JaPaula Kemp
2025 - Present
2028
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JaPaula Kemp (Democratic Party) is a judge for Precinct 2 Place 2 of the Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace in Texas. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Kemp (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Precinct 2 Place 2 judge of the Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace in Texas. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
JaPaula Kemp was born in Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1999. She earned a law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2003.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2
JaPaula Kemp defeated John Placette in the general election for Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | JaPaula Kemp (D) | 60.5 | 55,345 |
| John Placette (R) | 39.5 | 36,160 | ||
| Total votes: 91,505 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2
JaPaula Kemp defeated incumbent Michael Moore in the Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | JaPaula Kemp | 52.3 | 6,434 |
| Michael Moore | 47.7 | 5,863 | ||
| Total votes: 12,297 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2
John Placette advanced from the Republican primary for Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Placette | 100.0 | 7,372 | |
| Total votes: 7,372 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kemp in this election.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1
Incumbent Chris Morales defeated JaPaula Kemp in the general election for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Morales (R) | 51.3 | 124,417 |
| JaPaula Kemp (D) | 48.7 | 118,162 | |
| Total votes: 242,579 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1
JaPaula Kemp defeated Lewis White in the Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | JaPaula Kemp | 62.1 | 21,186 |
 | Lewis White | 37.9 | 12,954 | |
| Total votes: 34,140 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1
Incumbent Chris Morales advanced from the Republican primary for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Morales | 100.0 | 33,211 |
| Total votes: 33,211 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
JaPaula Kemp did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
JaPaula Kemp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kemp's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am running for Judge with 18 years of legal experience.
- I am committed to upholding the law and being fair and impartial.
- I am also committed to striving for best practices, best outcomes and effective intervention for juvenile offenders.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 22, 2022
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