Brad Hart
2025 - Present
2030
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Brad Hart (Republican Party) is a judge for Place 8 of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Hart (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 8 judge of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Hart received his undergraduate degree from Baylor University in 1993. He earned his J.D. from the South Texas College of Law in 1997. From 1997 until his appointment as judge of the Texas District 230, Hart worked for the Harris County District Attorney's office. He served the office in numerous capacities during that time. In 2006, he was promoted to Felony District Court Chief.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8
Brad Hart defeated incumbent Margaret Poissant in the general election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brad Hart (R) | 52.8 | 1,172,530 |
 | Margaret Poissant (D) | 47.2 | 1,046,091 | |
| Total votes: 2,218,621 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8
Incumbent Margaret Poissant advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Poissant | 100.0 | 187,860 |
| Total votes: 187,860 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8
Brad Hart advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Hart | 100.0 | 262,130 |
| Total votes: 262,130 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 230th District Court
Incumbent Chris Morton defeated Brad Hart in the general election for Texas 230th District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Morton (D) | 51.3 | 545,251 |
| Brad Hart (R) | 48.7 | 517,531 | |
| Total votes: 1,062,782 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 230th District Court
Incumbent Chris Morton defeated Joseph Sanchez in the Democratic primary for Texas 230th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Morton | 60.9 | 88,672 |
| Joseph Sanchez | 39.1 | 56,878 | ||
| Total votes: 145,550 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 230th District Court
Brad Hart advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 230th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Hart | 100.0 | 139,118 |
| Total votes: 139,118 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 230th District Court
Chris Morton defeated incumbent Brad Hart in the general election for Texas 230th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Morton (D) | 55.1 | 651,252 |
| Brad Hart (R) | 44.9 | 530,881 | |
| Total votes: 1,182,133 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 230th District Court
Chris Morton advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 230th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Morton | 100.0 | 132,011 |
| Total votes: 132,011 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 230th District Court
Incumbent Brad Hart advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 230th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Hart | 100.0 | 114,961 |
| Total votes: 114,961 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Hart ran for re-election to the 230th District Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He defeated Greg Glass in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 54.7 percent of the vote.
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2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Hart ran for election to the 339th District Court and was defeated by incumbent Maria T. Jackson.[5][6]
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.[7]
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."[8]
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;*[9]
- 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.[7]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[7]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Brad Hart did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Brad Hart did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8 |
Officeholder Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Brad Hart for Judge campaign website, "About Brad," accessed November 21, 2014
- ↑ 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 "Harris")
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Republican Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "General Election Summary," 2012 Select "2012 General Election"
- ↑ Harris County, Texas, "General Elections Results," 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 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
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Margaret Poissant (D) |
Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 8 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Texas 230th District Court -2018 |
Succeeded by - |
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
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