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Gina Benavides
Gina Benavides (Democratic Party) was a judge for Place 5 of the Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2007. She left office on December 31, 2024.
Benavides (Democratic Party) ran for election as Chief Justice of the Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Education
Benavides received her undergraduate degree in business from the University of Texas at Austin. She received her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.[1]
Career
- 2007-2024: Justice, Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals
- 2000-2007: Attorney, Gonzalez & Associates, P.C.
- 1988-2000: Attorney, Adams & Graham[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
Jaime Tijerina defeated Gina Benavides in the general election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jaime Tijerina (R) | 56.8 | 340,397 |
 | Gina Benavides (D) | 43.2 | 259,134 | |
| Total votes: 599,531 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
Gina Benavides advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gina Benavides | 100.0 | 60,462 |
| Total votes: 60,462 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
Jaime Tijerina advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jaime Tijerina | 100.0 | 88,402 |
| Total votes: 88,402 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Benavides in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5
Incumbent Gina Benavides defeated Clarissa Silva in the general election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gina Benavides (D) | 53.0 | 238,682 |
 | Clarissa Silva (R) | 47.0 | 211,308 | |
| Total votes: 449,990 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5
Incumbent Gina Benavides advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Gina Benavides |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5
Clarissa Silva advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Clarissa Silva |
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2014
- See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2014
Benavides ran for election to the Texas Supreme Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 37.6 percent of the vote. She competed against Jeffrey S. Boyd, Don Fulton and Charles E. Waterbury,.
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Judicial poll
Below are the results of the 2014 judicial poll, conducted by the State Bar of Texas, which asked attorneys to cast a vote in favor of their preferred candidate in each appellate race.[5]
| Place 7 Justice | |
| Candidate: | Votes: |
|---|---|
| Gina Benavides | 4039 |
| Jeffrey S. Boyd | 3435 |
| Don Fulton | 1207 |
| Charles E. Waterbury | 533 |
Endorsements
- Austin Black Lawyers Association[6]
- Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio[7]
- Texas AFL-CIO[8]
- Stonewall Democrats Texas[9]
- Southeast Texas Stonewall Democrats[10]
- NXNW Democrats[11]
2012
Benavides ran for the re-election to the court on appeals in 2012. She defeated judicial candidate Doug Norman in the general election on November 6, 2012, with 57.6 percent of the vote.[12][13][14]
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gina Benavides did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ 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)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State: 2014 Democratic Party Primary Election, Unofficial Results
- ↑ State Bar of Texas "Judicial Poll results," 2014
- ↑ Austin Black Lawyers Association, "2014 Endorsements," February 6, 2014
- ↑ Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio, "2014 SDSA Endorsements for the November 4th General Election," June 18, 2014
- ↑ Texas AFL-CIO, "2014 Texas AFL-CIO COPE Endorsement List," August 18, 2014
- ↑ Stonewall Democrats Texas, "2014 Statewide Candidate Endorsements," June 28, 2014
- ↑ Southeast Texas Stonewall Democrats, "2014 General Election Endorsement List," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ Travis County Democratic Club, "Travis County Democratic Club Endorsements," February 11, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Summary" Select "2012 General Election"
- ↑ Texas Democratic Party, "2012 Candidate Filing" (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results-Texas"
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