Kristin Guiney

Kristin Guiney

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Republican Party

Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2030

Years in position

0

Predecessor

Richard Hightower

Prior offices

Texas 179th District Court

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Texas 232nd District Court

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Texas 183rd District Court

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Emory University

Law

University of Houston

Contact

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Kristin Guiney (Republican Party) is a judge for Place 8 of the Texas First District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.

Guiney (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 8 judge of the Texas First District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Guiney earned a B.A. from Emory University and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. Her experience includes work as an assistant district attorney for the Harris County District Attorney's Office and as an attorney in private practice.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8

Kristin Guiney defeated incumbent Richard Hightower in the general election for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kristin Guiney (R)	52.8	1,179,946
		Richard Hightower (D)	47.2	1,053,629

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,233,575
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8

Incumbent Richard Hightower defeated Ysidra Kyles in the Democratic primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Hightower	58.0	122,239
	Submit photo	Ysidra Kyles	42.0	88,639

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 210,878
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8

Kristin Guiney advanced from the Republican primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kristin Guiney	100.0	267,585

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 267,585
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Endorsements

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2022

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

General election

General election for Texas 183rd District Court

Kristin Guiney defeated Gemayel Haynes in the general election for Texas 183rd District Court on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kristin Guiney (R)	50.1	534,707
	Submit photo	Gemayel Haynes (D)	49.9	532,031

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,066,738
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 183rd District Court

Gemayel Haynes defeated incumbent Chuck Silverman in the Democratic primary for Texas 183rd District Court on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Gemayel Haynes	54.7	80,833
	Submit photo	Chuck Silverman	45.3	67,036

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 147,869
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 183rd District Court

Kristin Guiney advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 183rd District Court on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kristin Guiney	100.0	141,563

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 141,563
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2018

General election

General election for Texas 232nd District Court

Josh Hill defeated Kristin Guiney in the general election for Texas 232nd District Court on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Josh Hill (D)	54.6	645,744
	Submit photo	Kristin Guiney (R)	45.4	537,057

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,182,801
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 232nd District Court

Josh Hill advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 232nd District Court on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Josh Hill	100.0	131,644

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 131,644
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 232nd District Court

Kristin Guiney advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 232nd District Court on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kristin Guiney	100.0	114,944

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 114,944
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2016

See also: Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Texas held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote. Incumbent Kristin Guiney ran unopposed in the Texas 179th District Court Republican primary.

Texas 179th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kristin Guiney Incumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	199,409
Total Votes		199,409
Source: Harris County, Texas, "Republican Party Cumulative Report-Unofficial," accessed March 2, 2016

Randy Roll defeated incumbent Kristin Guiney in the Texas 179th District Court general election.

Texas 179th District Court, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Randy Roll	51.04%	645,965
	Republican	Kristin Guiney Incumbent	48.96%	619,612
Total Votes				1,265,577
Source: Harris County, Texas, "Election Results," accessed December 9, 2016

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.

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."

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;*
• 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.

*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.

2012

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

Guiney ran for election to the 179th District Court and defeated incumbent Randy Roll with 50.2 percent of the vote. Guiney had defeated fellow Republican Lana Shadwick in the primary election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Kristin Guiney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Kristin Guiney campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8	Won general	$60,755	$33,305
Grand total			$60,755	$33,305
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Endorsements

2016

Guiney's campaign endorsements included the following individuals and organizations:

• Texas State Board of Education member Terri Leo
• Houston Police Officers' Union PAC
• Katy Christian Magazine

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Richard Hightower (D)	Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 8 2025-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Texas 183rd District Court 2023-2025	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Texas 179th District Court -2016	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Texas 232nd District Court -2018	Succeeded by -

Texas courts

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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

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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

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