Greg Hitt
Greg Hitt (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 459th District Court. Hitt lost in the Democratic primary on March 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas 459th District Court
Maya Guerra Gamble won election in the general election for Texas 459th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Maya Guerra Gamble (D) | 100.0 | 349,347 |
| Total votes: 349,347 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas 459th District Court
Maya Guerra Gamble defeated Aurora Martinez Jones in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas 459th District Court on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maya Guerra Gamble | 51.2 | 25,229 |
 | Aurora Martinez Jones | 48.8 | 24,067 | |
| Total votes: 49,296 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 459th District Court
Aurora Martinez Jones and Maya Guerra Gamble advanced to a runoff. They defeated Greg Hitt in the Democratic primary for Texas 459th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aurora Martinez Jones | 45.6 | 45,433 |
| ✔ | | Maya Guerra Gamble | 37.6 | 37,471 |
| Greg Hitt | 16.7 | 16,675 | ||
| Total votes: 99,579 | |||
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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.[1]
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."[2]
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;*[3]
- 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.[1]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[1]
See also
- Courts in Texas
- Local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2018)
External links
Footnotes
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
