Kevin M. O'Connell
Kevin M. O'Connell (Republican Party) was a judge of the Texas 227th District Court. He assumed office in 2014. He left office on December 31, 2022.
O'Connell (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 227th District Court. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Education
O'Connell received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987. He earned his J.D. from St. Mary's Law School in 1990.[1]
Career
From 1991 until 2014, O'Connell worked for the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 227th District Court
Christine Del Prado defeated incumbent Kevin M. O'Connell in the general election for Texas 227th District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christine Del Prado (D) | 56.3 | 293,008 |
 | Kevin M. O'Connell (R) | 43.7 | 226,982 | |
| Total votes: 519,990 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 227th District Court
Christine Del Prado advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 227th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christine Del Prado | 100.0 | 80,695 |
| Total votes: 80,695 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 227th District Court
Incumbent Kevin M. O'Connell advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 227th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin M. O'Connell | 100.0 | 66,096 |
| Total votes: 66,096 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 227th District Court
Incumbent Kevin M. O'Connell won election in the general election for Texas 227th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin M. O'Connell (R) | 100.0 | 303,405 |
| Total votes: 303,405 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 227th District Court
Incumbent Kevin M. O'Connell advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 227th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin M. O'Connell | 100.0 | 51,108 |
| Total votes: 51,108 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
O'Connell ran for election to the 227th District Court.
Primary: He was successful in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 70.6 percent of the vote. He competed against Virginia Maurer.
General: He defeated Tony Jimenez in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 53.5 percent of the vote.
[2][3][4]
2012
O'Connell ran for election to the 175th District Court and was defeated by incumbent Mary Roman.[5][6] He had defeated fellow Republican Bob Behrens in the primary.
- 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.[7]
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."[8]
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;*[9]
- 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.[7]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[7]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kevin M. O'Connell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vote Kevin O'Connell for Judge campaign website, About Kevin
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
- ↑ woai.com, "District Judge, 175th Judicial District"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 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
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