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Bonnie Lee Goldstein
2021 - Present
2026
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Bonnie Lee Goldstein (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 3 of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2021. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Goldstein (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Place 6 judge of the Texas Supreme Court. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Bonnie Lee Goldstein earned a B.A. from Hood College in 1984, with a double major in law and society (pre-law) and Spanish, and a J.D. from The George Washington University, The National Law Center in 1990. Goldstein's career experience includes working at the law firm of Vial, Hamilton, Koch and Knox in Dallas and working as a solo practitioner, representing cities as a city attorney and municipal court prosecutor. Goldstein was elected to the 44th Judicial District Court, where she served as presiding judge. Goldstein also served as a municipal court judge for the cities of Cockrell Hill, Dallas, Royse City, and the Town of New Hope.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 6
Incumbent Jane Bland defeated Bonnie Lee Goldstein and David Roberson in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jane Bland (R) | 56.2 | 6,145,167 |
 | Bonnie Lee Goldstein (D) | 40.5 | 4,425,189 | |
 | David Roberson (L) | 3.3 | 355,485 | |
| Total votes: 10,925,841 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6
Bonnie Lee Goldstein defeated Joe Pool Jr. in the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bonnie Lee Goldstein | 73.1 | 646,690 |
 | Joe Pool Jr. | 26.9 | 237,465 | |
| Total votes: 884,155 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6
Incumbent Jane Bland advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jane Bland | 100.0 | 1,690,507 |
| Total votes: 1,690,507 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 6
David Roberson advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on April 14, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | David Roberson (L) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Goldstein received the following endorsements.
2020
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Bonnie Lee Goldstein defeated incumbent David Evans in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bonnie Lee Goldstein (D) | 52.3 | 819,697 |
| David Evans (R) | 47.7 | 746,875 | ||
| Total votes: 1,566,572 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Bonnie Lee Goldstein advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bonnie Lee Goldstein | 100.0 | 274,578 |
| Total votes: 274,578 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Incumbent David Evans advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Evans | 100.0 | 179,473 | |
| Total votes: 179,473 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas 44th District Court
Incumbent Bonnie Lee Goldstein won election in the general election for Texas 44th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bonnie Lee Goldstein (D) | 100.0 | 483,904 |
| Total votes: 483,904 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 44th District Court
Incumbent Bonnie Lee Goldstein advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 44th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bonnie Lee Goldstein | 100.0 | 97,209 |
| Total votes: 97,209 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Goldstein ran for election to the 44th District Court.
Primary: She was successful in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 65.9 percent of the vote. She competed against Carlos Cortez.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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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.[5]
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."[6]
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;*[7]
- 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.[5]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[5]
2010
Goldstein was defeated by incumbent Republican Lana Myers in the November 2 general election for the 5th District Court of Appeals (Place 4).[8]
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2010
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bonnie Lee Goldstein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Bonnie Lee Goldstein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Education
Goldstein received her J.D. from the National Law Center at George Washington University in 1990.[9]
Career
Prior to her judicial election, Goldstein was the presiding municipal judge for Royse City. She also worked in the following capacities:
- City attorney, Cities of Princeton and Pecan Hill
- Prosecutor, City of Balch Springs
- Legal counsel, Mexican Consulate in Houston
- Municipal court judge, City of Cockrell Hill[9]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas Supreme Court Place 6 |
Officeholder Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 3 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Judicial Branch, "Justice Bonnie Lee Goldstein," accessed February 7, 2024
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Dallas")
- ↑ Dallas County Board of Elections, "Democratic Party Primary Election March 4, 2014," March 11, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2010 General Election," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Official campaign website of Bonnie Lee Goldstein, "Qualifications," archived November 17, 2014
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