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Irene Alarcon Rios
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2017 - Present
2028
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Irene Alarcon Rios (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 6 of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2017. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Rios (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Place 6 judge of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Rios previously served as a judge for the Bexar County Court at Law (No. 10) in Texas. She had to step down in 2013 in order to run for election to the Fourth District Court of Appeals in 2014.[1]
Biography
Education
Rios received her undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University and her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6
Incumbent Irene Alarcon Rios defeated Todd McCray in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Irene Alarcon Rios (D) | 50.6 | 410,773 | |
 | Todd McCray (R) | 49.4 | 400,399 | |
| Total votes: 811,172 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6
Incumbent Irene Alarcon Rios advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Irene Alarcon Rios | 100.0 | 129,445 | |
| Total votes: 129,445 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6
Todd McCray advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd McCray | 100.0 | 129,604 |
| Total votes: 129,604 | |||
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Campaign finance
2016
- Main article: Texas judicial elections, 2016
Rios announced her intention to challenge incumbent Justice Jason Pulliam (R) for his seat on the Fourth District Court of Appeals. She registered as a Democrat in the 2016 election.[3] She was unopposed in the March 1 primary and faced incumbent Justice Jason Pulliam in the November general election.
Election results
November 8 general election
| Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals, Place 6, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Irene Alarcon Rios |
51.73% | 457,048 | |
| Republican | Jason Pulliam Incumbent | 48.27% | 426,468 | |
| Total Votes (100% reporting) | 883,516 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
March 1 primary election
| Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Irene Alarcon Rios (unopposed) |
100.00% | 142,369 | |
| Total Votes (100% Reporting) | 142,369 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Rios ran for election to the Fourth District Court of Appeals.
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 44.5 percent of the vote. She competed against Sandee Marion.
[4][5]
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.[6]
| Chief Justice | |
| Candidate: | Votes: |
|---|---|
| Sandee Marion | 940 |
| Irene Alarcon Rios | 347 |
2010
Rios was unopposed in the election to the Bexar County Court at Law.[7]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Irene Alarcon Rios did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Directory of Trial Courts by County," February 27, 2014
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Irene Alarcon-Rio," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 19, 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)" (Search "Atascosa")
- ↑ State Bar of Texas, "Judicial Poll results," accessed December 1, 2014
- ↑ Bexar County, "Democratic Primary Election Results, 3/2/10"
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