Joel Perez

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Joel Perez

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Democratic Party

Texas 437th District Court

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Melisa Skinner

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas

Law

University of Texas Law

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Campaign website

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Joel Perez (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 437th District Court. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Perez (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 437th District Court. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Joel Perez earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas in 1985 and a J.D. degree from the University of Texas Law School in 1988. His career experience includes working as a special prosecutor for Bexar County and owning his private practice of law.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2022)

General election

General election for Texas 437th District Court

Joel Perez defeated incumbent Melisa Skinner in the general election for Texas 437th District Court on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joel Perez (D)	55.6	289,246
	Submit photo	Melisa Skinner (R)	44.4	230,644

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 519,890
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 437th District Court

Joel Perez defeated Scott Simpson in the Democratic primary for Texas 437th District Court on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joel Perez	76.8	64,405
	Submit photo	Scott Simpson	23.2	19,455

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,860
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 437th District Court

Incumbent Melisa Skinner advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 437th District Court on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Melisa Skinner	100.0	65,784

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,784
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2018

General election

General election for Texas 226th District Court

Velia Meza defeated Todd McCray in the general election for Texas 226th District Court on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Velia Meza (D)	57.3	305,545
		Todd McCray (R)	42.7	227,963

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 533,508
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas 226th District Court

Todd McCray defeated Libby Wiedermann in the Republican primary runoff for Texas 226th District Court on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd McCray	50.5	12,417
	Submit photo	Libby Wiedermann	49.5	12,178

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,595
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 226th District Court

Velia Meza defeated Joel Perez in the Democratic primary for Texas 226th District Court on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Velia Meza	65.9	49,552
	Submit photo	Joel Perez	34.1	25,688

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,240
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 226th District Court

Libby Wiedermann and Todd McCray advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kristen Mulliner and David P. Martin in the Republican primary for Texas 226th District Court on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Libby Wiedermann	27.6	15,339
✔		Todd McCray	26.7	14,828
	Submit photo	Kristen Mulliner	23.7	13,195
	Submit photo	David P. Martin	22.0	12,209

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,571
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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.

Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:

• 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.

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2022

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