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Debra Ibarra Mayfield
Debra Ibarra Mayfield (Republican Party) was a judge of the Texas 190th District Court. She left office in 2018.
Mayfield (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 190th District Court. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Mayfield previously served on the Harris County Civil Court at Law from 2011 to 2015.[1] She was also the judge for the 165th Judicial District from 2015 to 2016. She was appointed to that position by Abbott on May 5, 2015, and confirmed by the Texas State Senate on May 30, 2015.[2] She was defeated for election to the District 165 seat in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Mayfield earned a B.A. from Texas A&M University and a J.D. from the South Texas College of Law.[3]
At the time of her appointment to the bench in 2017, Mayfield was the senior in-house counsel for Enterprise Products Partners L.P. Her experience also includes service as the president and a board member for the Mexican American Bar Association of Houston, the vice president and an advisory board member for the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, a trustee of the Houston Realty Business Coalition, and a member of the boards of the Association of Women Attorneys, Texas Executive Women, and the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans.[3]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas 190th District Court
Beau Miller defeated incumbent Debra Ibarra Mayfield in the general election for Texas 190th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Beau Miller (D) | 54.4 | 643,982 |
 | Debra Ibarra Mayfield (R) | 45.6 | 539,084 | |
| Total votes: 1,183,066 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 190th District Court
Beau Miller advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 190th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beau Miller | 100.0 | 132,608 |
| Total votes: 132,608 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 190th District Court
Incumbent Debra Ibarra Mayfield advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 190th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debra Ibarra Mayfield | 100.0 | 115,440 |
| Total votes: 115,440 | |||
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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.[4] Incumbent Debra Ibarra Mayfield ran unopposed in the Texas 165th District Court Republican primary.[5]
| Texas 165th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Debra Ibarra Mayfield Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 202,411 |
| Total Votes | 202,411 | |
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Republican Party Cumulative Report-Unofficial," accessed March 2, 2016 | ||
Ursula Hall defeated incumbent Debra Ibarra Mayfield in the Texas 165th District Court general election.
| Texas 165th District Court, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ursula Hall |
51.01% | 647,172 | |
| Republican | Debra Ibarra Mayfield Incumbent | 48.99% | 621,668 | |
| Total Votes | 1,268,840 | |||
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Election Results," accessed December 9, 2016 | ||||
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Mayfield ran for re-election to the Harris County Civil Court at Law.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Mayfield ran for election to the county court at law on November 6, 2012, and defeated challenger Erica Graham with 50 percent of the vote.[8]
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.[9]
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."[10]
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;*[11]
- 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.[9]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[9]
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1, "Judge Debra Ibarra Mayfield, Court 1," accessed September 15, 2017
- ↑ Office of the Texas Governor - Greg Abbott, "Governor Abbott Appoints Mayfield as Judge of 165th Judicial District Court," May 5, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 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)"
- ↑ Harris County Clerk's Office, "Harris County, Texas — General and Special Elections Results — November 04, 2014," accessed May 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 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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State courts:
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State resources:
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