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Beverly Armstrong
Beverly Armstrong (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 208th District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Armstrong (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 208th District Court. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Armstrong completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Beverly Armstrong was born in Beaumont, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree from Prairie View A&M University in 1990. She earned a law degree from the South Texas College of Law in 1996. Her career experience includes working as a first assistant criminal district attorney. Armstrong is affiliated with the Texas District and County's Association, the National Black Prosecutors Association, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the Harris County Democratic Party.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 208th District Court
Beverly Armstrong defeated Heather Hudson in the general election for Texas 208th District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Beverly Armstrong (D)  | 50.7 | 539,818 |
 | Heather Hudson (R) | 49.3 | 525,314 | |
| Total votes: 1,065,132 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas 208th District Court
Beverly Armstrong defeated Kimberly McTorry in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas 208th District Court on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beverly Armstrong | 52.4 | 35,832 |
| Kimberly McTorry | 47.6 | 32,586 | ||
| Total votes: 68,418 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 208th District Court
Beverly Armstrong and Kimberly McTorry advanced to a runoff. They defeated incumbent Greg Glass in the Democratic primary for Texas 208th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beverly Armstrong | 44.9 | 66,239 |
| ✔ | Kimberly McTorry | 38.8 | 57,186 | |
 | Greg Glass | 16.3 | 23,949 | |
| Total votes: 147,374 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 208th District Court
Heather Hudson advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 208th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Heather Hudson | 100.0 | 140,086 |
| Total votes: 140,086 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Beverly Armstrong completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Armstrong's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Trusted by Defense Attorneys; Respected by Judges; Supported by Law Enforcement (Houston Police Officers Union endorsement).
Strong experience has seen me successfully argue in front o the 9th Court of Appeals.- Will stem the release of habitual, violent offenders thru the lowering of bonds.
- Will Get back to holding trials so that people are not sitting for years waiting for justice, for their day in court.
- A Fair and unbiased demeanor will rule my courtroom. Each voice will be given a chance to be heard in a fair and equitable way with decisions made by following the law, in consideration of the community at large.
Explicit Bias training by the entire Judicial System.
As a judge, criminal or otherwise, it is the core responsibility to call balls and strikes fairly, within the construct of the governing laws. Period. Personal concerns with the plaintiff's attorney or defendants attorney should have no bearing on decisions.
I worked at Dow Chemical in Houston immediately after graduating. I worked there for 2 years.
Every convicted defendant must be held accountable for their actions towards the community at large.
Some are positioned to rehabilitate themselves and turn towards being a positive contributor to the community. Those people should be given every chance to make good on a "second chance."
A recent case shows a little girl was slain by a stray bullet from a person shooting at a person who'd just robbed them. The robber gets away and the shooter is now in jail for negligent homicide. There's a sense of tragedy and grief all around for the family of the deceased as well as the defendant who was victimized.
The reason that initially caught my attention was the shooting of two police officers, one of whom was killed, by a defendant out on a lowered bond by the incumbent judge. Upon further review, there appeared to be a number of other felons out in a similar manner.
Additionally, there did not seem to be any cases moving. Stalled trials means justice cannot be served. For those sitting in jail, unable to make bond, their life is on hold. In many cases, they lose their jobs, their home and other possessions. And in some cases, their families who tire of waiting. How horrible, particularly in those cases where the defendant is exonerated.
Equally horrible are the number of criminals who were out on bond and then commit additional crimes because they had not yet been tried on prior offenses. The families of the victims are left without any sense of closure
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 23, 2022
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