Everything you need to know about ranked-choice voting in one spot. Click to learn more!

Julia Maldonado

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
BP-Initials-UPDATED.png
This page was current at the end of the official's last term in office covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.
Julia Maldonado
Image of Julia Maldonado
Prior offices
Texas 507th District Court

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Houston, Downtown

Law

Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

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
Image of Lillian Alexander
Lillian Alexander (D) Candidate Connection
 
51.4
 
742,087
Image of Dan Lemkuil
Dan Lemkuil (R)
 
48.6
 
701,345

Total votes: 1,443,432
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
Image of Lillian Alexander
Lillian Alexander Candidate Connection
 
58.9
 
88,457
Image of Julia Maldonado
Julia Maldonado
 
41.1
 
61,808

Total votes: 150,265
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
Image of Dan Lemkuil
Dan Lemkuil
 
100.0
 
139,381

Total votes: 139,381
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
Image of Evan Young
Evan Young (R)
 
56.4
 
4,474,900
Image of Julia Maldonado
Julia Maldonado (D)
 
43.6
 
3,458,103

Total votes: 7,933,003
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
Image of Julia Maldonado
Julia Maldonado
 
100.0
 
922,595

Total votes: 922,595
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
Image of Evan Young
Evan Young
 
54.9
 
860,852
Image of David Schenck
David Schenck Candidate Connection
 
45.1
 
708,359

Total votes: 1,569,211
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
Image of Julia Maldonado
Julia Maldonado (D)
 
54.6
 
845,268
Image of Alyssa Lemkuil
Alyssa Lemkuil (R)
 
45.4
 
703,082

Total votes: 1,548,350
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
Image of Julia Maldonado
Julia Maldonado
 
58.9
 
146,605
CC Phillips
 
22.6
 
56,181
Robert Morales
 
18.5
 
45,942

Total votes: 248,728
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
Image of Alyssa Lemkuil
Alyssa Lemkuil
 
100.0
 
151,541

Total votes: 151,541
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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 Green check mark transparent.png 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]

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


External links

Footnotes