Jennifer Peña
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2019 - Present
2026
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Jennifer Peña (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 290th District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Peña (Democratic Party) won re-election for judge of the Texas 290th District Court outright after the general election on November 8, 2022, was canceled.
Biography
Jennifer Pena received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law.[1] Pena is an attorney who started her own practice in 2009. She served as a prosecutor in Cameron County and Bexar County. She taught American law at the Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo in Guayaquil, Ecuador after she graduated law school.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Jennifer Peña won election in the general election for Texas 290th District Court.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 290th District Court
Incumbent Jennifer Peña advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 290th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Peña | 100.0 | 81,640 | |
| Total votes: 81,640 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 290th District Court
Jennifer Peña defeated incumbent Melisa Skinner in the general election for Texas 290th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Peña (D) | 56.9 | 304,142 | |
| Melisa Skinner (R) | 43.1 | 230,221 | ||
| Total votes: 534,363 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 290th District Court
Jennifer Peña defeated Stephanie Brown in the Democratic primary for Texas 290th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jennifer Peña | 74.2 | 55,897 | |
| Stephanie Brown | 25.8 | 19,435 | ||
| Total votes: 75,332 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 290th District Court
Incumbent Melisa Skinner advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 290th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Melisa Skinner | 100.0 | 50,861 | |
| Total votes: 50,861 | |||
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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.[2]
Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:[2]
- 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.
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Pena ran for election to the 290th District Court.
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 47.2 percent of the vote. She competed against Melisa Skinner.
[3][4][5]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jennifer Peña did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jennifer Pena for Judge, "About Jennifer," archived August 15, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ 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 "Bexar")
- ↑ Bexar County, "Primary Election Statistics," March 11, 2014
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