David Singer (Texas)
David L. Singer (Democratic Party) was a judge of the Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 in Texas. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. He left office on December 31, 2022.
Singer (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 in Texas. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.
Singer was a 2016 candidate for the Texas 177th District Court in Texas.[1] He was defeated in the primary election on March 1, 2016. He also ran for the Harris County Criminal Court at Law in 2014.[2]
Biography
Singer earned his J.D. from the South Texas College of Law in 1983. Singer was an assistant district attorney with the Harris County District Attorney's Office from 1984 to 1990. He began his criminal defense practice in 1990.[3]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14
Jessica Padilla defeated Je'Rell Rogers in the general election for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jessica Padilla (R) | 50.7 | 533,823 |
 | Je'Rell Rogers (D)  | 49.3 | 519,533 | |
| Total votes: 1,053,356 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14
Je'Rell Rogers defeated incumbent David L. Singer in the Democratic primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Je'Rell Rogers | 55.5 | 77,398 |
| David L. Singer | 44.5 | 61,957 | ||
| Total votes: 139,355 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14
Jessica Padilla advanced from the Republican primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jessica Padilla | 100.0 | 131,696 |
| Total votes: 131,696 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14
David L. Singer defeated incumbent Mike Fields in the general election for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David L. Singer (D) | 54.9 | 647,813 | |
 | Mike Fields (R) | 45.1 | 531,627 | |
| Total votes: 1,179,440 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14
David L. Singer advanced from the Democratic primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David L. Singer | 100.0 | 127,941 | |
| Total votes: 127,941 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14
Incumbent Mike Fields advanced from the Republican primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Fields | 100.0 | 111,866 |
| Total votes: 111,866 | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:[4]
- be at least 25 years old;
- be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
- have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.
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.[5] Robert Johnson defeated David Singer in the Texas 177th District Court Democratic primary.[1]
| Texas 177th District Court, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Robert Johnson |
51.69% | 77,197 |
| David Singer | 48.31% | 72,153 |
| Total Votes | 149,350 | |
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Democratic Party Cumulative Report-Unofficial," accessed March 2, 2016 | ||
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Singer ran for election to the Harris County Criminal Court at Law.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He faced Mike Fields in the general election on November 4, 2014.
[2][6][7]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David L. Singer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Singer participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of local judicial candidates. The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what non-judicial legal experience qualifies him to be a judge, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | 32 years of practicing law in the Criminal Justice System as a prosecutor and defense lawyer. I have handled well over 5000 criminal cases and tried over 150 jury trials, including dozens of serious felonies, including Murders and Capital Murders.[8][9] | ” |
When asked why he was running for this particular court seat, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | The sitting judge was appointed to the bench after only 5 years with a law license.[8][9] | ” |
When asked to identify one judge, past or present, who he admires, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | John Marshall[8][9] | ” |
When asked about his primary concern regarding today's judicial system in his state, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | The lack of necessary funding for indigent defense, mental health, and substance abuse programs.[8][9] | ” |
Additional themes
Singer told Off the Kuff his campaign themes for 2016:
| “ |
All Criminal Court races are important. The quality of justice in our county depends in large part on the quality of our judges. This particular race is important because there is a drastic difference in experience between myself and the current judge. My opponent in the primary (Robert Johnson) is also relatively inexperienced. He has only been licensed for 12 years, handles less than 50% criminal cases*, has never tried a Capital Case, and has never been in law enforcement. [9] |
” |
| —David Singer (2016), [10] | ||
Endorsements
2016
Singer received the endorsement of the Houston Chronicle before the March 1 primary.[11]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Off the Kuff, "Judicial Q&A: David Singer," January 7, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)"
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Democratic Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Ballotpedia's local judicial candidate survey, 2016, "David Singer's Responses," February 18, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedkuff - ↑ Houston Chronicle, "For District judges," February 10, 2016
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