Janet Buening Heppard

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Janet Buening Heppard

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Democratic Party

Prior offices

Texas 387th District Court

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Elections and appointments

Last election

March 5, 2024

Janet Buening Heppard (Democratic Party) was a judge of the Texas 387th District Court. Buening Heppard assumed office on January 1, 2021. Buening Heppard left office on December 31, 2024.

Buening Heppard (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 387th District Court. Buening Heppard lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Texas 387th District Court

Oscar Telfair III won election in the general election for Texas 387th District Court on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Oscar Telfair III (D)	100.0	195,239

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 195,239
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas 387th District Court

Oscar Telfair III defeated Jamie Kaye Jordan in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas 387th District Court on May 28, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Oscar Telfair III	57.0	3,636
	Submit photo	Jamie Kaye Jordan	43.0	2,740

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,376
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 387th District Court

Jamie Kaye Jordan and Oscar Telfair III advanced to a runoff. They defeated incumbent Janet Buening Heppard in the Democratic primary for Texas 387th District Court on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jamie Kaye Jordan	35.2	11,836
✔	Submit photo	Oscar Telfair III	33.9	11,412
	Submit photo	Janet Buening Heppard	30.9	10,385

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,633
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Buening Heppard in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2020)

General election

General election for Texas 387th District Court

Janet Buening Heppard defeated incumbent Brenda Mullinix in the general election for Texas 387th District Court on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Janet Buening Heppard (D)	52.0	174,467
	Submit photo	Brenda Mullinix (R)	48.0	161,308

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 335,775
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 387th District Court

Janet Buening Heppard defeated Jamie Jordan in the Democratic primary for Texas 387th District Court on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Janet Buening Heppard	66.0	36,222
	Submit photo	Jamie Jordan	34.0	18,692

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,914
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 387th District Court

Incumbent Brenda Mullinix advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 387th District Court on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Brenda Mullinix	100.0	46,587

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Campaign themes

2024

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2020

Janet Buening Heppard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

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