Beau Miller
Beau Miller (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 190th District Court. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Miller (Democratic Party) is running for re-election for judge of the Texas 190th District Court. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.[source]
Miller completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Beau Miller earned a bachelor's degree in music education from Louisiana State University in 1995 and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2001. Miller's career experience includes working as an administrative judge, attorney, band director, and drum major. He is the founder and president of Live Consortium and a member of the State Bar of Texas’ Texas Minority Counsel Program, Houston Trial Lawyers Association, and the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts Dean’s Taskforce. He has been affiliated with the Harris County District Courts’ Civil Trial Division’s Ethics and Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Houston Bar Association.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2026)
General election
The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Texas 190th District Court
Incumbent Beau Miller (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Texas 190th District Court on March 3, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Texas 190th District Court
Aaron Adams (R) is running in the Republican primary for Texas 190th District Court on March 3, 2026.
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 190th District Court
Incumbent Beau Miller defeated Fred Shuchart in the general election for Texas 190th District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beau Miller (D) | 51.7 | 549,595 |
 | Fred Shuchart (R) | 48.3 | 513,816 | |
| Total votes: 1,063,411 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 190th District Court
Incumbent Beau Miller advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 190th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beau Miller | 100.0 | 139,551 |
| Total votes: 139,551 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 190th District Court
Fred Shuchart advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 190th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Fred Shuchart | 100.0 | 140,044 |
| Total votes: 140,044 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 190th District Court
Beau Miller defeated incumbent Debra Ibarra Mayfield in the general election for Texas 190th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beau Miller (D) | 54.4 | 643,982 |
 | Debra Ibarra Mayfield (R) | 45.6 | 539,084 | |
| Total votes: 1,183,066 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 190th District Court
Beau Miller advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 190th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beau Miller | 100.0 | 132,608 |
| Total votes: 132,608 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 190th District Court
Incumbent Debra Ibarra Mayfield advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 190th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debra Ibarra Mayfield | 100.0 | 115,440 |
| Total votes: 115,440 | |||
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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.[2]
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."[3]
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;*[4]
- 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.[2]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[2]
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Beau Miller completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Miller's responses.
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- Judge Miller has been the Presiding Judge of the 190th Judicial (Civil) District Court since January 1, 2019. As judge, he has tried 82 jury trials to verdict and 141 bench trials. Before joining the bench, Judge Miller was in private practice, representing a wide range of clients, both plaintiffs and defendants, in commercial, products liability, and Section 1983 litigation. From 2001 through 2003, he was a law clerk to The Honorable Ricardo H. Hinojosa, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. Judge Miller received his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 2001. In November of 2025, he was awarded the Harvard Mediation Intensive from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
- Judge Miller is respected for being fair, following the law, and working hard for the people of Harris County and citizens of the State of Texas. In 2024, he presided over the most jury trials of in Harris County and consistently retains the lowest number of pending cases on his docket in the civil division. Members of the Houston Bar Association have overwhelmingly rated Judge Miller as “Excellent” year over year. The Texas Association of Civil Trial Appellate Specialist selected Judge Miller as the Trial Judge of the year in 2024. In 2025, he was recognized as the Co Jurist of the Year by the Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas Foundation. In 2023, Judge Miller was the recipient of the LGBTQ Victory Fund’s leadership award.
- Judge Miller is a trusted judicial leader. Throughout his tenure as a judge, Judge Miller has served in numerous judicial leadership roles. He was unanimously elected by his fellow judges to serve as the Administrative Judge of the Harris County District Courts’ Civil Trial Division in 2022 and 2023. He co-chaired the Harris County District Courts’ Civil Trial Division’s Ethics and Continuing Legal Education Committee in 2020 and 2021, and served as the Civil District Court Liaison to the Harris County District Clerk’s office in 2019, 2020, and 2025. In addition, he served as Co-Chair of the Houston Bar Association’s 2022-2023 and 2024-2025 Civil/Appellate Bench Bar Conference Committee.
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2022
Beau Miller did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
Beau Miller is running for judge in the November 6 General Election to make sure that everyone has fair access to the courts and a fair shake when they get there. With nearly two decades of legal practice, Beau knows that when judges don’t do their jobs effectively every day, the wheels of justice grind to a halt – and grind down hard-working people with limited resources who are just trying to get their day in court. Beau is an accomplished trial attorney with deep experience in complex litigation and a track record of promoting diversity in the legal profession. He is the founder of a non-profit organization that is fighting to end the stigma of HIV in our local communities. He is a former college band geek who has stayed involved with his alma mater to keep pushing for music and arts education. Beau is a thoughtful leader who has won fights to protect vulnerable children from abuse in civil rights cases against Texas school districts. When every other institution has failed us, Beau knows the courts should always be the one place that delivers justice. That’s the kind of legal expertise, real world experience and rock-solid values we need in our judiciary and especially on the 190th Civil District Court.[5] |
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| —Beau Miller[1] | ||
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on April 14, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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
