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Chuck Silverman
Chuck Silverman (Democratic Party) was a judge of the Texas 183rd District Court. He assumed office in 2019. He left office on December 31, 2022.
Silverman (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Place 3 judge of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Silverman received both his undergraduate degree and J.D. from Tulane University. Silverman has worked in private practice and as General Counsel for a large cookware manufacturer.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Chad Bridges defeated Velda Faulkner in the general election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chad Bridges (R)  | 54.0 | 1,202,180 |
| Velda Faulkner (D) | 46.0 | 1,024,078 | ||
| Total votes: 2,226,258 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Velda Faulkner defeated incumbent Jerry Zimmerer in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Velda Faulkner | 58.5 | 31,143 | |
 | Jerry Zimmerer | 41.5 | 22,055 | |
| Total votes: 53,198 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Velda Faulkner and incumbent Jerry Zimmerer advanced to a runoff. They defeated Chuck Silverman and Mark Ritchie in the Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Velda Faulkner | 45.9 | 94,727 | |
| ✔ | | Jerry Zimmerer | 23.4 | 48,201 |
| Chuck Silverman | 18.7 | 38,673 | ||
| Mark Ritchie | 12.0 | 24,726 | ||
| Total votes: 206,327 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Chad Bridges advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chad Bridges | 100.0 | 266,064 |
| Total votes: 266,064 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Silverman in this election.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 183rd District Court
Kristin Guiney defeated Gemayel Haynes in the general election for Texas 183rd District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kristin Guiney (R) | 50.1 | 534,707 | |
| Gemayel Haynes (D) | 49.9 | 532,031 | ||
| Total votes: 1,066,738 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 183rd District Court
Gemayel Haynes defeated incumbent Chuck Silverman in the Democratic primary for Texas 183rd District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gemayel Haynes | 54.7 | 80,833 | |
| Chuck Silverman | 45.3 | 67,036 | ||
| Total votes: 147,869 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 183rd District Court
Kristin Guiney advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 183rd District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kristin Guiney | 100.0 | 141,563 | |
| Total votes: 141,563 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 183rd District Court
Chuck Silverman defeated incumbent Vanessa Velasquez in the general election for Texas 183rd District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chuck Silverman (D) | 53.8 | 636,684 | |
| Vanessa Velasquez (R) | 46.2 | 547,537 | ||
| Total votes: 1,184,221 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 183rd District Court
Chuck Silverman advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 183rd District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chuck Silverman | 100.0 | 132,949 | |
| Total votes: 132,949 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 183rd District Court
Incumbent Vanessa Velasquez advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 183rd District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Vanessa Velasquez | 100.0 | 115,483 | |
| Total votes: 115,483 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Silverman ran for election to the 208th District Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 44.5 percent of the vote. He competed against Denise Collins.
[2]
2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Silverman ran for the Texas First District Court of Appeals. He was defeated by incumbent Harvey Brown in the general election on November 6, 2012.[3]
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.[4]
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."[5]
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;*[6]
- 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.[4]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[4]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Chuck Silverman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Chuck Silverman 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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Footnotes
- ↑ Judicial Q&A, Feb. 1, 2010
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Democratic Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
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