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Daryl Moore
Daryl Moore was a judge of the Texas 333rd District Court. He left office on December 31, 2020.
Moore (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 333rd District Court. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.
Moore was a 2014 candidate for the 334th District Court in Harris County, Texas.[1]
Education
Moore earned his B.A. from the University of Texas in 1985, and his J.D. from the South Texas College of Law in 1989. He later received an M.L.A. from Houston Baptist University in 2008.[2]
Career
Moore is a private practice attorney based in Houston. He has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, the South Texas College of Law and the University of Texas Law School.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 333rd District Court
Brittanye Morris won election in the general election for Texas 333rd District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brittanye Morris (D) | 100.0 | 1,013,417 | |
| Total votes: 1,013,417 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 333rd District Court
Brittanye Morris defeated incumbent Daryl Moore in the Democratic primary for Texas 333rd District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brittanye Morris | 61.4 | 151,780 | |
 | Daryl Moore | 38.6 | 95,605 | |
| Total votes: 247,385 | |||
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2016
Texas held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote.[3] Daryl Moore defeated Lisa Ketai in the Texas 333rd District Court Democratic primary.[4]
| Texas 333rd District Court, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Daryl Moore |
50.72% | 76,643 |
| Lisa Ketai | 49.28% | 74,455 |
| Total Votes | 151,098 | |
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Democratic Party Cumulative Report-Unofficial," accessed March 2, 2016 | ||
Daryl Moore defeated incumbent Joseph Halbach Jr. in the Texas 333rd District Court general election.
| Texas 333rd District Court, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Daryl Moore |
51.74% | 655,463 | |
| Republican | Joseph Halbach Jr. Incumbent | 48.26% | 611,491 | |
| Total Votes | 1,266,954 | |||
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Election Results," accessed December 9, 2016 | ||||
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]
2014
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Moore ran for election to the 334th 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 45.2 percent of the vote. He competed against Grant Dorfman.[1][8][9]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Daryl Moore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official website of the Harris County District Courts
- Campaign website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Moore for Justice, "Home," accessed February 19, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 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, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Harris")
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Democratic Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014 (dead link)
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
