Joseph P. Appelt
Joseph P. Appelt (Republican Party) ran for election for the Precinct 3 Place 1 judge of the Bexar County Justice of the Peace in Texas. Appelt lost in the Republican primary runoff on May 24, 2022.
Biography
Joseph P. Appelt received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1987 and his J.D. from St. Mary's Law School in 1994.[1][2]Appelt practices law at his own law firm, which he began after graduating from law school in 1994.[1] Since August 2013, he has also served as an alternate municipal court judge for the Devine Municipal Court in Devine, Texas.[3]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Bexar County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1
Julie Bray Patterson defeated Paul Talamantez Jr. in the general election for Bexar County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Julie Bray Patterson (R) | 55.1 | 105,615 |
| Paul Talamantez Jr. (D) | 44.9 | 86,031 | ||
| Total votes: 191,646 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Bexar County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1
Julie Bray Patterson defeated Joseph P. Appelt in the Republican primary runoff for Bexar County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julie Bray Patterson | 59.4 | 14,283 |
| Joseph P. Appelt | 40.6 | 9,760 | ||
| Total votes: 24,043 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Bexar County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1
Paul Talamantez Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Bexar County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Paul Talamantez Jr. | 100.0 | 22,243 | |
| Total votes: 22,243 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Bexar County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1
Julie Bray Patterson and Joseph P. Appelt advanced to a runoff. They defeated Carla Riedl and Duane Weeks in the Republican primary for Bexar County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julie Bray Patterson | 37.5 | 13,225 |
| ✔ | Joseph P. Appelt | 24.4 | 8,611 | |
| Carla Riedl | 19.2 | 6,780 | ||
 | Duane Weeks | 18.8 | 6,631 | |
| Total votes: 35,247 | |||
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 37th District Court
Nicole Garza defeated Joseph P. Appelt in the general election for Texas 37th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nicole Garza (D) | 58.6 | 431,259 | |
| Joseph P. Appelt (R) | 41.4 | 304,218 | ||
| Total votes: 735,477 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 37th District Court
Nicole Garza defeated incumbent Michael Edward Mery in the Democratic primary for Texas 37th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nicole Garza | 71.2 | 109,166 | |
 | Michael Edward Mery | 28.8 | 44,083 | |
| Total votes: 153,249 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 37th District Court
Joseph P. Appelt advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 37th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph P. Appelt | 100.0 | 70,981 | |
| Total votes: 70,981 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 288th District Court
Cynthia Marie Chapa defeated Clint Lawson in the general election for Texas 288th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Marie Chapa (D) | 58.0 | 309,709 | |
 | Clint Lawson (R) | 42.0 | 224,309 | |
| Total votes: 534,018 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 288th District Court
Cynthia Marie Chapa defeated Aida Rojas and Milton Fagin in the Democratic primary for Texas 288th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Marie Chapa | 51.0 | 38,980 | |
| Aida Rojas | 36.9 | 28,178 | ||
 | Milton Fagin | 12.1 | 9,275 | |
| Total votes: 76,433 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 288th District Court
Clint Lawson defeated Joseph P. Appelt in the Republican primary for Texas 288th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clint Lawson | 56.4 | 30,922 |
| Joseph P. Appelt | 43.6 | 23,894 | ||
| Total votes: 54,816 | |||
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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.[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.
2014
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Appelt ran for election to the 45th District Court. He was defeated in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 45.1 percent of the vote. He competed against Stephani Walsh.[5][6][7]
2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Appelt ran for election to the 57th District Court and was defeated by incumbent Antonia Arteaga.[8][9]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joseph P. Appelt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Joseph P. Appelt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Awards and associations
- Member, National Rifle Association
- Member, Antonian Alumni Association
- Member, Alamo Pachyderm Club
- Member, San Antonio Bar Association
- Volunteer, Community Justice Program: Pro Bono family law cases
- Volunteer/participant, fundraiser for Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program
- Volunteer/participant, fundraiser for Special Olympics
- Volunteer, National Mock Trial Competition: Judge
- Volunteer, Assistant Coach with CYO T-Ball[2]
Noteworthy events
Candidate caught on tape defacing opponent's campaign signs (2014)
In the race for judge of the 45th District Court, Appelt was apparently captured on video using a razor to cut through duct tape that was used to repair a campaign sign for his opponent, Stephani Walsh. Walsh claimed her son and husband put up a camera after they found that their campaign signs in the area near Appelt's home were missing. In addition to footage that seemed to show Appelt destroying one of the signs, other footage captured a teenage girl taking down a sign and discarding it in some bushes, as well as a person in a hooded sweatshirt and glasses who resembled Appelt, defacing another sign.[10]
According to Appelt, the sign he was caught defacing had been up for 2 years. He said,
| “ | I could get into the legality of a 2-year old sign for a court that neither one of us is running for, but the bottom line is: would I have handled this differently? Absolutely.[10][11] | ” |
After confirming the incident, the San Antonio Police Officers' Association pulled their endorsement of Appelt. The president of the association, Mike Helle, said the group can't endorse a candidate who behaved in such a manner.[10]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Antonio Express News, Judicial Questionnaire
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joseph P. Appelt For Judge, Campaign Website
- ↑ City of Devine: Minutes Special Council Meeting, August 6, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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 Texas, "Primary Election Results," March 4, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
- ↑ woai.com-District Judge, 57th Judicial District (dead link)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 San Antonio Express-News, "Judge hopeful caught defacing rival's signs loses endorsement," February 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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