Jan Ischy-Prins
Jan Ischy-Prins (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 187th District Court. Ischy-Prins lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Ischy-Prins was previously a 2016 candidate for the Texas 399th District Court in Texas.[1] Ischy-Prins lost in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Jan Ischy-Prins earned a bachelor's degree from Schreiner University and a J.D. degree from the South Texas College of Law. Ischy-Prins is a prosecutor for Bexar County. She previously ran her own law practice in San Antonio. Ischy-Prins also taught criminal law at the University of Texas at San Antonio.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas 187th District Court
Stephanie R. Boyd defeated Karl Alexander in the general election for Texas 187th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stephanie R. Boyd (D) | 58.7 | 313,388 |
 | Karl Alexander (R) | 41.3 | 220,475 | |
| Total votes: 533,863 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas 187th District Court
Karl Alexander defeated incumbent Joey Contreras in the Republican primary runoff for Texas 187th District Court on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karl Alexander | 55.6 | 13,759 |
 | Joey Contreras | 44.4 | 11,002 | |
| Total votes: 24,761 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 187th District Court
Stephanie R. Boyd advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 187th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie R. Boyd | 100.0 | 68,885 |
| Total votes: 68,885 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 187th District Court
Karl Alexander and incumbent Joey Contreras advanced to a runoff. They defeated Virginia Maurer, Veronica Legarreta, and Jan Ischy-Prins in the Republican primary for Texas 187th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karl Alexander | 32.0 | 18,092 |
| ✔ | | Joey Contreras | 24.0 | 13,575 |
| Virginia Maurer | 19.4 | 10,977 | ||
| Veronica Legarreta | 13.4 | 7,568 | ||
 | Jan Ischy-Prins | 11.1 | 6,268 | |
| Total votes: 56,480 | |||
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2016
Texas held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote.[3] Jan Ischy-Prins ran unopposed in the Texas 399th District Court Republican primary.[1]
| Texas 399th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jan Ischy-Prins (unopposed) |
100.00% | 82,485 |
| Total Votes | 82,485 | |
| Source: Bexar County, Texas, "2016 Joint Primary Elections," accessed March 2, 2016 | ||
Frank Castro defeated Jan Ischy-Prins in the Texas 399th District Court general election.
| Texas 399th District Court, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Frank Castro |
55.10% | 311,572 | |
| Republican | Jan Ischy-Prins | 44.90% | 253,914 | |
| Total Votes | 565,486 | |||
| Source: Bexar County, Texas, "Official Results," November 16, 2016 | ||||
Endorsements
Ischy-Prins received the endorsement of the San Antonio Express-News.[2]
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:[4]
- be at least 25 years old;
- be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
- have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.
Campaign themes
2016
Ischy-Prins' campaign website included the following themes:
| “ |
Each case must be evaluated based on it’s own merits. Only after a complete evaluation should any decision be made. However, we cannot be a “one-mistake community.” On the other hand, criminal trial courts must protect our community from dangerous and habitual offenders. This means that when a normally law abiding citizen makes a mistake resulting in a legal violation, he should be held accountable, but be quickly returned to his family, work and our community to achieve his potential as a law abiding, hard working, tax paying, good citizen of Bexar County; what I refer to as “Restorative Justice.” BUT… When a person commits a dangerous crime or habitually commits crimes putting our families and community at risk, the Court should protect our families and community by separating such person from us by placing them in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice System, also known as “prison.” Restorative Justice and Protection are the hallmarks of my criminal justice philosophy.[2][5] |
” |
| —Jan Ischy-Prins (2016) | ||
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Texas Secretary of State Elections Division
- Texas Judicial Branch
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jan4Judge.com, "Jan Ischy-Prins for Judge," accessed October 13, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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
