Liza Rodriguez

Liza Rodriguez

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Successor: Adrian Spears

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

J.W. Nixon High School

Bachelor's

University of North Texas

Law

St. Mary's University

Personal

Birthplace

Laredo, Texas

Profession

Attorney

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Liza Rodriguez (Democratic Party) was a judge for Place 5 of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office in 2019. She left office on December 31, 2024.

Rodriguez (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Place 5 judge of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Liza Rodriguez was born in Laredo, Texas. She graduated from J.W. Nixon High School. She earned a B.A. in political science and communications from the University of North Texas and a J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law. Rodriguez’s career experience includes working as a county court administrator with Bexar County and an attorney with her own law firm.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Adrian Spears defeated incumbent Liza Rodriguez in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adrian Spears (R)	51.1	558,509
		Liza Rodriguez (D)	48.9	534,607

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,093,116
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Incumbent Liza Rodriguez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Liza Rodriguez	100.0	104,995

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Adrian Spears advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adrian Spears	100.0	142,025

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 142,025
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rodriguez in this election.

2018

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Liza Rodriguez defeated Rebecca Simmons in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Liza Rodriguez (D)	52.4	433,796
		Rebecca Simmons (R)	47.6	393,321

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 827,117
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Liza Rodriguez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Liza Rodriguez

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Rebecca Simmons advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Rebecca Simmons

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2014

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Rodriguez ran for re-election to the Bexar County Court at Law No. 8.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 49.3 percent of the vote. She competed against Celeste Brown.  

2010

Rodriguez won the Democratic primary and was elected to the Bexar County Court at Law No. 8 after running unopposed in the general election.

See also: Texas county court judicial elections, 2010 (A-B)

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Preceded by -	Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 5 2019-2024	Succeeded by Adrian Spears (R)

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