adler advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 323rd District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frank Adler | 100.0 | 64,205 | |
| Total votes: 64,205 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 323rd District Court
Incumbent Alex Kim defeated Pia Lederman in the Republican primary for Texas 323rd District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Kim | 64.1 | 69,949 | |
| Pia Lederman | 35.9 | 39,091 | ||
| Total votes: 109,040 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 323rd District Court
Alex Kim defeated James Teel in the general election for Texas 323rd District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Kim (R) | 51.7 | 314,945 | |
| James Teel (D) | 48.3 | 293,823 | ||
| Total votes: 608,768 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 323rd District Court
James Teel advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 323rd District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Teel | 100.0 | 61,161 | |
| Total votes: 61,161 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 323rd District Court
Alex Kim defeated Riley Shaw in the Republican primary for Texas 323rd District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Kim | 55.2 | 49,343 | |
| Riley Shaw | 44.8 | 40,083 | ||
| Total votes: 89,426 | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[3]
Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."[4]
Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:
- a U.S. citizen;
- a resident of Texas;
- licensed to practice law in the state;
- between the ages of 25 and 75;*[5]
- a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
- a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.[3]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Alex Kim did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Alex Kim for Tarrant County 323rd District Court, "Meet Alex Kim," accessed March 6, 2018
- ↑ Fort Worth and Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyer Alex Kim, "Our Staff," accessed March 6, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas
