Les Hatch
Les Hatch (Republican Party) is a judge of the Texas 237th District Court. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Hatch (Republican Party) won re-election for judge of the Texas 237th District Court outright after the general election on November 8, 2022, was canceled.
Biography
Hatch earned his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and his J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law.[1] Prior to joining the court, Hatch was an attorney for the law firm of Mayfield, Crutcher and Sharpee LLP.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Lubbock County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Les Hatch won election in the general election for Texas 237th District Court.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 237th District Court
Incumbent Les Hatch advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 237th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Les Hatch | 100.0 | 23,495 |
| Total votes: 23,495 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 237th District Court
Incumbent Les Hatch won election in the general election for Texas 237th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Les Hatch (R) | 100.0 | 68,333 |
| Total votes: 68,333 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 237th District Court
Incumbent Les Hatch advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 237th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Les Hatch | 100.0 | 18,673 |
| Total votes: 18,673 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Hatch ran for re-election to the 237th District Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
[2][3]
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.[4]
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."[5]
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;*[6]
- 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.[4]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[4]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Les Hatch did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedappoint - ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)," accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)," accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
