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Julia Maldonado
Julia Maldonado (Democratic Party) was a judge of the Texas 507th District Court. She left office on December 31, 2024.
Maldonado (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 507th District Court. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Julia Maldonado was born in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.[1] Maldonado earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from University of Houston-Downtown and a J.D. from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law.[1][2] Her career experience includes founding the J. Maldonado Law Firm, P.C., and working as an attorney and accountant.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Texas 507th District Court
Lillian Alexander defeated Dan Lemkuil in the general election for Texas 507th District Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lillian Alexander (D)  | 51.4 | 742,087 |
 | Dan Lemkuil (R) | 48.6 | 701,345 | |
| Total votes: 1,443,432 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 507th District Court
Lillian Alexander defeated incumbent Julia Maldonado in the Democratic primary for Texas 507th District Court on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lillian Alexander | 58.9 | 88,457 |
 | Julia Maldonado | 41.1 | 61,808 | |
| Total votes: 150,265 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 507th District Court
Dan Lemkuil advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 507th District Court on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Lemkuil | 100.0 | 139,381 |
| Total votes: 139,381 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Maldonado in this election.
2022
See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2022
General election
Special general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 9
Incumbent Evan Young defeated Julia Maldonado in the special general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Evan Young (R) | 56.4 | 4,474,900 |
| Julia Maldonado (D) | 43.6 | 3,458,103 | |
| Total votes: 7,933,003 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 9
Julia Maldonado advanced from the special Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 9 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julia Maldonado | 100.0 | 922,595 |
| Total votes: 922,595 | |||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 9
Incumbent Evan Young defeated David Schenck in the special Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 9 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Evan Young | 54.9 | 860,852 |
 | David Schenck | 45.1 | 708,359 | |
| Total votes: 1,569,211 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 507th District Court
Incumbent Julia Maldonado defeated Alyssa Lemkuil in the general election for Texas 507th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julia Maldonado (D) | 54.6 | 845,268 |
 | Alyssa Lemkuil (R) | 45.4 | 703,082 | |
| Total votes: 1,548,350 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 507th District Court
Incumbent Julia Maldonado defeated CC Phillips and Robert Morales in the Democratic primary for Texas 507th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julia Maldonado | 58.9 | 146,605 |
| CC Phillips | 22.6 | 56,181 | ||
| Robert Morales | 18.5 | 45,942 | ||
| Total votes: 248,728 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 507th District Court
Alyssa Lemkuil advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 507th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alyssa Lemkuil | 100.0 | 151,541 |
| Total votes: 151,541 | |||
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2016
Julia Maldonado defeated incumbent Alyssa Lemkuil in the Texas 507th District Court general election.
| Texas 507th District Court, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Julia Maldonado |
52.46% | 664,347 | |
| Republican | Alyssa Lemkuil Incumbent | 47.54% | 602,030 | |
| Total Votes | 1,266,377 | |||
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Election Results," accessed December 9, 2016 | ||||
Endorsements
Maldonado's campaign endorsements included the following individuals and organizations:[3]
- State Sen. Sylvia Garcia (D)
- Houston Police Organization of Spanish Speaking Officers
- Communications Workers of America
- Harris County AFL-CIO
- State Rep. Ana Hernandez (D)
2014
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Maldonado ran for election to the 246th District Court.
Primary: She was defeated in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 48.9 percent of the vote. She competed against Sandra Peake.[4]
2012
Maldonado ran for election to the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. She was defeated by judicial candidate John Donovan in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5] [6][7]
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[8]
Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."[9]
Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:
- a U.S. citizen;
- a resident of Texas;
- licensed to practice law in the state;
- between the ages of 25 and 75;*[10]
- a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
- a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.[8]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[8]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Julia Maldonado did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Julia Maldonado did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Julia Maldonado did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maldonado Campaign, "About Julia," accessed February 8, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Julia Maldonado for Judge, "Home," accessed October 18, 2016
- ↑ Julia Maldonado for Judge, "Endorsements," accessed October 18, 2016
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Democratic Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
- ↑ Texas Democratic Party, 2012 Candidate Filing (dead link)
- ↑ 2012 General Election Results-Texas
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014
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
