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Gabe Quintanilla
Gabe Quintanilla (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 399th District Court. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.
Quintanilla was a 2016 candidate for the 408th District Court in Texas.[1] Quintanilla lost in a primary runoff election on May 24, 2016.
Biography
Gabe Quintanilla earned his B.A. in government and his J.D. from the University of Texas.[2]
Quintanilla began working as a juvenile case manager attorney for the City of San Antonio in 2009. He previously worked as an attorney with The Law Office of Pat Maloney.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 399th District Court
Incumbent Frank Castro defeated Walden Shelton in the general election for Texas 399th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Frank Castro (D) | 58.5 | 430,226 |
 | Walden Shelton (R) | 41.5 | 305,770 | |
| Total votes: 735,996 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 399th District Court
Incumbent Frank Castro defeated Gabe Quintanilla in the Democratic primary for Texas 399th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Castro | 56.0 | 83,032 |
| Gabe Quintanilla | 44.0 | 65,315 | ||
| Total votes: 148,347 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 399th District Court
Walden Shelton advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 399th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Walden Shelton | 100.0 | 70,899 |
| Total votes: 70,899 | |||
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2016
Angelica Jimenez defeated Gabe Quintanilla in the Texas 408th District Court Democratic primary runoff.
| Texas 408th District Court, Democratic Primary Runoff, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Angelica Jimenez |
56.35% | 9,424 |
| Gabe Quintanilla | 43.65% | 7,299 |
| Total Votes | 16,723 | |
| Source: Bexar County, Texas, "Primary Runoff Elections," accessed May 24, 2016 | ||
| Texas 408th District Court, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Angelica Jimenez |
38.18% | 35,805 |
| Gabe Quintanilla |
25.64% | 24,045 |
| Kristal Thomson | 17.24% | 16,168 |
| Milton Fagin | 9.59% | 8,996 |
| Virgil Yanta | 9.35% | 8,771 |
| Total Votes | 93,785 | |
| Source: Bexar County, Texas, "2016 Joint Primary Elections," accessed March 2, 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.[3]
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."[4]
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;*[5]
- 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.[3]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[3]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gabe Quintanilla did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Gabe Quintanilla," accessed February 24, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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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