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Dib Waldrip
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Dib Waldrip is a judge of the Texas 433rd District Court.
Waldrip (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 8 judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. He lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Biography
Dibrell "Dib" Waldrip earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University and a Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University in 1990. Waldrip’s career experience includes working as assistant commander and attorney with the 81st Judicial District Narcotics Task Force and staff counsel with the Eighth Court of Appeals.[1][2]
He was the founding president of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Comal County, which describes itself as, “a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization supported by a local community that provides a child-friendly, non-institutional forensic interview to children that allege abuse" and "help[s] to coordinate all local agencies that take a role in the investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse cases.”[3] Waldrip was appointed to serve as the first criminal district attorney of Comal County, Texas.[4]
Elections
2018
- See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2018
General election
General election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8
Michelle Slaughter defeated Mark Ash in the general election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Slaughter (R) | 74.7 | 4,760,576 |
 | Mark Ash (L) | 25.3 | 1,614,119 | |
| Total votes: 6,374,695 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8
Michelle Slaughter defeated Jay Brandon and Dib Waldrip in the Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Slaughter | 52.8 | 666,763 |
| Jay Brandon | 30.7 | 387,751 | ||
 | Dib Waldrip | 16.4 | 207,209 | |
| Total votes: 1,261,723 | |||
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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]
2012
Waldrip was re-elected without opposition to the 433rd District Court.[8]
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Education
Waldrip received his undergraduate degree from Texas A & M University and his J.D. from St. Mary's University.[9][10]
See also
External links
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- Office website
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
- LinkedIn page
- Comal County District Courts
Footnotes
- ↑ Vote Judge Dib Waldrip, "About Judge Waldrip," accessed February 2, 2018
- ↑ Vote Judge Dib Waldrip, "Qualifications," accessed February 2, 2018
- ↑ Children’s Advocacy Center of Comal County, "Children’s Advocacy Center of Comal County," accessed February 2, 2018
- ↑ Texas State Directory Online, "The Honorable Dibrell "Dib" Waldrip," accessed February 2, 2018
- ↑ 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, "2012 General Election Summary" Select "2012 General Election"
- ↑ Texas Bar Association, "Dibrell Waldrip"
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Dibrell W. Waldrip"
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
